RIYADH: Qatar is preparing to inaugurate its 800 megawatt solar photovoltaic power plant in Al-Kharsaah in mid-October, according to MEED.
Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, QatarEnergy’s president and CEO, and the country’s minister of state for energy affairs, said at the Energy Intelligence Forum in London that it is fully ready and operational, MEED added.
He added: “This week we are fully done with the project. I visited it last week. The emir will be inaugurating it in mid-October.”
According to Al-Kaabi, it is one of the world’s largest individual solar plants.
He said: “That power plant, in a gas country known for being the biggest gas producer, will be supplying about 10 percent of our power for the national grid, which is quite substantial for a gas producer.”
Qatar’s solar power goal is to reach 5GW by 2035, Al-Kaabi said.
Qatar to sign three gas project deals
QatarEnergy, Qatar’s state-owned energy company, is about to sign project deals with three partners to further develop the North Field, MEED reported Al-Kaabi as saying.
“We see three partners entering this project,” he said.
The North Field is the largest natural gas field globally, MEED said.
“We are done with almost everything. We are just defining the date when my counterpart can come to Qatar to celebrate,” Al-Kaabi added.
