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Qatar Cool District Cooling: West Bay and The Pearl on Sewage Effluent

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Claims, one by one

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Claim 1 clm-7caaf2a610cfdb91 descriptive
chills the towers of West Bay and the island development The Pearl-Qatar — both inside the Municipality of Doha
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What the mapping says
Qatar Cool states it operates in two districts, West Bay and The Pearl-Qatar; the Pearl-Qatar article places the island in the Municipality of Doha (West Bay is Doha's central business district).
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Gulf Times, Demand is rising for green cooling technology in Qatar (31 Mar 2013) (press)
  2. Wikipedia, The Pearl-Qatar (reference)
Claim 2 clm-7672cd4ebefa51f3 quantitative
Since September 2024 a command control centre at its West Bay plant uses SCADA and programmable logic controllers to monitor and control all its plants in both districts from one place
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What the mapping says
The release announces the Command Control Center in the West Bay plant with PLC and SCADA systems, which 'allows Qatar Cool to control and optimize all district cooling plants, in both the Pearl Island and West Bay districts, from a single, centralized location.'
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Qatar Cool, Command Control Center press release (operator)
Claim 3 clm-4d72128812b600dc descriptive
real-time insight into plant efficiency, building operations and customer consumption
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What the mapping says
The release says the Center 'delivers real-time insights into plant efficiency, building operations, and customer consumption patterns.'
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Qatar Cool, Command Control Center press release (operator)
Claim 4 clm-1d7b27d943cd55d8 quantitative
smart metering at The Pearl goes back to a project begun in 2009
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What the mapping says
The supplier states its work with QIFEM 'dates back to 2009 when the two companies collaborated on a project that helped transform The Pearl-Qatar into a smart project with a complete end-to-end smart metering solution.'
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Itron, Qatar Cool meter data management upgrade (vendor)
Claim 5 clm-f102bf13936c236f quantitative
in January 2023 Qatar Cool upgraded its Itron meter-data management system and contracted 25,000 more Itron meters
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What the mapping says
Release dated 10 January 2023: Qatar Cool upgraded its Itron EMMSYS MDM solution, and 'the contract also includes deployment of 25,000 Itron thermal energy meters for cooling application.'
Caveat
The source is the meter supplier's press release; the word 'more' reflects that metering was already in place, not a stated replacement count.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Itron, Qatar Cool meter data management upgrade (vendor)
Claim 6 clm-618485fa17a771fe quantitative
West Bay plants one and two were retrofitted in 2015 to run on 100% treated sewage effluent (TSE)
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What the mapping says
The operator says 'Plants one and two, were retrofitted in 2015 to allow the use of direct TSE' and 'use 100% TSE in operations'; the 2017 report confirms full migration to 100 percent TSE.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Qatar Cool, Water and Energy page (operator)
  2. The Peninsula, Qatar Cool helps conserve natural resources (14 Aug 2017) (press)
Claim 7 clm-7e952ee41a08b374 descriptive
the third West Bay plant has an in-house reverse-osmosis unit fed with TSE, and the two Pearl plants make their water from the sea by reverse osmosis
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What the mapping says
The operator's page: 'Our two Pearl Qatar cooling plants utilize a Reverse Osmosis (RO) plant, with a unique feature of using sea water' and 'Plant three in West Bay also has an inhouse RO plant which uses TSE instead of potable water.'
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Qatar Cool, Water and Energy page (operator)
Claim 8 clm-029833582baa032c quantitative
moving West Bay's two operating plants from potable water to TSE — blended in gradually over 1.5 years — had cut potable water use by 1.7 million cubic metres in 18 months
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What the mapping says
The 2017 report: TSE was blended in 'increasing the blending ratio gradually over a period of 1.5 years', and 'the reduction achieved in potable water consumption over the past 18 months is 1.7 million cubic metres.'
Caveat
The saving is the operator's own figure as reported in the press; no independent audit was found.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. The Peninsula, Qatar Cool helps conserve natural resources (14 Aug 2017) (press)
Claim 9 clm-0f527408c1f0adfa quantitative
Kahramaa saying district cooling can cut electricity consumption by 30 to 40% compared with conventional air-conditioning and counting around 70 district cooling plants in Qatar
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What the mapping says
The report quotes Kahramaa: district cooling systems 'can reduce electricity consumption by 30 to 40% compared with conventional air-conditioning systems' and 'Around 70 district cooling plants are currently operational in Qatar'.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Gulf Times, District cooling helps reduce electricity usage (18 May 2026) (press)
Claim 10 clm-13f372f569db1972 descriptive
the regulator added decisions designating district cooling service areas and governing network access to public land
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What the mapping says
Kahramaa announced Decision No. 03 designating district cooling service areas and Decision No. 04 regulating licensed providers' access to public lands and properties.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. The Peninsula, Qatar issues new decisions regulating district cooling services (17 May 2026) (press)
Claim 11 clm-5c201b0d96ce1363 quantitative
Qatar Cool says its West Bay plants switched to TSE in 2015 as part of a water scarcity resolution issued by Kahramaa
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What the mapping says
The operator's page: 'Our West Bay cooling plants switched to treated sewage effluent in our operations in 2015 as part of the water scarcity resolution issued by Kahramaa.'
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Qatar Cool, Water and Energy page (operator)
Claim 12 clm-df466f06e222754b quantitative
Law No. 19 of 2024 now prohibits desalinated water for district cooling and makes a Kahramaa licence mandatory to operate a system
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What the mapping says
The summary states that under Law No. 19 of 2024 'a license from the KAHRAMAA is mandatory' to establish or operate a district cooling system, and 'the use of desalinated water for district cooling is prohibited'.
Caveat
The Pearl plants produce their own make-up water from seawater by reverse osmosis; the sources read do not say how the prohibition applies to on-site desalination.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. U.S. International Trade Administration, Qatar district cooling regulations (official)
Claim 13 clm-7b710cdeb1e0f640 descriptive
The energy case, by contrast, still rests on sector-wide percentages rather than a plant-level comparison anyone outside the operator can check
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What the mapping says
The only energy figures found are Kahramaa's sector-wide 30 to 40% estimate; Qatar Cool's command-centre release describes efficiency monitoring but publishes no measured saving. This is a finding about the absence of a source, so no single passage carries it.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Gulf Times, District cooling helps reduce electricity usage (18 May 2026) (press)
  2. Qatar Cool, Command Control Center press release (operator)

