QatarEnergy has contracted Samsung C&T Corp to assemble the two,000-megawatt (MW) Dukhan solar energy plant, which might greater than double Qatar’s photo voltaic era capability.
The state-owned world power main expects the two-phase undertaking to start out up 1,000 MW by 2028. The second part is anticipated to be accomplished mid-2029, QatarEnergy stated in a press launch.
“When accomplished, the Dukhan solar energy plant together with Al-Kharsaah, Mesaieed, Ras Laffan solar energy crops will assist cut back carbon dioxide emissions by about 4.7 million tons yearly, whereas contributing as much as 30 % of Qatar’s complete peak electrical energy demand”, stated QatarEnergy president and chief govt Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, who can be Qatar’s power minister.
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Neither QatarEnergy nor Samsung C&T disclosed the worth of the contract.
“The brand new plant will make the most of a photo voltaic tracker system and can improve effectivity by putting in inverters able to working flawlessly in a high-temperature setting”, QatarEnergy stated.
The plant will rise about 80 kilometers (49.71 miles) west of Doha, it stated.
Earlier this 12 months QatarEnergy put on-line two of the Gulf state’s three operational photo voltaic amenities, including a mixed capability of 875 MW.
The tasks within the industrial cities of Mesaieed and Ras Laffan increase Qatar’s solar energy manufacturing capability to 1,675 MW, QatarEnergy stated April 28.
Qatar goals to lift the share of renewable power in its pure gas-dominated energy combine from the present 5 % to 18 % by 2030, as declared within the Qatar Nationwide Renewable Vitality Technique launched April 27, 2024. The technique focuses on photo voltaic era.
Qatar’s different operational photo voltaic facility is the 800-MW Al-Kharsaa plant, which was put onstream 2022. The ability is owned by QatarEnergy, Marubeni Corp and TotalEnergies SE by way of the three way partnership Siraj 1.
The three photo voltaic crops are anticipated to cowl about 15 % of complete peak energy demand, Al-Kaabi stated April 28.
“We’ve moved past counting on the experience of others for the development, operation and upkeep of solar energy crops, and have begun implementing such tasks utilizing our personal nationwide experience”, Al-Kaabi stated.
In keeping with the renewables technique ready by Qatar Normal Electrical energy and Water Corp (Kahramaa), Qatar depends on gas-powered thermal crops for over 90 %, or 11.3 GW, of its complete energy manufacturing.
“Nevertheless, the anticipated commissioning of two.2 GW of recent thermal electrical energy era by 2027 is a sign of the nation’s gradual method for integrating renewable power in its energy combine”, Qatar’s sole energy and water transmission and distribution operator stated.
“Qatar has great potential to extend its use of renewable power sources as a result of prime quality of the nation’s photo voltaic useful resource”, Kahramaa stated. “The nation’s world horizontal irradiance (GHI) stage is likely one of the highest on the earth, with ten places having a four-year common GHI score of greater than 2,000 kWh [kilowatt hours] generated per sq. meter per 12 months”.
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