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OPWP's 7-YEAR STATEMENT (2018 – 2024) dayq OPWP’s 7-YEAR STATEMENT (2018 – 2024) (Issue 12) May 2018 OMAN POWER AND WATER PROCUREMENT CO. (SAOC) PO BOX 1388, RUWI PC 112 SULTANATE OF OMAN Tel: +968 24508400 Fax: +968 24399946 www.omanpwp.com 1 Table of Contents SECTION 1 POWER ............................................................................................................ 10 1.1 MAIN INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM ..................................................................... 11 DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY ............................................................................ 11 POWER GENERATION RESOURCES ................................................................ 16 RESOURCE ADEQUECY AND MITIGATION PLANS .......................................... 27 COMBINING POWER GENERATION AND WATER DESALINATION ................. 32 1.2 DHOFAR POWER SYSTEM ................................................................................. 33 DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY ............................................................................ 33 POWER GENERATION RESOURCES ................................................................ 36 RESOURCE ADEQUACY AND MITIGATION PLANS .......................................... 39 COMBINING POWER GENERATION AND WATER DESALINATION ................. 41 1.3 AD DUQM POWER SYSTEM .............................................................................. 42 DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY ............................................................................ 42 POWER GENERATION RESOURCES ................................................................ 44 1.4 MUSANDAM POWER SYSTEM ........................................................................... 46 DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY ............................................................................ 46 POWER GENERATION RESOURCES ................................................................ 47 SECTION 2 FUEL REQUIRMENTS ......................................................................................... 49 2.2 MAIN INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM ..................................................................... 52 2.3 DHOFAR POWER SYSTEM ................................................................................. 54 SECTION 3 WATER ............................................................................................................. 56 3.1 MAIN INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM ..................................................................... 57 DEMAND FOR WATER .................................................................................... 57 WATER SUPPLY RESOURCES .......................................................................... 60 3.2 SHARQIYAH WATER NETWORK ..................................................................... 69 DEMAND FOR WATER .................................................................................... 69 WATER SUPPLY SOURCES .............................................................................. 70 3.3 DHOFAR WATER NETWORK .................................................................... 73 DEMAND FOR WATER .................................................................................... 73 WATER SUPPLY SOURCES .............................................................................. 75 RESOURCE ADEQUECY AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN ........................................ 76 3.5 MUSANDAM WATER NETWORK .............................................................. 79 DEMAND FOR WATER .................................................................................... 79 RESOURCES ADEQUECY AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN ...................................... 79 SECTION 4 PROCURMENT ACTIVITIES ................................................................................ 82 2 4.1 POWER PROJECTS .................................................................................... 83 4.2 WATER PROJECTS .................................................................................... 85 List of Tables Table 1. Contracted Capacity – MIS .................................................................................................. 18 Table 2 Planned Contracts for Guaranteed Capacity ....................................................................... 22 Table 3 Renewable Energy Development Plan – MIS/Duqm............................................................ 23 Table 4 Capacity Contribution from Other Contracts ....................................................................... 25 Table 5A. Resource Adequacy Under Expected Case Demand - MIS ................................................... 29 Table 5B. Resource Adequacy Under High Case Demand – MIS ......................................................... 30 Table 5C. Resource Adequacy Under Low Case Demand – MIS .......................................................... 31 Table 6 Contracted Capacity – DPS ................................................................................................... 37 Table 7 Water Desalination Plants – MIS ......................................................................................... 61 Table 8 Water Desalination Plants – Sharqiyah Water Network ..................................................... 71 Table 9 Water Desalination Plants – Dhofar Water Network ........................................................... 75 Table 10 Power Project Procurement Activities in 2018-2019 .......................................................... 84 Table 11 Water Project(s) Procurement Activities in 2018-2019 ....................................................... 86 List of Figures Figure 1 Historical Electricity Demand – MIS ................................................................................. 12 Figure 2 Electricity Demand Projections – MIS .............................................................................. 15 Figure 3 Contracted Generation Capacity – MIS ............................................................................ 19 Figure 4 Capacity Contributions from Generation Resources – MIS .............................................. 26 Figure 5 Resource Adequacy – MIS ................................................................................................. 28 Figure 6 Historical Electricity Demand – DPS ................................................................................. 34 Figure 7 Electricity Demand Projections – DPS .............................................................................. 35 Figure 8 Capacity Contributions from Generation Resources – DPS ............................................. 38 Figure 9 Resource Adequacy – DPS ................................................................................................ 40 Figure 10 Electricity Demand Projections – Ad Duqm ..................................................................... 43 Figure 11 Resource Development Plan – Ad Duqm ........................................................................ 45 Figure 12 Electricity Demand Projections – Musandam Power System .......................................... 47 Figure 13 Future Power Generation Expansion Plans - Musandam Governorate ........................... 48 Figure 14 Fuel Shares in Electricity Generation ............................................................................... 51 Figure 15 Gas Required per Unit of Electricity Generation – MIS .................................................... 52 Figure 16 Projected Fuel Requirements – MIS ................................................................................. 53 Figure 17 Projected Fuel Requirements – DPS ................................................................................ 55 Figure 18 Water Demand Projections – MIS .................................................................................... 58 Figure 19A Resource Adequacy and Development Plan – Muscat Zone ........................................... 64 Figure 19B Resource Adequacy and Development Plan – Barka Zone .............................................. 66 Figure 19C Resource Adequacy and Development Plan – Sohar Zone .............................................. 68 Figure 20 Water Demand Projections – Sharqiyah Water Network ................................................ 70 Figure 21 Resource Adequacy and Development Plan – Sharqiyah Water Network ...................... 72 Figure 22 Water Demand Projections – Dhofar Water Network ..................................................... 74 Figure 23 Resource Adequacy and Development Plan – Dhofar Cities Only ................................... 76 3 Figure 24 Resource Adequacy and Development Plan – Dhofar Cities, Jabal, and Sahal ................ 78 Figure 25 Peak Water Demand Projections – Musandam (Khasab City) .......................................... 79 Figure 26 Water Supply and Demand Balance – Musandam (Khasab City) ..................................... 80 4 GLOSSARY AER Authority for Electricity Regulation, Oman BTU/scf British thermal units per standard cubic foot CCGT Combined-cycle gas turbine DGC Dhofar Generating Company DGW Directorate General of Water (Office of the Minister of State and Governor of Dhofar) DPC Dhofar Power Company (SAOC) DPS Dhofar Power System GJ Gigajoule(s) GPDC Al Ghubrah Power and Desalination Company (SAOC) GCCIA Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority HHV Higher Heating Value IPP Independent power project IWP Independent water project IWPP Independent water and power project kWh Kilowatt hour(s) LOLH Loss of load hours m3 Cubic metre(s) m3/d Cubic metres per day MEDC Muscat
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