Source dossiers and revision state

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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Qatar District Cooling Company (Qatar Cool), regulated by Kahramaa
Actor types
private, utility, national-government
Funding model
private
Funding description
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Cost
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Ownership
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9 source dossiers

Qatar Cool, Command Control Center press release (operator) qatarcool.com · 3 linked claims

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Stable source ID
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Publisher
Name not classified · qatarcool.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2024-09-15
Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-10-04
Dossier created
2026-10-04
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Qatar Cool's announcement of a Command Control Center at its West Bay plant: PLC and SCADA systems giving real-time insight into plant efficiency, building operations and customer consumption, and control of all district cooling plants in the Pearl Island and West Bay districts from one location, with a duplicate environment for remote operation. Kahramaa officials attended the launch.

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Claims linked
Qatar Cool, Water and Energy page (operator) qatarcool.com · 3 linked claims

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Publisher
Name not classified · qatarcool.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
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Record last verified
2026-10-04
Dossier created
2026-10-04
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The operator's standing sustainability page: West Bay plants one and two retrofitted in 2015 for 100% direct TSE; West Bay plant three with an in-house RO plant using TSE; the two Pearl plants using seawater reverse osmosis; a thermal energy storage tank; and the statement that the West Bay switch to TSE in 2015 was part of a water scarcity resolution issued by Kahramaa.

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The Peninsula, Qatar Cool helps conserve natural resources (14 Aug 2017) (press) thepeninsulaqatar.com · 2 linked claims

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Stable source ID
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Publisher
Name not classified · thepeninsulaqatar.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2017-08-14
Updated
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Record last verified
2026-10-04
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2026-10-04
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Report of Qatar Cool's migration of its two operational West Bay plants from potable water to 100% TSE, phased in over 1.5 years under close monitoring of make-up and blow-down water quality, saving 1.7 million cubic metres of potable water in 18 months.

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Itron, Qatar Cool meter data management upgrade (vendor) na.itron.com · 2 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-46d98f2a6a9ea9b8
Publisher
Name not classified · na.itron.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2023-01-10
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Record last verified
2026-10-04
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2026-10-04
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Supplier press release: Qatar Cool upgraded its Itron EMMSYS meter data management system and contracted 25,000 Itron thermal energy meters, deployed with channel partner QIFEM; the partners' work dates back to a 2009 smart-metering project at The Pearl-Qatar. Quotes Qatar Cool's CEO.

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Gulf Times, District cooling helps reduce electricity usage (18 May 2026) (press) gulf-times.com · 2 linked claims

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Publisher
Name not classified · gulf-times.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2026-05-18
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Report of Kahramaa's statements on district cooling: electricity savings of 30 to 40% compared with conventional air-conditioning, around 70 operational plants in Qatar with about 1.15 million refrigeration tonnes, and 18.5 million cubic metres of water saved in 2024.

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The Peninsula, Qatar issues new decisions regulating district cooling services (17 May 2026) (press) thepeninsulaqatar.com · 1 linked claim

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Publisher
Name not classified · thepeninsulaqatar.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2026-05-17
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2026-10-04
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2026-10-04
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Kahramaa-announced 2026 ministerial decisions Nos. 03 to 06: designation of district cooling service areas, licensed providers' access to public land, relocation of network parts, and compensation of property owners.

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Claims linked
U.S. International Trade Administration, Qatar district cooling regulations (official) trade.gov · 1 linked claim

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Publisher
Name not classified · trade.gov
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2025-04-17
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Record last verified
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2026-10-04
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Summary of Qatar's district cooling regulations under Law No. 19 of 2024: mandatory Kahramaa licence for 15 years, Kahramaa sets service areas and technical standards, and use of desalinated water for district cooling is prohibited.

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Claims linked
Gulf Times, Demand is rising for green cooling technology in Qatar (31 Mar 2013) (press) gulf-times.com · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID
src-355a6dd51cb83b00
Publisher
Name not classified · gulf-times.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2013-03-31
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Record last verified
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2026-10-04
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Qatar Cool statement that it operates in two districts, West Bay and The Pearl-Qatar, with the two West Bay plants sold out and a third in design.

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Wikipedia, The Pearl-Qatar (reference) en.wikipedia.org · 1 linked claim

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Publisher
Name not classified · en.wikipedia.org
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Infobox places The Pearl-Qatar in the Municipality of Doha, Zone 66.

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