$1bn, Qatar studying solar energy project

Post date: Jan 06, 2010 2:3:0 PM

source: reuters.com

Testing is the key to solar energy in Qatar

That is what Chevron and Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) are doing. We are establishing a research and training facility that will investigate solar power, solar air-conditioning and low-energy lighting technologies. It is part of Chevron’s $20mn Centre for Sustainable Energy Efficiency at QSTP, scheduled to open in October 2010. source: worldsolarthermal.com

Qatar Solar

"Qatari and foreign entities are in serious talks... and a final agreement that will set the project's road map is expected to be arrived at soon," Shadi Abu Daher, regional manager of the World Trade Center in Doha, told Qatar's Al Arab newspaper.