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The Second
workshop was held for the scientific chair of the Saudi Electricity Company on
Saturday 22 of Dul Qaadah 1431 - corresponding October 30, 2010 Hall of
celebrations and Conference Center King Abdul Aziz University - Jeddah. Under
the auspices of His Excellency the Vice President for a project. Prof. Dr. Abdullah
bin Omar, Bafail, and the presence of His Excellency the Vice President for
Academic Affairs Prof. Dr. Abdul
Rahman bin Obaid, Al Youbi, and the presence of 37 engineers from the Saudi
Electricity Company, led by Eng. Abdul Hamid Abdullah Naeem and Eng. Ibrahim bin
Abdullah Mafraji. The workshop was
also attended by a group of faculty members of the university and some students
and some representatives of companies and businessmen.
Prof. Dr. Abdullah bin Omar, Bafail
started the workshop and indicating to the importance of scientific Saudi
Electricity Company's and return on the country the benefits of several of the
rationalization of energy consumption. There
were 3 lectures the first one entitled
"Practices and Challenges in DSM" was done by Hans Nilsson, Chairman of the IEA
DSM-Programme and founder and Board Chairman of the European Council for an
Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE), stressed that the implementation of the demand
side management and energy efficiency programme in European countries had
reduced the overall power consumption by 49%.
According to him, the initiation of the programme in Sweden had reduced
the gross final energy consumption by 3-5%, compared to 11% in Ireland.
He also added that the introduction of smart meters had resulted in 4-10% cut in
the overall electricity consumption.
Dr Ibrahim M. Jomoah, the Chair Supervisor, said that the Chair was considering
the implementation of the program in Saudi Arabia, bearing in mind the
difference in climate and consumers' attitude there.
Dr Ramzy R. Obaid, of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, pointed out in the second lecture that peak loads in
Saudi Arabia had reached nearly 30 GW in 2005—30 times their 1975 level, and 44
GW in 2009—10 times their 2000 level.
He also attributed the soaring demand for electricity in Saudi Arabia to the
increase in population, religious seasons, expansion in the full electrification
programme and the high levels of temperatures due to the Kingdom's geographic
location.
He also added that there was a marked change in the consumers' attitude over the
years, pointing out that the average consumption of a household consisting of 5
medium-sized rooms was about 1200 Watt for lighting and 60.000 BTU for cooling
in 1980, as against 8000 Watt for lighting and 150.000 BTU for cooling over the
same period in 2009.
He also appealed to consumers to use electricity sparingly and efficiently so as
to cut the rising levels of temperature.
The third lecturer was done by Hans Nillson entitled evolving of DSM for new
Challenges.
In the end of the workshop was open discussion with the presences and they
consider
the implementation of the program in Saudi Arabia, bearing in mind the
difference in climate and consumers' attitude there.
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