Kuwait's power system administrators are challenged for meeting future demands. Kuwait's electric sector capacity has been extremely slow to expand despite rapidly rising consumption rates over the past decade and persistent power shortages during peak demand periods. The country struggles to produce and import sufficient natural gas to meet peak demand, and as a result, depends on more expensive fuel oil. According to the estimates from the Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW), in 2011, Kuwait had an installed electric generation capacity of 13.5 gigawatts (GW) [1] [2]. Derived by the high cost of fossil fuels, increasing energy demand, and environmental impacts, there is a dire need to increase the penetration of renewable energy (RE) as an integral part of Kuwait's electric network. Renewable energy, as energy resources, possesses a variable and uncertain nature that significantly complicates the power grid balancing operations at all timescales. As a result, the power grid will experience fundamental changes in its physical structure and behavior that will consequently require enhanced and integrated control, automation, and Information Technology-driven management functions . In this study, we present a methodology to assess the challenges and present a methodical solution for integrating renewable energy into Kuwait's power grid. The integrated grid must be able to respond to distributed system signals and events, and mitigate the fluctuation from renewable energy sources .
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