Kahramaa, QEWC & MHPS Sign MoU on Internship Program
for Young Qatari Engineers
September 18, 2019
Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (KAHRAMAA), Qatar
Electricity & Water Company (QEWC) and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power
Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) for the implementation of an internship-based education
and training program in Japan for engineers from QEWC and
KAHRAMAA.
The signing ceremony, held today in Doha, was attended by His
Excellency Mr. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, the Minister of State for
Energy Affairs. The MOU was signed by His Excellency Mr. Essa
Hilal Al-Kuwari, President of KAHRAMAA, Mr. Fahad Hamad
Al-Mohannadi, General Manager and Managing Director of QEWC, and
Mr. Ken Kawai, President & CEO of MHPS.
Under the terms of the MOU, young engineers from KAHRAMAA and QEWC
will serve as interns at MHPS’ Takasago Works in Hyogo
Prefecture and other locations in Japan. Through a combination
of classroom education and on-the-job training, the interns will
gain relevant knowledge, skills, and experience in addressing
complex situations in their dealings with advanced power
generation technologies.
The internship program is being established in line with MHPS’
support for the development of Qatari technical experts in power
technology. MHPS, which supplies Qatar withhigh-reliability
thermal power generation systems, views the internship program
as an opportunity to further strengthen the ties between the
three companies.
Qatar is presently focusing its resources into the creation and
enhancement of a broad range of new industrial infrastructure to
meet the demand for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and to help achieve
the goals of Qatar National Vision 2030.
As part of that effort, large-scale power generation and
desalination projects are presently underway. As part of
strengthening the infrastructure, MHPS concluded last yeara
second long-term service agreement (LTSA) covering eight of its
M701F gas turbines in operation in the gas turbine combined
cycle (GTCC) power generation facility of the Independent Water
and Power Project (IWPP) in Ras Laffan Industrial City.
As KAHRAMAA and QEWC together provide indispensable support to
enable stable power generation, the conclusion of the new MOU
with MHPS is of great significance.
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