What is Qatar energy's sustainability strategy?

Qatar Energy set within its strategy several targets, such as: Prince Decree 2/2017 transferred the responsibilities of the national oil and gas committee in Qatar to Qatar Energy, known back then as Qatar Petroleum. Want to know more about this policy ? Learn more Qatar Energy's Sustainability Strategy - policy from the IEA Policies Database.

How can Qatar achieve energy security?

To achieve this, Qatar should invest in system analysis methods development and create knowledge for its own future. Priorities of current natural gas clients are in achieving energy security, with it comes diversification of suppliers to lower costs and elevate supply chain instabilities.

Does Qatar need solar energy?

On the renewable energy front, Qatar aims for solar energy to constitute 30% of its electricity-generation capacity by 2030. In October 2022 the country’s first solar-PV energy project, the 800-MW Al Kharsaah power plant, started operating and now supplies around 10% of domestic peak energy consumption needs.

Should Qatar have a common utility sector?

On an industrial cluster level, Qatar should have a common utility sector, which allows industrial feed-in of excess electricity and heat. On an operational level, connect utilities, governments, and private sector partners to encourage innovation in areas that suit both government goals and private sector interests.

Is Qatar a good place to store CO2?

Qatar is well suited for CCS, a process that puts extracted CO 2 back into the geological formations. Qatar has one CCS project, to capture 5 million ton per annum of CO 2 from the LNG facility and store it underground, with plans to increase the capacity by 2030 (Qatar Energy, n.d.).

How Qatar's natural gas processing facility can be used to generate profit?

It can be seen that Qatar’s emissions from the GTL facility can be used to generate profit if used in enhanced oil recovery and methanol production. The emissions from the natural gas processing facility can be implemented in greenhouses to enhance the yield of food production.