آفاق الطاقة في دولة الكويت

This report analyzes Kuwait's energy sector, highlighting its heavy economic reliance on oil exports (90% of export revenues) and the challenges of transitioning to sustainable energy. While Kuwait aims for 15% renewable energy by 2030, current adoption is below 1%. Projections to 2035 indicate rising electricity and water demands, with a planned increase in combined-cycle power plants and a shift toward more efficient desalination technologies. The report warns of unsustainable growth in transport emissions and calls for institutional coordination and energy efficiency reforms to reduce the carbon intensity of the economy.

• Kuwait's economy is heavily dependent on oil, with the oil sector accounting for approximately 90% of export revenues and net oil export revenues representing about 40% of the total GDP as of 2017.
• Kuwait aims to increase the share of renewable energy in its general electricity energy mix to 15% by 2030. However, renewable energy currently meets less than 1% of energy demand, and under a business-as-usual scenario, its share of total primary energy demand is projected to be only 3% by 2035.
• Total electricity generation capacity is expected to reach 32 GW by 2035, a 70% increase compared to 2018 levels. This growth will be driven primarily by combined-cycle plants, with renewable energy (mostly solar) expected to constitute 16% of total generation capacity by 2035.
• Kuwait relies on desalinated water for approximately 90% of its consumption. While Multi-Stage Flash (MSF) distillation currently dominates, its share is expected to drop below 40% by 2035, with Multi-Effect Distillation (MED) projected to account for about half of desalinated water production by the end of the forecast period.
• The transport sector is a major source of emissions and energy demand growth; oil demand in this sector is projected to increase by 3% annually from 2015 to 2035. Greenhouse gas emissions from transport are expected to nearly double, rising from 12.5 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2015 to 22.9 million tonnes by 2035.
• Air conditioning services account for approximately 70% of the residential sector's electricity demand due to the country's climate and historically lax energy efficiency regulations.
• Kuwait is a net importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) due to under-developed gas reserves. Natural gas production is projected to increase from 17.4 billion cubic meters in 2017 to 27.3 billion cubic meters by 2035, but imports will likely remain necessary to meet demand.
• The report identifies a lack of coordination between various government entities—including the Ministry of Electricity and Water, the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Authority, and KISR—as a primary reason for the slow adoption of renewable energy technologies.

APA

عمر, س. أ. ا. (n.d.). آفاق الطاقة في دولة الكويت. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://leap.sei.org/documents/keo2019/KEO_report_Arabic.pdf

Chicago

عمر, سميرة أحمد السيد. آفاق الطاقة في دولة الكويت. Stockholm Environment Institute, n.d. https://leap.sei.org/documents/keo2019/KEO_report_Arabic.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{nd, author = {عمر, سميرة أحمد السيد}, title = {{آفاق الطاقة في دولة الكويت}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, url = {https://leap.sei.org/documents/keo2019/KEO_report_Arabic.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }