Qatar's National Renewable Energy Strategy aims to enhance the utilization of renewable energy sources to provide a more sustainable future for upcoming generations. Due​ to its excellent solar energy resources and some of the highest levels of global horizontal r​a​diation in the world, Qatar has great potential to expand its use of rene​​wable energy.

The QNR​ES focuses on three primary objectives:

• Reducing CO2 emissions through sustainable policies and trends, which will enhance environmental sustainabili​ty and contribute to improving air quality
• Increasing the penetration of renewable energy while maintaining network reliability
• Maximizing the socio-economic contribut​ion from renewable energy.

The QNRES aim to:

• Deploy a utility-scale renewable energy capacity of 4 GW by 2030, with a primary focus on solar PV technology, increasing Qatar's energy mix's proportion of renewable energy from 5% to 18% by 2030.
• Achieve a target of 200 MW of distributed renewable energy generation, which will allow customers to install solar photovoltaic systems in their facilities for self-consumption, and export excess power to the grid.​
  

Qatar's National Renewable Energy S​trategy aims to enhance the utilization of renewable energy sources Qatar's renewable energy vision aims to enable the development of a sustainable and affordable energy system. Therefore, the Qatar National Renewable Energy Strategy has developed a comprehensive report that outlines the country's renewable energy strategy and action plan.

QNRES Strategy

• QNRES Strategy (PDF)
• QNRE ​Policy (PDF)
• DREG Policy ​(PDF)

Net Billing

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BeSolar

In order to achieve the objectives of Qatar's National Renewable Energy Strategy, Kahramaa launched the distributed solar energy service for users/customers (BeSolar) and prepared the distributed solar energy policy and the net billing mechanism, which is an incentive for all users/customers to install solar energy systems in facilities such as homes, shops, factories.

Solar Net Billing

When electricity is produced from solar panels, the produced electricity is consumed to meet the customer's needs and then the surplus is sent to the network, after which a two-way meter measures the amount of surplus electricity s​ent to the network. Accordingly, Kahramaa will reduce the price of the surplus electricity from the next bill, which contributes to reducing the customer's bills.

Price of surplus power exported to the KAHRAMAA network, categorized based on the consumption categories established by KAHRAMAA: