Energy Demand in the State of Kuwait During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Technical, Economic, and Environmental Perspectives
The present paper reports the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the electricity peak load and power generation in the State of Kuwait during the partial and full curfews imposed in March, April and May 2020 using historic data measured data and the predictions provided by a statistical genetic algo...
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| author | Hamad M. Alhajeri Abdulrahman Almutairi Abdulrahman Alenezi Faisal Alshammari |
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| description | The present paper reports the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the electricity peak load and power generation in the State of Kuwait during the partial and full curfews imposed in March, April and May 2020 using historic data measured data and the predictions provided by a statistical genetic algorithm model. A quantitative assessment is made of the economic and environmental impacts caused by partial and full lockdowns. Comparison of measured peak demand for 2019 and 2020 with predicted peak demand for 2020 has: (i) enabled an accurate evaluation of residential energy consumption in the state of Kuwait at nearly 18 MWh yearly the highest energy consumption per capita in the world, (ii) shown that the imposition of the curfews to reduce the spread of COVID-19 caused a fall in the demand for electrical power of 17.6% compared with the expected demand and (iii) quantified the reduction in CO<sub>2</sub>, NO<sub>x</sub> and CO pollutant emissions produced by power plants due to less fuel being consumed. A mathematical model has been developed to predict the peak electric load in the national grid according to climatic data supplied by the Meteorological Department of Civil Aviation of Kuwait and National Control Center (NCC). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e523e94f74414bf5bd5aad20202c9e742023-11-20T11:14:09ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732020-08-011317437010.3390/en13174370Energy Demand in the State of Kuwait During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Technical, Economic, and Environmental PerspectivesHamad M. Alhajeri0Abdulrahman Almutairi1Abdulrahman Alenezi2Faisal Alshammari3Mechanical Power and Refrigeration Department, College of Technological Studies, PAAET, Shuwaikh 700030, KuwaitMechanical Power and Refrigeration Department, College of Technological Studies, PAAET, Shuwaikh 700030, KuwaitMechanical Power and Refrigeration Department, College of Technological Studies, PAAET, Shuwaikh 700030, KuwaitEngineering and Environmental Department, Ministry of Electricity and Water, Ministries Zone 12010, KuwaitThe present paper reports the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the electricity peak load and power generation in the State of Kuwait during the partial and full curfews imposed in March, April and May 2020 using historic data measured data and the predictions provided by a statistical genetic algorithm model. A quantitative assessment is made of the economic and environmental impacts caused by partial and full lockdowns. Comparison of measured peak demand for 2019 and 2020 with predicted peak demand for 2020 has: (i) enabled an accurate evaluation of residential energy consumption in the state of Kuwait at nearly 18 MWh yearly the highest energy consumption per capita in the world, (ii) shown that the imposition of the curfews to reduce the spread of COVID-19 caused a fall in the demand for electrical power of 17.6% compared with the expected demand and (iii) quantified the reduction in CO<sub>2</sub>, NO<sub>x</sub> and CO pollutant emissions produced by power plants due to less fuel being consumed. A mathematical model has been developed to predict the peak electric load in the national grid according to climatic data supplied by the Meteorological Department of Civil Aviation of Kuwait and National Control Center (NCC).https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/17/4370COVID-19energy forecastingcurfewenergy demandpeak load |
| spellingShingle | Hamad M. Alhajeri Abdulrahman Almutairi Abdulrahman Alenezi Faisal Alshammari Energy Demand in the State of Kuwait During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Technical, Economic, and Environmental Perspectives Energies COVID-19 energy forecasting curfew energy demand peak load |
| title | Energy Demand in the State of Kuwait During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Technical, Economic, and Environmental Perspectives |
| title_full | Energy Demand in the State of Kuwait During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Technical, Economic, and Environmental Perspectives |
| title_fullStr | Energy Demand in the State of Kuwait During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Technical, Economic, and Environmental Perspectives |
| title_full_unstemmed | Energy Demand in the State of Kuwait During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Technical, Economic, and Environmental Perspectives |
| title_short | Energy Demand in the State of Kuwait During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Technical, Economic, and Environmental Perspectives |
| title_sort | energy demand in the state of kuwait during the covid 19 pandemic technical economic and environmental perspectives |
| topic | COVID-19 energy forecasting curfew energy demand peak load |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/17/4370 |
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