Qatar General Electricity and Water Company (also known as Kahramaa) recently announced the launch of the Qatar National Renewable Energy Strategy (QNRES) to advance Qatar's National Vision 2030 sustainable development goals. The strategy, developed by Kahramaa in coordination with the country's 22 major energy entities, aims to increase the use of renewable energy and diversify renewable energy sources, with a focus on the wider use of solar power.

Qatar has high-quality solar energy resources, with the world's highest solar power generation capacity of more than 2,000 kilowatt-hours per square metre per year, and one of the world's highest potentials for photovoltaic electricity production. According to the newly published strategy, Qatar aims to expand its large-scale renewable energy facilities to about 4 million kilowatts by 2030, while installing about 200 MW of distributed solar power generation. It is expected to reduce the average cost of electricity generation by 15 per cent by 2030 through cost-effective renewable energy solutions.

It is worth noting that Qatar is the world's top-ranked producer and exporter of natural gas, with its exports last year trailing only the United States and Australia. Qatar is aggressively expanding its natural gas production capacity with the goal of reaching nearly a quarter of the global market share by 2030.

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