Domestic Economic Plans and Visions and Opportunities for Cooperation with Europe

A Pan-Asian Energy Transition? The New Rationale for Decarbonization Policies in Asia and the World’s Largest Energy Exporting Countries, the Case of Qatar, and Saudi Arabia

“…Also, the EU may build on the memorandum of understanding of Germany with different GCC countries such as Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Oman. The cooperation has also included the GCC countries in all value chain stages such as storage, transport, transfer, and certification schemes (Bianco, 2020). , document that the EU is structuring its long-term LNG contracts, with the likes of Qatar for example, on two phases, the first being exclusively LNG based while the second will incorporate a hydrogen component.…”

“…The QCCSRC aims to help build Qatar's capacity in CCS through collaboration between four different energy companies and universities 9 . Additionally, the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) is conducting CCUS research projects aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of industrial operations by utilizing innovative technologies 10 . In 2019, energy multinational Total and the national university of Qatar's Center for Sustainable Development jointly started two research projects for the investigation of micro-algae from Qatar to produce biofuels as well as Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS).…”