- Algeria allocates $3.5 billion to support exploration and to increase the size of hydrocarbon reserves
- Qatar Energy to add another 2 gigawatts to its installed solar capacity
- Indian Oil Corporation signs second agreement with Ruwais LNG
- The Iraqi government is unable to reduce production from Iraqi Kurdistan to be in line with OPEC+ decisions
- Saudi Arabia's oil export revenues to fall in 2024 due to repeated voluntary production cuts
- ASRY Awarded 2024 RoSPA Gold Medal in Health and Safety
- BP ponders shifting focus away from renewables, say sources
- QatarEnergy enters 10-year naphtha supply agreement with Japan’s ENEOS Corporation
- The International Energy Agency expects oil demand growth to slow in 2024
- The International Monetary Fund re-selects Kristalina Georgieva as its director
Qatar Energy to add another 2 gigawatts to its installed solar capacity
A few days ago, as part of its goals to decarbonize industry and diversify national power generation, Qatar Energy announced plans for a new 2 gigawatt solar project, a further step on the path to increasing solar installed capacity to 30% of installed capacity by 2030.
The solar photovoltaic power plant will be located in the Dukhan area on the western side of the peninsula. Dukhan is home to Qatar Energy’s 176,000 barrels per day Dukhan oil field, which produces Qatar’s premium export crude.
“The development of solar power plants is one of Qatar’s most important initiatives to reduce carbon emissions, develop sustainability projects and diversify electricity production,” said Saad Al-Kaabi, CEO of Qatar Energy and Minister of Energy.
