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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Thursday 22 August 2013 15 Shawwal 1434 - Volume 18 Number 5799 Price: QR2 With Gulf aid, Watson’s rare Egypt can limp century puts through crisis Australia on top Business | 19 Sport | 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 THURSDAY 22 AUGUST 2013 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Qatar shows the way in cutting CO2 ‘Earth Overshoot Day’ celebrated DOHA: As the world observed policy making in support of a sus- the “Earth Overshoot Day” yes- tainable future, not only for Qatar terday, Qatar’s aggressive pos- but to the whole world. ture in cutting the country’s emission rate is worth watching AGGRESSIVELY INVOLVED for other polluting countries and the agencies that are involved in Qatar is aggressively involved Qatar Airways Senior Vice President GCC, Levant, Iran and Indian Subcontinent, Fathi Al Shehab, with airline and Sulaymaniyah International Airport lobbying for bringing down the in reducing flaring and venting, officials yesterday. world’s escalating CO2 rate. a key source of its emissions. The country, which techni- Qatar’s energy production is cally figures in the top list of the increasing faster than flaring and world’s biggest emitters, is show- venting, resulting in a decline in ing the world the way to address emissions intensity. Energy pro- QA begins flights to fifth Iraqi destination the issue in more than one way. duction in Qatar increased by 12 Qatar was the first Gulf state to percent between 1995 and 2008, DOHA/SULAYMANIYAH, and 132 seats in Economy. The officials. Fathi Al Shehab, Qatar Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker. join the World Bank’s Global Gas while flaring levels rose by just 2 Iraq: Qatar Airways yesterday launch marks the rapid expansion Airways Senior Vice President The Sulaymaniyah flights con- Flaring Reduction Partnership, percent during the period and has launched flights to its fifth des- by Qatar Airways in Iraq since GCC, Levant, Iran and Indian nect to over 100 destinations which has resulted in significant remained stable since 2005. The tination in Iraq, Sulaymaniyah, the middle of 2012 when it began Subcontinent, led an official dele- worldwide, including London, changes in gas flaring and venting net effect is 10 percent decrease increasing the airline’s fre- flights to Erbil, followed by the gation on the flight from Doha and Paris, Singapore, Bangkok, despite the increase in produc- in flaring per unit of production. quency across Iraq from 16 to capital Baghdad, Najaf and Basra. was welcomed at the airport by Beijing, Johannesburg, Melbourne, tion and expansion of oil and gas The country is investing heav- 20 flights each week. Sulaymaniyah also marks Director General Sulaymaniyah Delhi and Mumbai. facilities. ily in carbon capture and storage The new services, which will the carrier’s fifth new Middle International Airport Eng Tahir Sulaymaniyah is an important Between 2009 and 2010, Qatar too and it has ramped up efforts operate four-times-a-week non- Eastern destination launched this Qadir. economic and cultural centre for reduced flare volume by 14 percent to move forward towards renew- stop from the airline’s Doha hub, year after Basra, Najaf, Gassim “The Republic of Iraq has been Iraq. It is a mountainous province down from 2.2bn cubic metres. able energy. brings the carrier’s global network in Saudi Arabia and Salalah in on our list of expansion priori- and had been named the cultural The government is committed to The Qatar Carbonates and to 129 destinations worldwide. Oman. ties for some time and the last capital of Kurdistan Region of halving by 2016 the volume of gas Carbon storage Research Centre The Doha–Sulaymaniyah route The arrival of Qatar Airways’ 12 months have seen us move Iraq. Due to relative peace in the flaring to 0.0115bn cubic metres (QCCSRC) is a 10-year research is being operated by a state-of- flight QR438 was welcomed with forward very quickly opening up region it has a more developed per million tonnes of energy programme hosted at Imperial the-art Airbus A320 featuring a water salute at Sulaymaniyah four new gateways in Iraq with economy in comparison to other produced. Qatar Petroleum, the College London. Through the 144 seats in a two-class configura- International Airport and a a fifth, Sulaymaniyah, starting parts of Iraq. state-owned company that oper- Qatar Investment Authority tion of 12 seats in Business Class reception presided over by local today,” said Qatar Airways Chief THE PENINSULA ates all oil and gas activities in (QIA), Qatar is investing £250m Qatar, has set a long-term corpo- into UK’s £250m venture capi- rate target of zero flaring. tal fund for renewable energy The fact that Qatar ranks as projects. This partnership dem- one of