Planning and design of the Gulf States interconnection

Journal Article · Thu Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1994 · IEEE Power Engineering Review (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

OSTI ID:6614052

Al Alawi, J; Sud, S; McGillis, D

On May 25, 1981, the six Arab state of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) formally ratified the charter of the organization named Co-operation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. This has become more popularly known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). In the mid 1980s, the integration of the electric systems study in the GCC was initiated, and several possible interconnection schemes to provide for reserve sharing and generally more economic and flexible operation of the networks were proposed. The GCC subsequently asked for an update of this study and a recommended interconnection scheme. this update study was completed in 1990, and a definite scheme was proposed, which met with the approval of all GCC members. This presentation describes the proposed interconnection, the studies that led to its selection, and the associated management structure required for its implementation. the population of the GCC states, and their load, generating capacity, and the transmission systems are shown.

• OSTI ID: 6614052
• Journal Information: IEEE Power Engineering Review (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Power Engineering Review (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Vol. 14:12; ISSN 0272-1724; ISSN IPERDV
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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