Problem Statement Example
Problem Statement Example
Problem Statement Example
Our Mission
To meet the needs of Qatar and anticipate the future challenges:
Provide solutions in water, energy, and environment, in arid regions.
Advise and provide guidance: strategy-, policy-making/contributor.
Educate: knowledge base and future generations of Qatari scientists and engineers.
To secure sustainable water and energy resources, and provide the best possible
environment to current and future generations.
To catalyze the construction of ecosystems, and to enhance the role and contribution of QF
and Qatar on the international scene, in science and technology.
Qatar’s National Vision aims that – by 2030 –
Qatar becomes an advanced society capable of sustaining its development and providing a
high standard of living for its people. Qatar’s National Vision defines the long-term goals for
the country and provides a framework in which national strategies and implementation plans
can be developed.
QEERI talks to PV Tech about desert soiling, abrasion, and surprising temperature
coefficient findings [https://www.pv-tech.org/qa-qeeri-talks-to-pv-tech-about-desert-soiling-
abrasion-and-surprising-temperature-coefficient-findings]
The Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), part of the Hamad bin
Khalifa University under Qatar Foundation, launched the Solar Consortium in 2018 to
bring together academia and industry to tackle some of those key areas of concern. Now,
three years on, the institute is developing the findings from its indoor and outdoor testing
facilities.
PV Tech spoke to QEERI’s Veronica Bermudez Benito and Benjamin Figgis about the
institute’s Solar Consortium, the research it is undertaking regarding solar and desert
operation conditions, and why temperature coefficients alone do not appear to dictate solar
performance in extreme heat.
The Solar Consortium intends to promote global research, development and
commercialisation of solar technologies. And for that, our idea is to develop solar energy
technologies and operational methodologies. What we offer to our members, that can
include the researchers, manufacturers, local developers and local authorities looking
into solar energy, we offer them to take advantage of QEERI’s world class indoor
laboratories and of course our field testing capabilities. We also have our world class
outdoor laboratory that we call the outdoor test facility. In parallel to that we offer them
the possibility to participate globally in projects that are interesting for the consortium as a
whole, or for different members, and to have access to those data.
Sometimes I describe it as being the best of both worlds, in terms of working with
academia, and working with a commercial testing institute. If you’re an equipment
manufacturer, and you want to do outdoor testing in a hot environment, which let’s face it is
absolutely essential, if you go to a commercial testing institute, they’ll give you your data at a
very professional level, and it’s 100% confidential, and it’s your data. So the consortium
offers that, but then we also offer the advantages of being a highly advanced scientific
research institute, with strong research, curiosity and capabilities, so the consortium
does these group research projects, where we have different members with different
areas of expertise and different remits. And when we all put our brains and efforts
together, then we can tackle some research questions together that are of interest to
everyone.
The personal qualities that make me suitable for this scholarship is persistence and
creativity.
I once suggested to a member of the government who was concerned about this youth
carnival I was organizing in terms of security risk to VIPs. Hence, I suggested that special
branch officers pose as the people selling food stuff during the event. We cover a certain
radius whilst ensuring a good time for everyone. Persistence is shown towards my efforts to
become a better debater. I debated locally and qualified myself to debate at the World
Universities Debating Championship in Berlin. Here, I networked with a lot of young leaders
and one of them is now the former Youth and Sports Minister of Malaysia, YB Syed Saddiq.
There were many others, not just YB.