the top emitters is just onstrates Qatar’s interest in Traffic diversion technical. The country is one of enabling clean, renewable energy Al Gharrafa R/A the world’s largest energy export- globally, as well as at home. at Al Gharrafa ing countries. The tag of ‘world’s Qatar’s 35,000 sq m Solar Test biggest per capita emitter’ came facility is a world-class joint col- DOHA: The two lane road at because of its tiny population. laboration project to test new North Gharrafa street link- Being the world’s major exporter and emerging solar technologies ing Tilted Roundabout with “Al of clean energy, it helps the world from around the world in order Gharrafa roundabout” will remain to reduce the emission rate, to understand their suitability closed from August 26 as part argues Qatar. for the Qatari and Arabian Gulf of infrastructure works on Al “Qatar’s clean energy reaches environment. Gharrafa street. many countries which have been The Qatar Environment and A new diversion with three lanes traditionally depending on coal, Energy Institute (QEERI) is will be open to ensure smooth flow a resource that emit higher rate mobilising world-class scientists of traffic to the northern parts of of CO2. With these countries and engineers for DohaSOL, the country, Public Works Authority replacing coal with clean gas, which will design, build, operate (Ashghal) said yesterday. Al Gharrafa St Qatar contributes in a big way to and optimise a concentrated solar The existing south bound road that help bring down the global emis- power pilot plant for simultane- links Al Gharrafa roundabout with sion rate”, a top official told The ous electricity generation and sea- Tilted roundabout also remains open. Peninsula. water desalination. Al Gharrafa street upgrading But Qatar refuses to be com- Qatar is planning to replace 10 works is part of Dukhan Highway placent. The country is using percent of total energy used for e East project, one of Ashghal’s key a multifaceted strategy of leg- electricity and water desalination expressway projects. islation, research and innova- with solar power by 2018. THE PENINSULA tion and capital investment to Qatar Solar Technologies broadly address its contributions (QSTec) is a $1bn joint ven- to climate change. Notable goals ture between Qatar Foundation, include reducing emissions from SolarWorld AG and the Qatar industry through reductions in Development Bank. Al Jazeera Sport begins European football season gas flaring and through carbon QSTec is building a polysilicon capture and storage. production plant in Ras Laffan Qatar has launched a project Industrial City. Initially the plant DOHA: Al Jazeera Sport of our total football line up that our to calculate the country’s energy will produce 8,000 metric tonnes reported its most success- customers find compelling.” consumption and CO2 emission of polysilicon per year. Qatar is ful start ever to the 2013-2014 Breaking news and stories from in four sectors — industry, trans- currently embarked on a series European football season yes- the Barclays Premier League will port, services and household — of dedicated real estate projects terday as the Barclays Premier feature on Al Jazeera Sport News, an effort to produce a national strictly adhering to international League and La Liga kicked off the home of sports news in the carbon calculator designed to Green Building standards. over the weekend. region. Al Jazeera Sport has lined facilitate long-term planning and THE PENINSULA All 380 matches of the 2013- up some of the most experienced 2014 Barclays Premier League are and well-loved sports presenters in available exclusively on Al Jazeera the industry to front their produc- Sport’s TV and digital channels tions in the region. Charities in Qatar to discuss across the Mena region following Presenters at the studio of Al Jazeera Sport Ayman Jada and Mohammed the acquisition of exclusive media Saadon Al Kuwari present the rights to the Barclays Premier Arabic coverage of the Barclays plans to help Sudan flood victims League football in the Middle East to a total of six HD channels to add registering at more than twice the Premier League while the English and North Africa for three years. to the 14 regular sports channels rate of any previous season during studios feature Richard Keys and DOHA: Charities in Qatar will meet today at the invitation of The market leading football line- in the full sport package. Existing the opening weekend. Andy Gray, who have been at the the Organisation of the Islamic Dawa (OID) in Doha to coordi- up now available on Al Jazeera subscribers are able to upgrade Commenting on the open- heart of the Barclays Premier nate and consult on aspects of extra relief that can be offered to Sport also includes La Liga, Serie their subscription to enjoy the ing weekend, Nasser Al Khelaifi, League since coverage began.