Qatar, which now has a power surplus, plans to set up an electricity plant with a capacity of up to 5,000 megawatts by 2016 to meet rising demand, said a senior official of Qatar Electricity and Water Company (QEWC). “At this stage there are plans to build a power plant to be used from 2016 onwards that is able to supply likely between 3,000 and 5,000 megawatts, or three to four years’ requirement,” QEWC’s managing director, Fahad Al Mohannadi, said in an interview. REUTERS

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