Abstract
This article reviews the recent trends of Oman's electricity sector before the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. The impacts of the pandemic on the Main Interconnected System (MIS) of Oman were analyzed using hourly load data. The analysis shows that the MIS demand declined as a result of the decrease in economic activities during the lockdown. In addition, the MIS demand experienced temporal and geographical variations: the former is demonstrated by a shift in peak demand hours, while the latter is represented by a reduction in Muscat's urban areas' load compared with those of other areas.
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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.53540/tjer.vol19iss2pp95-105
- Journal
- The Journal of Engineering Research, 19(2), 95-105
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
- License
- CC BY-ND 4.0
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APA 7
Albadi, M. H., Al‐Badi, A., Al Rawahi, S., Al Hosani, M., & Al Shabibi, M. (2023). EXPLORING THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON OMAN'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR. The Journal of Engineering Research, 19(2), 95-105. https://doi.org/10.53540/tjer.vol19iss2pp95-105
MLA 9
Albadi, Mohammed Hamdan, et al. "EXPLORING THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON OMAN'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR." The Journal of Engineering Research, vol. 19, no. 2, 2023, pp. 95-105. https://doi.org/10.53540/tjer.vol19iss2pp95-105.
Chicago (author–date)
Albadi, Mohammed Hamdan, Abdullah Al‐Badi, Sultan Al Rawahi, Maktoum Al Hosani, and Malik Al Shabibi. 2023. "EXPLORING THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON OMAN'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR." The Journal of Engineering Research 19 (2): 95-105. https://doi.org/10.53540/tjer.vol19iss2pp95-105.
Harvard
Albadi, M. H., Al‐Badi, A., Al Rawahi, S., Al Hosani, M. and Al Shabibi, M. (2023) 'EXPLORING THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON OMAN'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR', The Journal of Engineering Research, 19(2), pp. 95-105. doi:10.53540/tjer.vol19iss2pp95-105.
Vancouver
Albadi MH, Al‐Badi A, Al Rawahi S, Al Hosani M, Al Shabibi M. EXPLORING THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON OMAN'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR. The Journal of Engineering Research. 2023;19(2):95-105. doi:10.53540/tjer.vol19iss2pp95-105
IEEE
M. H. Albadi, A. Al‐Badi, S. Al Rawahi, M. Al Hosani, and M. Al Shabibi, "EXPLORING THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON OMAN'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR," The Journal of Engineering Research, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 95-105, 2023, doi: 10.53540/tjer.vol19iss2pp95-105.