KFAED: Gulf electrical interconnection expansion project sees [...]

Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) announced that the current completion rate of the Gulf electrical interconnection expansion project has so far reached 75%.

The electrical interconnection project between the GCC Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) and the State of Kuwait is one of the essential infrastructure projects approved by the Council to reduce the required reserves between member states, exchange electrical lines in case of emergencies, benefit from the surplus, and reduce the cost of production, KFAED said in a press statement, adding that the project is slated for completion by December this year.

The Fund added that implementing the project is done through establishing Al-Wafra station to connect the GCCIA's electrical grid with Kuwait's grid through four circuits of 400-kV transmission at a total cost of USD 270 million to ensure the continuity and sustainability of electrical energy security at all times.

Kuwait will be among the largest beneficiaries of the project, as it would boost the capacity supporting the local electrical grid to about 3,500 megawatts, it said.

The project consists of a double-circuit overhead line with a voltage of 400-kV from the Al-Fadili station in Saudi Arabia to the Kuwaiti Al-Wafra station, with a length of about 300 km.

It also converts the existing double-circuit line between the Al-Fadili and Al-Zour stations to the stations, constructing a double-circuit antenna line with a 400-kV length of 25 km.

The project also includes expanding the al-Fadili station by adding electrical circuit breakers to connect it to Al-Wafra and extending overhead lines from the latter to stations (Sabah 3) and (Sabah 4) to connect to Kuwait's grid.