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Powering Kuwait into the 21st Century: Adopting a Sustainable Strategy Notes de l'Ifri, September 2012

Over the last ten years, Kuwait's power consumption has doubled. This rising need for electricity has been mainly driven by the fast population growth rate, the increasing need for desalinated water, accounting for 93% of water consumption, and the economic development of the country.

Powering Kuwait into the 21st Century: Adopting a Sustainable Strategy

This electricity has been mostly generated from oil, which composes up to 73% of Kuwait power sector, is therefore substantial, amounting to 8,67% of the country 2.5 million barrel per day oil production. 

 

Powering Kuwait into the 21st Century: Adopting a Sustainable Strategy
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978-2-36567-060-9