KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait is negotiating a major battery storage project with a discharge capacity of up to 1.5 gigawatts and total energy storage of between 4 and 6 gigawatt-hours, in a bid to ease chronic power shortages, a senior Electricity Ministry official said on Monday.
The Gulf state, a major oil producer and OPEC member, has been grappling with severe electricity shortages driven by rapid population growth, urban expansion, rising temperatures and delays in plant maintenance.
The strain has forced authorities to impose planned power cuts in some areas since last year.
• The battery storage initiative is part of a broader push to stabilize Kuwait’s grid and reduce reliance on fossil fuels during peak demand periods.
• If implemented, it would mark one of the largest energy storage deployments in the region.
