The Potential of Regional Power Sector Integration : Gulf Cooperation Council Countries Transmission and Trading Case Study

Developing countries are increasingly pursuing and benefitting from regional power system integration (RPSI) as an important strategy to help provide reliable, affordable electricity to their economies and citizens. Increased electricity cooperation and trade between countries can enhance energy security, bring economies-of-scale in investments, facilitate financing, enable greater renewable energy penetration, and allow synergistic sharing of complementary resources. This briefing note draws from the experiences of RPSI schemes around the world to present a set of findings to help address these challenges. It is based on case studies of 12 RPSI projects and how they are dealing with key aspects of RPSI, such as: (i) finding the right level of integration; (ii) optimizing investment on a regional basis; (iii) appropriate regional institutions (iv) technical and regulatory harmonization; (v) power sector reform and integration (vi) the role of donor agencies (vii) reducing emissions through RPSI; and (viii) RPSI and renewable energy.

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Main Author: Economic Consulting Associates
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2010-02
Subjects:ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, ALTERNATIVE FUELS, APPROACH, ASSOCIATED GAS, BALANCE, BARREL, BARREL OF OIL, CARBON, CARBON CONTENT, CEMENT, COAL, CONSUMPTION OF OIL, CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENTS, COSTS OF FUELS, CRUDE OIL, CRUDE OIL PRICES, CYCLE GAS, DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY, DEMAND FOR GAS, DIESEL, DIESEL OIL, DOMESTIC ENERGY, DOMESTIC GAS, DOMESTIC OIL, DOMINANT FUEL, ELECTRIC POWER, ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL GENERATION, ELECTRICAL GENERATION CAPACITY, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY COMPANY, ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION, ELECTRICITY DEMAND, ELECTRICITY GENERATION, ELECTRICITY PRICES, ELECTRICITY SECTOR, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, ELECTRICITY TARIFFS, ELECTRICITY UTILITIES, ELECTRIFICATION, EMISSION, EMISSION CALCULATIONS, EMISSION REDUCTION, EMISSION REDUCTIONS, EMISSIONS BASELINE, EMISSIONS SCENARIO, ENERGY DEFICITS, ENERGY DEMAND, ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION, ENERGY MARKETS, ENERGY PRICES, ENERGY PRICING, ENERGY PRODUCTS, ENERGY RESOURCES, ENERGY SOURCES, ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, FUEL, GAS CONSUMPTION, GAS EXPORTS, GAS EXTRACTION, GAS NETWORKS, GAS OIL, GAS PIPELINE, GAS PIPELINE PROJECT, GAS PRODUCTION, GAS PRODUCTION LEVELS, GAS RESERVES, GAS TURBINES, GENERATING CAPACITY, GLOBAL LEVEL, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GRID INTERCONNECTION, GRID WILL, HEAT, HEAVY FUEL OIL, HYDROCARBONS, LNG, LOAD SHEDDING, MEMBER STATES, NATIONAL GRID, NATIONAL TRANSMISSION, NATIONAL UTILITY, NATURAL GAS, NATURAL GAS RESERVES, NATURAL GAS RESOURCES, OIL, OIL AND GAS, OIL COMPANY, OIL FIELD, OIL PRICES, OIL PRODUCER, OIL PRODUCERS, OIL PRODUCTS, OIL RESERVES, OIL USE, OPEC, ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES, PEAK DEMAND, PETROCHEMICALS, PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT, PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, PIPELINE, PIPELINES, POWER, POWER ENGINEERING, POWER GENERATING CAPACITY, POWER GENERATION, POWER GENERATION CAPACITY, POWER GRID, POWER GRIDS, POWER PLANT, POWER PLANTS, POWER PRODUCER, POWER PRODUCTION, POWER SECTOR, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SYSTEM, POWER SYSTEMS, POWER UTILITIES, PRICE OF OIL, PRIMARY ENERGY, PRIMARY ENERGY DEMAND, PRIMARY ENERGY RESOURCES, PRIVATE PARTICIPATION, PRODUCTION OF GAS, PROVEN NATURAL GAS, PROVEN RESERVES, REDUCTION IN EMISSIONS, STEAM TURBINES, TRANSMISSION CAPACITY, TRANSMISSION COMPANY, TRANSMISSION LINE, TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, UTILITIES, VALUE OF ENERGY, VOLTAGE, WASTE, WORLD ENERGY, WORLD MARKET PRICES, WORLD OIL, WORLD OIL PRODUCTION,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/02/17688771/regional-power-sector-integration-lessons-global-case-studies-literature-review-vol-5-14-gulf-cooperation-council-countries-transmission-trading-case-study
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17505
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