Kahramaa plans 220MW solar power project in Qatar
Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has announced the launch of a 220 megawatts (MW)solar energy power project at...
Renewable Energy
COP18 conference enters second week
The 18th UN conference on Climate Change “(COP18 / CMP8”) has entered its second week amid hopes and demands that...
COP18/CMP8 President meets with Executive Secretary of UNFCCC
H.E. Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, the President of the 2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference, along with his team, held...
Qatar to invest up to $20 billion in solar energy plant
OPEC member Qatar will ask firms to tender for a 1,800 megawatt (MW) solar energy plant in 2014 costing between...
Qatar to get solar-powered desalination plant
An estimated 80 percent of Qatar’s total water desalination process would be soon powered by solar energy. The country’s proposed...
Qatar provides $70 million funding for research on carbon storage
Qatar has contributed in a 10-year, $70m research program to provide science and engineering with the state-of–the-art techniques to cut...
Qatar Sustainability Expo captivates children’s imagination
Younger visitors to Qatar Sustainability Expo (QSE) have found themselves spoilt for choice amidst a sea of attractions, workshops and...
Qatar assures air quality up to global standards
Qatar said there is nothing wrong with its air quality as it meets international standards as per air pollution-monitoring indicators....
Experts at Qatar Sustainability Expo call to conserve water
Research shows that with the current rate of consumption, water availability in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region...
Half way through the first week differences loom large at COP18
Half way through the first week of the major climate talks of the year a number of worrying fault lines...
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