Qatar Power Signs QR400 MM Contract with Siemens, Umm Al Houl Power Plant to Open in February 2019.

December 20, 2018

Qatar Power Company signed an extension for a long-term maintenance contract with Siemens, worth QR400m for 15 years, as part of the relations between Qatar and Germany and plans to develop these relations in all economic, political and trade aspects.

The contract was signed by Qatar Power Executive Managing Director Fawaz Abdulaziz Al Baker and CEO of Siemens Qatar Adrian Wood. The signing ceremony was attended by Managing Director and Member of the Board at Qatar Electricity and Water Company (QEWC) Fahad bin Hamad Al Mohannadi, who is also Chairman of Qatar Power Company, in addition to members of the board and Senior Executive Deputy Chairman of Siemens Power Generation Services in the Middle East and North Africa, Gianluigi Di Giovanni, and His Excellency Ambassador of Germany to Qatar.

On the sidelines of the signing ceremony, Fahad bin Hamad Al Mohannadi said that the $3 Billion Umm Al Houl power station currently operates at its full capacity and will be open in February 2019. He said QEWC is undergoing two activities within the solar energy sector, the first will kick off at the beginning of 2019, and by the end of 2020 the first solar energy station will operate with a capacity of 350 megawatts. The second will include a second station of 350 megawatt capacity, resulting in a total of 700 megawatts by mid-2021.

Al Mohannadi added all projects at QEWC are always offered through tenders, and there are about 16 companies that have been qualified to enter projects related to solar energy. The companies will compete for a 25 year electricity purchase contract and long-term contracts will be awarded to companies offering competitive prices. Al Mohannadi pointed out that Siemens operates 40 percent of the power plants supervised by QEWC.