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Qatar Opens its First Solar Plant Using China Tech – SCMP

Located in the desert region of Al Khrasaah, the 800-megawatt facility is “one of the biggest” in the Middle East, the paper said.


Solar panels are seen at the Al Kharsaah solar plant project, in Al Kharsaah, Qatar
India is planning to introduce incentives for manufacturing hydrogen fuel, electric cars and solar panels. Photo: Reuters

 

Qatar has opened its first solar power plant using Chinese technology and equipment, the South China Morning Post reported.

Located in the desert region of Al Khrasaah, the 800-megawatt facility is “one of the biggest” in the Middle East, with nearly two million solar panels provided by Chinese solar giant LONGi, the report said.

Read the full report: The South China Morning Post.

 

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Alfie Habershon

Alfie is a Reporter at Asia Financial. He previously lived in Mumbai reporting on India's economy and healthcare for data journalism initiative IndiaSpend, as well as having worked for London based Tortoise Media.