QatarEnergy, Qatar Foundation sign solar energy co-operation MoUs

QatarEnergy, Qatar Foundation sign solar energy co-operation MoUs

Siraj Energy (a JV between QatarEnergy (51%) and QEWC (49%) signed two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with Qatar Foundation and Woqod related to co-operation in photovoltaic (PV) energy and systems applications.

HE Sheikha Hind bint Hamad al-Thani, Vice Chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation, and HE the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, Saad bin Sherida al-Kaabi, also 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 installation and utilisation of PV systems to power Sidra Medicine, Qatar Foundation’s women’s and children’s hospital and medical research centre.

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 the study and evaluation by end of the second quarter of 2022.

It was signed by Mohamed Yousef al-Harami, Siraj Energy CEO, and Ghanim Hassan al-Ibrahim, chief operations officer, Qatar Foundation.

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