The Saudi Minister of Water and Electricity Engineer Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Al-Hossein said that electrical linkage among the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, which began three years ago, is proceeding according to what has been planned and proved useful economically and technically.
In a press statement after a meeting of the cooperation committee on electricity and water of the Ministers of Water and Electricity of the GCC states in their 25th session, the minister said that last year witnessed an exchange of energy across the joint GCC electric grid which exceeded 600 megawatts, which underlines the importance of the GCC linking.
Saudi Press Agency
11 October
