Qatar: TotalEnergies Announces the Startup of Al Kharsaah (800 MWp), One of the Largest Solar Power Plants in the Middle East
18 Outubro 2022 - 1:12PM
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Regulatory News:
The Al Kharsaah solar power plant developed by TotalEnergies
(Paris:TTE) (LSE:TTE) (NYSE:TTE) and its partners QatarEnergy, and
Marubeni was inaugurated today by His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin
Hamad Al Thani.
The ceremony marked the completion of the construction works and
the startup of the plant, which is now connected to the national
grid.
Located 80 km West of Doha, the Al Kharsaah plant is the first
large scale photovoltaic plant in Qatar with 800 MWp installed
solar capacity. The plant was constructed on a 1000-hectare
terrain, equivalent to approximately 1400 football pitches, and
integrates 2 million high-efficiency bifacial modules mounted on
single-axis trackers. These panels, equipped with photovoltaic
cells on the front and back, capture the sun's direct rays on one
side, and capture the rays reflected on the ground thanks to the
other side, thus optimizing electricity production.
Al Kharsaah can supply 10% of the country's peak power
consumption and will avoid 26 million tons of CO2 emissions during
its lifetime.
“After our recent entry in the giant LNG projects NFE and NFS
alongside QatarEnergy, we are proud to announce today the start-up
of the Al Kharsaah solar plant. This giant project, which
contributed to the sustainability roadmap of Qatar, demonstrates
once again TotalEnergies' ability to support producing countries in
their energy transition by combining natural gas production and
solar energy to meet the growing demand for electricity”, said
Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
TotalEnergies. “This is another milestone in our long-standing
and trustful relationship with QatarEnergy, also bringing us closer
to our goal of 35 GW of production capacity by 2025”.
The power plant has been developed and is operated by Siraj 1,
which is jointly owned 40% by the Consortium formed by
TotalEnergies (49%) and Marubeni (51%) and 60% by Siraj Energy
(100% QatarEnergy). The project includes a 25-year Power Purchase
Agreement between Siraj 1 and the power grid operator Kahramaa.
The inauguration of the Al Kharsaah plant follows the recent
selection of TotalEnergies as QatarEnergy's first international
partner for the North Field East (NFE) and North Field South (NFS)
liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects. Participation in these
projects will enable TotalEnergies to add 3.5 Mt/year of production
to its global LNG portfolio by 2028, in line with the Company's
goal of increasing the share of natural gas in its sales mix to 50%
by 2030.
The inauguration also follows QatarEnergy's recent announcement
of a new solarization project for the Ras Laffan and Mesaieed
industrial cities, with the support of TotalEnergies. With 900 MWp
of installed capacity, this project will be a second major
milestone in QatarEnergy's strategy to reduce the carbon footprint
of its facilities by 2030 and to develop 5 GW of renewable power
generation capacity by 2035.
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TotalEnergies and renewables electricity
As part of its ambition to get to net zero by 2050,
TotalEnergies is building a portfolio of activities in renewables
and electricity. At the end of June 2022, TotalEnergies' gross
renewable electricity generation installed capacity is close to 12
GW. TotalEnergies will continue to expand this business to reach 35
GW of gross production capacity from renewable sources and storage
by 2025, and then 100 GW by 2030 with the objective of being among
the world's top 5 producers of electricity from wind and solar
energy.
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markets energies: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases,
renewables and electricity. Our more than 100,000 employees are
committed to energy that is ever more affordable, cleaner, more
reliable and accessible to as many people as possible. Active in
more than 130 countries, TotalEnergies puts sustainable development
in all its dimensions at the heart of its projects and operations
to contribute to the well-being of people.
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