QEWC Announce Launching Soraj Power Plant in 2017

 

January 15, 2017

 

Mr. Fahad H. Al Mohannadi, General Manager and Managing Director of QEWC and Chairman of Nebras Power, revealed that the Qatar Electricity & Water, and Qatar Petroleum will work to launch a new company "Soraj Power" in Qatar during the current year 2017.  He pointed out that they will begin immediately in implementing the first solar energy project in the country. In an interview with  Al Eqtisadiah daily newspaper he pointed out that the launch of this new company keeps up with the state's plans to produce 500 megawatts of solar energy by 2020.
 
Mr. Fahad Al Mohannadi also stated that QEWC is looking forward to the actual operation of Umm Al Houl power plant where the percentage of its achievement exceeding 66% presently. He noted that most of this power plant will be operating in 2017 raising the capacity of producing electricity and water in Qatar
as the plant will be able to supply up to 2.52GW of electricity and 590,000m³ (136 million gallons) of drinking water a day to 2.5m homes in the area.