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Pointing out that many countries were still behind in forecasting and capacity planning, Buchta said as a consequence, customers could suffer from increasing supply-demand imbalances, power outages and soaring electricity prices.
He said several countries in the region lagged behind in their infrastructure planning. “Increasing supply-demand imbalances, power outages and soaring electricity prices might be the consequence.”
According to a recent report by the Sharjah-based Crescent Petroleum, the Gulf countries alone will need to spend over $120 billion in the next ten years to set up new power generation projects to cope up with the increasing demand for power. The report said that over 118 various projects for power generation are currently under development at a total cost of $150 billion in the GCC countries. The first phase of the proposed GCC power grid is set to be completed in the first quarter of 2009. The UAE and
Besides the common power grid, GCC states are expected to invest more than $45 billion into projects to expand their current electricity generation capacity.
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According to A.T. Kearney, although many
“A sound demand forecast, capacity planning and regulatory management will be key to avoid power outages in the future,” said Dr Goetz Wehberg of A.T. Kearney. “To better balance supply and demand within the region and prospectively with
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