{"id":321368,"date":"2026-01-01T13:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/?p=321368"},"modified":"2025-12-10T15:45:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T19:45:23","slug":"qatarenergy-samsung-dukhan-solar-plant","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/qatarenergy-samsung-dukhan-solar-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"QatarEnergy and Samsung to build Dukhan solar plant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>QatarEnergy has signed a contract with Samsung C&amp;T for the construction of the <strong>Dukhan solar power plant<\/strong>, a renewable energy megaproject that is set to be <strong>Qatar&#8217;s largest to date<\/strong>. With a projected capacity of 2,000 megawatts (MW), this plant will play a crucial role in Qatar&#8217;s strategy of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/articulo\/decarbonizing-construction-value-chain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">decarbonization strategy<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A strategic agreement to transform the energy matrix<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/slb-onesubsea-secures-subsea-pumping-contract-for-tiber-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction)<\/a><\/strong> contract was signed in Doha by the Minister of State for Energy Affairs and chairman of QatarEnergy, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, together with Sechul Oh, president and CEO of Samsung C&amp;T. The event was also attended by the chairman of KAHRAMAA, the national electricity and water company, which will receive the energy produced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The site selected for the Dukhan solar plant is located about 80 km west of Doha and will cover an <strong>area of 27 square kilometers<\/strong>. Samsung will install <strong>2.74 million solar panels<\/strong> with solar tracking system to maximize energy harvesting even in extreme desert conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Large-scale clean energy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The plant will be developed in two phases, the first will deliver <strong>1,000 MW to the KAHRAMAA grid by the end of 2028,<\/strong> while the second will complete the <strong>2,000 MW by mid-2029<\/strong>. This capacity will double the current production of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/6-5-mw-solar-power-plant-activated-in-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">solar power<\/a><\/strong> and cover up to 30 % of the country&#8217;s peak electricity demand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Likewise, the facility will reduce <strong>4.7 million tons of CO\u2082 emissions per year<\/strong>, reinforcing Qatar&#8217;s commitment to global climate goals and its own National Vision 2030, which seeks to balance economic development and environmental sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Qatar accelerates towards a renewable future<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dukhan solar plant will join the already operational <strong>Al-Kharsaah, Mesaieed and Ras Laffan<\/strong> plants in a broader plan with which QatarEnergy hopes to reach more than <strong>4,000 MW of installed renewable energy by 2030<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/engineering-construction\/2025-09-powering-the-future-samsung-ct-wins-qatars-largest-ever-solar-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Samsung<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s leading global supplier in the construction of large-scale solar projects, this contract strengthens its position as a leading global supplier in the construction of large-scale solar projects and consolidates its presence in the Middle East region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source and photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qatarenergy.qa\/en\/MediaCenter\/Pages\/newsdetails.aspx?ItemId=3859\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">QatarEnergy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The project will double Qatar&#8217;s solar capacity and cover up to 30% of the country&#8217;s electricity demand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10019,"featured_media":321357,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13044],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-321368","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-new-energies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/321368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/321368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=321368"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=321368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}