QatarEnergy and Qatar Foundation sign solar energy cooperation MoUs – The Peninsula Qatar

QatarEnergy and Qatar Foundation sign solar energy cooperation MoUs – The Peninsula Qatar

 26 Oct 2021 - 15:26

The MoU signed by Mohammed Yousef Al Harami, Siraj Energy CEO, and Ghanim Hassan Al-Ibrahim, Chief Operations Officer, Qatar Foundation.

Doha: Siraj Energy (a JV between QatarEnergy (51%) and QEWC (49%)) signed two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with Qatar Foundation and WOQOD related to cooperation in photovoltaic (PV) energy and systems applications.

H E Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, Vice Chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation, and H E Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, President and CEO of QatarEnergy, attended the signing event, which was held at Qatar Foundation.

The first MoU, signed between Siraj Energy and Qatar Foundation, reflects a shared commitment to sustainability and to developing and implementing strategies that contribute toward shaping a sustainable future for Qatar. It will allow Siraj Energy to study and evaluate the installation and utilization of PV systems to power Sidra Medicine, Qatar Foundation’s women’s and children’s hospital and medical research center.

The study and evaluation will include the determination of most effective capacity to be cabled to existing systems by considering optimisation of available land areas, sustainability and efficiency. Siraj Energy targets to complete study and evaluation by end of the second quarter of 2022.