Analysing energy transition pathways for Qatar

The project is partly funded externally and partly internally. Work packages 1 to 4 are externally funded through QRDI grant CCEC01-1012-230056 "Qatar TIMES - Embedding the model in the national climate change policymaking process"; this is the continuation of QNRF grant NPRP13S-0204-200250 “Developing an energy systems model of Qatar as a tool to support national energy-environmental policy analysis”. Qatar TIMES is an energy systems model of Qatar, designed to study long-term energy transition pathways for the country. Working closely with the MoECC, we aim to inform national climate policy. This will be achieved by a three-pronged approach: a) Capacity building: run workshops for the MoECC and other stakeholders, to equip them with the knowledge needed to interact with the model in full; b) Scenario development: continue to work closely with the MoECC and other stakeholders to build policy-relevant scenarios that can directly feed into the national policy-making process; c) Model advancement: continue to develop and improve the model as required by the needs of the end-users and stakeholders. The consortium is composed of QEERI, Imperial College London and the HBKU College of Public Policy, with support from the MoECC and Earthna. Work package 5 and 6 are internally funded and complement the previous ones by assessing options to reduce the carbon footprint of Qatar's exports through the development of clean hydrogen production and by comparing and contrasting the results obtained using Qatar TIMES with those obtained using a different model - Qatar MUSE - based on a complementary approach.

Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)