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Qatar Solar Power Plant
Type: Solar Cell Manufacturing Plant and Solar Power Plant
Client: Qatar Foundation
Capacity: 100 MW (initial)
Cost: $500 million (solar cell plant)
Completion: 2013 (est.)

Qatar Foundation, the private non-profit organisation, recently unveiled its plans for a $500 million solar cell plant to produce the polysilican required for solar cells. The cells manufactured at the plant will then be used to build a 100 MW solar power plant in Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP) within the next five years. The project will take only two years and the hi-tech modular plant is to be built in Europe by a leading manufacturer, then put together in Qatar on site. QSTP will also encourage its tenants Tata, Chevron, Shell, and Total, which are major players in solar, to collaborate with Qatari companies emerging in the sector.

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Mesaieed Independent Power Plant
Type: IPP
Client: Mesaieed
Capacity: 2000 MW
Cost: $2.4 billion
Completion: 2010

The Mesaieed Project will see the construction of a 2000 MW power plant and a large substation, the output of which will serve the Qatar national grid and the proposed Mesaieed aluminium smelter. GE was awarded the contract of installation six Frame 9FA gas turbines, two Frame 6B gas turbines, six 330H type generators, and three D11 steam turbines. Iberdrola Ingenieria Y Construction was awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract in November 2006. The project is expected to be completed by Q2 2010, and Qatar Petroleum will supply gas for the plant.

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