Shell sets up 25MW solar plant in Oman
SOHAR, Oman, January 19, 2021 Oman Shell has launched the 25-megawatt Qabas solar plant, the company’s first utility-scale, photovoltaic (PV) solar project in Oman and the Middle East. Owned by Shell, Sohar Solar Qabas is located on a 50-hectare site within Sohar Freezone in northern Oman, and consists of over 88,000 solar modules. The renewable electricity output from Qabas is supplied to a large ferrochrome production facility, displacing the equivalent gas-fired power generation taken from the grid and avoiding more than 25,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually. The project was completed to budget and on time while meeting Oman Shell’s stringent Goal Zero safety standards. It was accomplished despite unprecedented challenges created by the global Covid-19 pandemic.
25-megawatt solar plant launched in Oman
By: Times News Service
Muscat: Oman Shell launched the 25-megawatt Qabas solar plant, helping the port and free zone in Sohar to become more sustainable and demonstrating the commercial benefits of solar power for industrial purposes. Owned by Shell, Sohar Solar Qabas is the company’s first utility-scale, photovoltaic (PV) solar project in the Middle East and Oman.
The plant is located on a 50-hectare site within Sohar Freezone, northern Oman, and consists of over 88,000 solar modules. The renewable electricity output from Qabas is supplied to a large ferrochrome production facility, displacing the equivalent gas-fired power generation taken from the grid and avoiding more than 25,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually.
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Work to develop green hydrogen project in Duqm begins
By: Times News Service
Muscat: OQ and DEME Concessions (DEME) announced the start of a joint project to develop a world-leading green hydrogen plant in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm under the Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones (OPAZ).
The project fits well in the Sultanate’s renewable energy strategy fostering investments in renewable and alternative energy resources, also contributing to achieving the renewable energy targets of the Oman Vision 2040.
The Special Economic Zone at Duqm provides a strategic and competitive location to develop large scale green hydrogen production, given its centrality to global trade, the favourable wind and solar resources, the existing large port facilities and the proximity to a booming industrial zone.
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Concessions (DEME) and OQ Alternative Energy (OQ) have announced the start of a joint project to develop a world leading, green hydrogen plant in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm, Oman, in cooperation with The Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones (OPAZ).
The project fits well in the Sultanate’s renewable energy strategy fostering investments in renewable and alternative energy resources, also contributing in achieving the renewable energy targets of the Oman Vision 2040. The Special Economic Zone at Duqm provides a strategic and competitive location to develop large-scale green hydrogen production, given its centrality to global trade, the favourable wind and solar resources, the existing large port facilities and the proximity to a booming industrial zone.