Doha Forum/ Minister of State for Energy Affairs highlights Qatar's key achievements in LNG and renewable energy

HE Minister of State for Energy Affairs, President and CEO of QatarEnergy Saad bin Sherida Al Kaabi highlighted the most prominent achievements of the State of Qatar in the LNG and renewable energy sectors as well as its contributions to achieving global food security through fertilizer production.His Excellency highlighted QatarEnergy's LNG expansion projects that will double its production capacity to 142 million tons per annum, add to that 18 million tons from its project in Golden Pass project in Texas, in the USA.In remarks during a "Newsmaker Interview" as part of the Doha Forum 2024, held in Doha, His Excellency also discussed the role of gas in the energy transition stressing that "it will play a very big role" citing intermittency issues when the sun is not shining to power solar panels, or the wind is not blowing to drive wind farms, or lower rain levels fails to boost hydro power.Al Kaabi highlighted Qatars contributions towards global food security through the production of much needed fertilizers. "Today, we are the second largest fertilizer exporter in the world. We are doubling our production to 12 million tons per annum, which will make us the largest fertilizer producer in the world." Also, a point to highlight during the interview was the environment, which His Excellency stressed was an utmost importance for QatarEnergy. "we are big believers in making sure that we have clean air and clean water for everybody living in Qatar and around the world. A few years ago, we had zero renewables in Qatar. Today, 10% of the power that we are enjoying comes from solar. Next year, it will go up with another two plants that we are going to inaugurate in Mesaieed and Ras Laffan taking the total solar production to about 15% to 16%. With the addition of a fourth plant in Dukhan, we will increase our solar capacity making it 30% of our total power production.