Kuwait eyes large-scale battery storage to ease power crisis

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.

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