Title :
Status of international interconnections in North Africa
Author_Institution :
Cairo Univ., Giza, Egypt
Abstract :
Interconnections between neighboring utilities are becoming increasingly vital for the implementation of an open energy trading market and to increase the reliability of power systems. This work discusses the existing power systems in North Africa.
Keywords :
power markets; power system interconnection; power system reliability; African electricity infrastructure; North Africa; electrical energy resource; international utility interconnection; open energy trading market; power system reliability; Africa; Cities and towns; Integrated circuit interconnections; Investments; Power system interconnection; Power system reliability; Power system security; Power transmission lines; Substations; Underwater cables;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 2004. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8465-2
DOI :
10.1109/PES.2004.1373093