Dr Khalid Klefeekh Al Hajri (centre), Chairman and CEO, QSTec; Alfonso G Cusi (second left), Department of Energy Secretary, Philippines; and Alan L Timbayan (second right), Ambassador of Philippines to Qatar along with other officials on the sidelines o
Qatar Solar Technologies’ (QSTec) Chairman and CEO, Dr Khalid Klefeekh Al Hajri met with officials from the Republic of the Philippines, including Department of Energy Secretary, Alfonso G Cusi, and Philippines’ Ambassador Alan L Timbayan to explore the possibilities of partnership in renewable energy.
The meeting agenda included discussions on QSTec’s maturation in the energy industry and its integration across the solar value chain, the growing solar energy market in the Philippines as well as possible collaboration opportunities.
Other government officials present during the meeting included Undersecretary Donato D Marcos and Assistant Secretary Atty. Gerardo D Erguiza Jr. from the Department of Energy as well as First Secretary and Consul General Roussel R Reyes from the Embassy of the Philippines.
Notably, QSTec is Mena’s first fully integrated solar company as well as the largest polysilicon producer in the region, with a manufacturing facility of 8,000 metric tonnes per annum in Qatar.
The organisation is strongly committed to collaborating with international partners in the interest of progressively harvesting solar energy, combating climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
To this end, QSTec sees far-reaching potential for collaborating with the Philippines in effectively meeting these common targets.
Under the Philippines’ Renewable Energy Roadmap 2017-2040, the country aims to develop and install 20,000 megawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2040. Already,
