GCC Renewables Tracker
Al Kharsaah Solar PV
A 800 MWp solar PV project at Al Kharsaah, about 80 km west of Doha, Qatar. Stage: Operating.
The record
What the sources publish for this project
- Capacity
- 800 MWp
- Technology
- Solar PVAbout two million bifacial modules on single-axis trackers, over 1,000 hectares
- Stage counted on this site
- OperatingAs published: “Started up on 18 October 2022” (TotalEnergies)
- Commercial operation
- 18 October 2022
- Owners and developers
- QatarEnergy Renewable Solutions (owner; 60%)
- TotalEnergies (owner, developer)
- Marubeni (owner, developer)
- Supplies
- KAHRAMAA
- Procurer
- KAHRAMAA
- Arrangement
- Independent power project with a power purchase agreementTerm: 25 years
- Country
- Qatar
- Location
- Al Kharsaah, about 80 km west of Doha, QatarLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published
Owned by Siraj 1: 60% QatarEnergy Renewable Solutions and 40% a consortium of TotalEnergies (49%) and Marubeni (51%). The tariff was not disclosed in the startup release.
Modelled output
Estimated annual generation
1,638
GWh a year
23.4%
Capacity factor
10.4% of the modelled output of this tracker’s operational solar projects.
- Fixed at the optimal tilt1,399 GWh20%1,749 kWh per kWp
- Single-axis trackerCounted here1,638 GWh23.4%2,048 kWh per kWp
Yield read at the centre of Al Kharsaah, rounded to 0.1°. Mounting as the source describes it.
Annual kWh per kWp from PVGIS for crystalline silicon with 14% system loss, multiplied by the capacity as the source states it and taken as peak. A plant rated in MWac carries more DC capacity, so its estimate runs low.
Tracker totals, modelled
| Stage | Projects | Capacity, MW | GWh a year | Capacity factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operational | 11 / 12 | 7,575 | 15,709 | 23.7% |
| Under construction | 5 / 5 | 10,100 | 21,171 | 23.9% |
| Contracted | 2 / 2 | 2,500 | 5,181 | 23.7% |
| Tendered | 5 / 5 | 4,200 | 8,559 | 23.3% |
| Announced | 1 / 1 | 1,500 | 3,155 | 24% |
Solar yield: PVGIS 5.2 (PVGIS-SARAH2), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. © European Union. Estimate as JSON
Sources
Where each figure comes from
| Publisher | Publication | Published | Read on | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TotalEnergies | Qatar: TotalEnergies announces the startup of Al Kharsaah (800 MWp), one of the largest solar power plants in the Middle East | 18 October 2022 | 24 September 2026 | Procurer, developer or owner |
Solar and wind resource
The resource at Qatar
NASA POWER's long-run means for the 0.5° cell that holds the locality: an area-level picture, not a site measurement.
5.52 kWh/m²/day
Global horizontal irradiance
About 2,015 kWh/m² a year
3.78 kWh/m²/day
Direct normal irradiance
5.6 m/s
Wind at 50 m
27.8 °C
Air temperature
Warmest month August, 36.1 °C
Aerosol optical depth: 0.57 · Dustiest month July
| January | 3.80 |
|---|---|
| February | 4.56 |
| March | 5.40 |
| April | 5.96 |
| May | 6.80 |
| June | 7.22 |
| July | 6.84 |
| August | 6.60 |
| September | 6.12 |
| October | 5.22 |
| November | 4.04 |
| December | 3.58 |
Source: NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, climatology 2001–2020, public domain; retrieved 2026-09-24. Cell N25.0E51.0, native resolution 1° (CERES SYN1deg). These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
GCC Renewables Tracker, 24 September 2026 (2026-09)