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Ras Laffan Solar PV

A 458 MW solar PV project at Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar. Stage: Operating.

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The record

What the sources publish for this project

Capacity
458 MW
Technology
Solar PV
Stage counted on this site
OperatingAs published: “Inaugurated on 28 April 2025” (MEES)
Inaugurated
28 April 2025
Owners and developers
Shares as the owners publish them; a company without a share has not published one
Procurer
QatarEnergy
Arrangement
Built and owned by a state entity
Country
Qatar
Location
Ras Laffan Industrial City, QatarLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published

Modelled output

Estimated annual generation

Modelled, not measured

929

GWh a year

23.1%

Capacity factor

5.9% of the modelled output of this tracker’s operational solar projects.

  • Fixed at the optimal tilt790 GWh19.7%1,724 kWh per kWp
  • Single-axis trackerCounted here929 GWh23.1%2,028 kWh per kWp

Yield read at the centre of Ras Laffan, 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
MEESQatar adds 875MW solar25 April 202524 September 2026Press or compiler
pv magazineQatarEnergy switches on 875 MW of solar2 May 202524 September 2026Press or compiler

Solar and wind resource

The resource at Ras Laffan

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

5.40 kWh/m²/day

Global horizontal irradiance

About 1,971 kWh/m² a year

3.90 kWh/m²/day

Direct normal irradiance

5.4 m/s

Wind at 50 m

27.3 °C

Air temperature

Warmest month August, 34.6 °C

Aerosol optical depth: 0.54 · Dustiest month July

Global horizontal irradiance by month, kWh/m²/day
January: 3.66 kWh/m²/dayJanFebruary: 4.42 kWh/m²/dayFebMarch: 5.26 kWh/m²/dayMarApril: 5.82 kWh/m²/dayAprMay: 6.74 kWh/m²/dayMayJune: 7.16 kWh/m²/dayJunJuly: 6.70 kWh/m²/dayJulAugust: 6.46 kWh/m²/dayAugSeptember: 6.00 kWh/m²/daySepOctober: 5.10 kWh/m²/dayOctNovember: 3.92 kWh/m²/dayNovDecember: 3.42 kWh/m²/dayDec
January3.66
February4.42
March5.26
April5.82
May6.74
June7.16
July6.70
August6.46
September6.00
October5.10
November3.92
December3.42

Source: NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, climatology 2001–2020, public domain; retrieved 2026-09-24. Cell N25.5E51.5, 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)