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Dukhan Solar PV

A 2,000 MW solar PV project at Dukhan, about 80 km west of Doha, Qatar. Stage: Contracted.

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The record

What the sources publish for this project

Capacity
2,000 MW
Technology
Solar PVTwo phases of about 1 GW each
Stage counted on this site
ContractedAs published: “Samsung C&T selected to build the plant; first 1 GW by the end of 2028 and the second phase by mid-2029” (pv magazine)
Agreement or award
September 2025
Operation date, stated target
2029
Owners and developers
Shares as the owners publish them; a company without a share has not published one
Procurer
QatarEnergy
Engineering and construction
Samsung C&T
Arrangement
Built and owned by a state entity
Country
Qatar
Location
Dukhan, about 80 km west of Doha, QatarLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published

Modelled output

Estimated annual generation

Modelled, not measured

4,131

GWh a year

23.6%

Capacity factor

79.7% of the modelled output of this tracker’s contracted solar projects.

  • Fixed at the optimal tilt3,535 GWh20.2%1,768 kWh per kWp
  • Single-axis trackerCounted here4,131 GWh23.6%2,066 kWh per kWp

Yield read at the centre of Dukhan, rounded to 0.1°. Mounting assumed: plants of 50 MW and more on single-axis trackers, smaller ones fixed.

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

Solar projects with an estimate only; the counted mounting for each.
StageProjectsCapacity, MWGWh a yearCapacity factor
Operational11 / 127,57515,70923.7%
Under construction5 / 510,10021,17123.9%
Contracted2 / 22,5005,18123.7%
Tendered5 / 54,2008,55923.3%
Announced1 / 11,5003,15524%

Solar yield: PVGIS 5.2 (PVGIS-SARAH2), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. © European Union. Estimate as JSON

Sources

Where each figure comes from

PublisherPublicationPublishedRead onKind
pv magazineQatarEnergy selects Samsung C&T for 2 GW solar project17 September 202524 September 2026Press or compiler

Solar and wind resource

The resource at Dukhan

NASA POWER's long-run means for the 0.5° cell that holds the locality: an area-level picture, not a site measurement.

5.78 kWh/m²/day

Global horizontal irradiance

About 2,110 kWh/m² a year

4.26 kWh/m²/day

Direct normal irradiance

5.7 m/s

Wind at 50 m

27.8 °C

Air temperature

Warmest month July, 36.4 °C

Aerosol optical depth: 0.57 · Dustiest month July

Global horizontal irradiance by month, kWh/m²/day
January: 4.00 kWh/m²/dayJanFebruary: 4.80 kWh/m²/dayFebMarch: 5.70 kWh/m²/dayMarApril: 6.26 kWh/m²/dayAprMay: 7.08 kWh/m²/dayMayJune: 7.50 kWh/m²/dayJunJuly: 7.12 kWh/m²/dayJulAugust: 6.88 kWh/m²/dayAugSeptember: 6.40 kWh/m²/daySepOctober: 5.46 kWh/m²/dayOctNovember: 4.22 kWh/m²/dayNovDecember: 3.80 kWh/m²/dayDec
January4.00
February4.80
March5.70
April6.26
May7.08
June7.50
July7.12
August6.88
September6.40
October5.46
November4.22
December3.80

Source: NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, climatology 2001–2020, public domain; retrieved 2026-09-24. Cell N25.0E50.5, 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.

See it on the Energy AtlasResource as JSON

GCC Renewables Tracker, 24 September 2026 (2026-09)