Deadline Date: April 30, 2026
The BeSolar Immersive Awareness Challenge is inviting applications to enhance public understanding and professional capability in renewable energy through immersive technologies in Qatar.
The focus areas, of this initiative include the creation of an immersive and scalable awareness and training environment using VR, XR, or AR technologies to educate customers and train contractors on renewable energy systems in Qatar, bridging the gap between complex technical solar regulations and public understanding, supporting the national transition toward 4 GW renewable energy capacity by 2030, enabling scalable digital training beyond manual methods, improving awareness of net billing, ensuring consistent contractor installation practices, providing interactive visualization tools for consultants, offering standardized inspection simulation for KAHRAMAA staff, and establishing testbed environments for researchers and evolving multi-user immersive learning experiences for customers, contractors, consultants, staff, and researchers.
KAHRAMAA is seeking solution providers to design and implement a BeSolar Awareness Lab that leverages immersive technologies such as VR and XR to deliver interactive and engaging learning experiences. To support the development and deployment of this initiative, funding support of up to 100,000 USD from QRDI is available, subject to project proposal evaluation and case-by-case agreement. The proposed system is intended to transform how solar energy concepts, installation processes, and regulatory frameworks are communicated and practiced in Qatar.
At present, BeSolar is already operational with involvement from multiple contractors and consultants, while KAHRAMAA conducts awareness initiatives through awareness parks, workshops, events, training sessions, and site visits. However, these efforts remain fragmented across manuals, classroom-based instruction, video materials, and limited physical demonstrations.
This fragmented approach presents several challenges, including the high cost and slow expansion of physical demonstration sites, limited public understanding of net billing mechanisms, and the lack of scalable awareness tools. In addition, inconsistent installation practices among contractors affect quality, while consultants lack sufficient interactive tools to visualize system designs. KAHRAMAA staff also require standardized simulation environments for inspections, and researchers currently lack dedicated testbeds for system-level studies.
The proposed immersive BeSolar Awareness Lab aims to address these gaps by offering a safe, interactive, and hands-on environment where users can visually explore rooftop photovoltaic systems and understand net billing concepts. The platform is expected to support multiple users simultaneously, allowing public demonstrations and contractor training sessions with scalable participation, while also maintaining adaptability for future expansion.
The system will be evaluated based on its ability to improve public awareness and understanding, enhance contractor performance outcomes, ensure operational scalability and reliability, and deliver a high-quality user experience tailored to the local context in Qatar.
For more information, visit QRDI Council.
