The state-run company said in a statement on Sunday, the 100-MW Amin facility, partially built by Marubeni Corp, will supply power for PDO operations. The PDO
aims to produce 30% of its electricity from renewable resources by 2025, said Mohammed Al Basaidi.
Oman, like neighboring Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, is expanding into solar power to diversify its domestic power sources. The nation is the largest Arab oil producer outside the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
Amin was built in Nimar in southern Oman by a group including Marubeni, Oman Gas Company, Bawan Renewable Energy Company and Nebras Power.
PDO is developing a very large solar plant that will generate electricity from the heat of the sun, as opposed to photovoltaic units such as amine which produce electricity directly from sunlight. The Mirae thermal project was originally planned to reach a capacity of over 1,000 MW.
Another photovoltaic plant in Ibri, west of the capital Muscat, is under construction, which will produce electricity for the national grid. The first phase of the Ibari project, for 500 MW, is scheduled for completion by 2021, according to the Oman Power and Water Procurement Company, the country's only wholesale buyer.
The UAS-based GlassPoint Solar, which was building the Mirae thermal project, suffered a setback to Oman's Pushkars, which went into liquidation earlier this month. The PDO said on Sunday that it is able to operate the facilities without Glasspoint, which will soon commission Mirae units utilizing the technology of the American firm and will have a capacity of 300 MW starting in July.
PDO, Oman's largest oil producer, is 60% famous by the government. According to the PDO's website, Shell holds 34% of the venture, while Total owns 4% and Partex Oil & Gas accounts for 2%.
Oman, like neighboring Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, is expanding into solar power to diversify its domestic power sources. The nation is the largest Arab oil producer outside the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
Amin was built in Nimar in southern Oman by a group including Marubeni, Oman Gas Company, Bawan Renewable Energy Company and Nebras Power.
PDO is developing a very large solar plant that will generate electricity from the heat of the sun, as opposed to photovoltaic units such as amine which produce electricity directly from sunlight. The Mirae thermal project was originally planned to reach a capacity of over 1,000 MW.
Another photovoltaic plant in Ibri, west of the capital Muscat, is under construction, which will produce electricity for the national grid. The first phase of the Ibari project, for 500 MW, is scheduled for completion by 2021, according to the Oman Power and Water Procurement Company, the country's only wholesale buyer.
The UAS-based GlassPoint Solar, which was building the Mirae thermal project, suffered a setback to Oman's Pushkars, which went into liquidation earlier this month. The PDO said on Sunday that it is able to operate the facilities without Glasspoint, which will soon commission Mirae units utilizing the technology of the American firm and will have a capacity of 300 MW starting in July.
PDO, Oman's largest oil producer, is 60% famous by the government. According to the PDO's website, Shell holds 34% of the venture, while Total owns 4% and Partex Oil & Gas accounts for 2%.
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