An overview of smart grids in the GCC region

Islam Safak  Bayram; Hamed Mohsenian-Rad

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-33681-7_25

An overview of smart grids in the GCC region

Islam Safak Bayram^*, Hamed Mohsenian-Rad

^*Corresponding author for this work

Electronic And Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

The members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), namely Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, and United Arab Emirates (UAE), are facing challenges to meet the growing electricity demand and reduce the associated hydrocarbon emissions. Recently, there has been a pressing need for a shift towards smart power grids, as smart grids can reduce the stress on the grid, defer the investments for upgrades, improve the power system efficiency, and reduce emissions. Accordingly, the goal of this paper is to delineate an overview of current smart grid efforts in the GCC region. First, we present a detailed overview of the current state of the power grids. Then, we classify the efforts into three broad categories: (i) energy trading and exchange through GCC interconnection; (ii) integration of renewable resources; and (iii) demand side management technologies for shaping the demand profile.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Smart City 360 - 1st EAI International Summit, Smart City 360, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Veronika Krutilova, Dagmar Cagáňová, Daniela Špirková, Julius Golej, Kim Nguyen, Radim Lenort, David Holman, David Staš, Pavel Wicher, Alberto Leon-Garcia
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Pages	301-313
Number of pages	13
Volume	166
ISBN (Print)	9783319336800
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33681-7_25
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2016
Event	International Conference on Sustainable Solutions Beyond Mobility of Goods, SustainableMoG 2015 - Bratislava, Slovakia Duration: 13 Oct 2015 → 14 Oct 2015

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST
Volume	166
ISSN (Print)	1867-8211

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Sustainable Solutions Beyond Mobility of Goods, SustainableMoG 2015
Country/Territory	Slovakia
City	Bratislava
Period	13/10/15 → 14/10/15

Keywords

Bahrain
Gulf cooperation council
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
smart grids
United Arab Emirates (UAE)

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Bayram, I. S., & Mohsenian-Rad, H. (2016). An overview of smart grids in the GCC region. In V. Krutilova, D. Cagáňová, D. Špirková, J. Golej, K. Nguyen, R. Lenort, D. Holman, D. Staš, P. Wicher, & A. Leon-Garcia (Eds.), Smart City 360 - 1st EAI International Summit, Smart City 360, Revised Selected Papers (Vol. 166, pp. 301-313). (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST; Vol. 166). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33681-7_25

Bayram, Islam Safak ; Mohsenian-Rad, Hamed. / An overview of smart grids in the GCC region. Smart City 360 - 1st EAI International Summit, Smart City 360, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Veronika Krutilova ; Dagmar Cagáňová ; Daniela Špirková ; Julius Golej ; Kim Nguyen ; Radim Lenort ; David Holman ; David Staš ; Pavel Wicher ; Alberto Leon-Garcia. Vol. 166 Cham : Springer-Verlag, 2016. pp. 301-313 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST).

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Bayram, IS & Mohsenian-Rad, H 2016, An overview of smart grids in the GCC region. in V Krutilova, D Cagáňová, D Špirková, J Golej, K Nguyen, R Lenort, D Holman, D Staš, P Wicher & A Leon-Garcia (eds), Smart City 360 - 1st EAI International Summit, Smart City 360, Revised Selected Papers. vol. 166, Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST, vol. 166, Springer-Verlag, Cham, pp. 301-313, International Conference on Sustainable Solutions Beyond Mobility of Goods, SustainableMoG 2015, Bratislava, Slovakia, 13/10/15. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33681-7_25

An overview of smart grids in the GCC region. / Bayram, Islam Safak ; Mohsenian-Rad, Hamed.
Smart City 360 - 1st EAI International Summit, Smart City 360, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Veronika Krutilova; Dagmar Cagáňová; Daniela Špirková; Julius Golej; Kim Nguyen; Radim Lenort; David Holman; David Staš; Pavel Wicher; Alberto Leon-Garcia. Vol. 166 Cham: Springer-Verlag, 2016. p. 301-313 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST; Vol. 166).

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Bayram IS, Mohsenian-Rad H. An overview of smart grids in the GCC region. In Krutilova V, Cagáňová D, Špirková D, Golej J, Nguyen K, Lenort R, Holman D, Staš D, Wicher P, Leon-Garcia A, editors, Smart City 360 - 1st EAI International Summit, Smart City 360, Revised Selected Papers. Vol. 166. Cham: Springer-Verlag. 2016. p. 301-313. (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-33681-7_25

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