Essa bin Hilal Al-Kuwari (right) and Markus Berger signing the document in the presence of Minister of Energy and Industry, H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada yesterday. Pic: Abdul Basit / The Peninsula
Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Elia Grid International, a Belgian firm, on the sidelines of the ongoing ‘GCC Power 2016 Conference & Exhibition’.
The MoU was signed, in the presence of the Minister of Energy and Industry, HE Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, by Kahramaa's President, Essa bin Hilal Al Kuwari and Chief Executive Officer of Elia Grid International Markus Berger.
The signed MoU is designed to encourage the sharing of information, experiences and ideas to foster transmission development, network planning, KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) enhancement, better asset management exchanging technical information and joint cooperation.
“Under the MoU we intend to exchange information and expertise to develop a relation between Kahramaa and Elia Grid International,” Al Kuwari told The Peninsula on the sidelines of the signing ceremony.
“We aim to sharing information and benchmarking our performance with them. Changing the KPIs for the distribution of power, developing smart grid concept and renewable energy concept are the key objectives of this collaboration,” Al Kuwari added.
On the current status of the ambitious smart grid programme, he said that Qatar has already started working on the smart grid transformation programme, and have already converted many areas with smart grid system.
