Qatar's per capita carbon footprint is definitely high due to some obvious reasons..
This country with a very small population has production units of steel, cement, aluminium, fertilizer and water which are all power intensive. Also, processing of natural gas requires a portion of it to be flared-off.All these industries along with the domestic needs and inland transport cumulatively have increased the ratio. It's not surprising at all.
However, Qatar, in its Vision 2030, has given a serious thought to go for non-renewable sources of energy and wean itself out of oil and gas dependency in the next few decades.
QSTP is presently doing good work on non-renewables like solar and wind. Also, shortly, the country will have its first polysilicon manufacturing facility in collaboration with Solarworld, Germany. This is good for a start.
I feel Qatar should make use of its long costline to harness the winds & tides and use the 360 day sunlight to have more solar panels for street lighting, agriculture and domestic uses.
Qatar's per capita carbon footprint is definitely high due to some obvious reasons..
This country with a very small population has production units of steel, cement, aluminium, fertilizer and water which are all power intensive. Also, processing of natural gas requires a portion of it to be flared-off.All these industries along with the domestic needs and inland transport cumulatively have increased the ratio. It's not surprising at all.
However, Qatar, in its Vision 2030, has given a serious thought to go for non-renewable sources of energy and wean itself out of oil and gas dependency in the next few decades.
QSTP is presently doing good work on non-renewables like solar and wind. Also, shortly, the country will have its first polysilicon manufacturing facility in collaboration with Solarworld, Germany. This is good for a start.
I feel Qatar should make use of its long costline to harness the winds & tides and use the 360 day sunlight to have more solar panels for street lighting, agriculture and domestic uses.