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Electricity trade in the Middle East will grow slowly

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Significance

Cross-border electricity trade in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has historically been very limited, and mostly confined to quantity-based balancing and small amounts of cash-based trade. The apparently extensive network of regional connections is in practice not very effective because of limited capacity, missing links and political or security issues in some sections.

Impacts

  • The use of political leverage could increase as interconnectivity grows.
  • More electricity will be traded on a cash basis rather than on a balancing system.
  • A cross-border dispute system for electricity trades in MENA will evolve slowly.

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