GCCIA Delegation Visits Al-Kharsaah Solar Plant to Explore Qatar’s Renewable Energy Innovations

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A delegation from the Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority (GCCIA), along with participants of the “Assessing the Reliability of Renewable Energy Sources in the Cooperation Council Countries” workshop, visited the Al-Kharsaah solar power plant, developed and operated by Siraj (1), a subsidiary of QatarEnergy Renewable Solutions, which is fully owned by QatarEnergy.

The visit, held on the sidelines of the GCCIA-organized workshop in Doha, provided participants with insights into the latest technologies in operation, maintenance, and production implemented at Al-Kharsaah, Qatar’s first solar power plant.

The 800-megawatt (MW) Al-Kharsaah plant began supplying electricity to Qatar’s national grid in June 2022. Since then, QatarEnergy has developed the Ras Laffan and Mesaieed solar plants, with a combined capacity of 875 MW, doubling Qatar’s renewable electricity production to 1,675 MW. The company is now constructing the Dukhan solar plant, which will increase Qatar’s solar generation capacity to over 4,000 MW.

QatarEnergy established QatarEnergy Renewable Solutions in 2017 to finance, build, operate, and maintain solar power facilities and to sell the electricity generated within Qatar. QatarEnergy Renewable Solutions owns 60% of Siraj (1).


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