Oman Business: Fast Power enables fast economic growth on Oman’s coast – Gulf Digital News

Oman Business: Fast Power enables fast economic growth on Oman’s coast – Gulf Digital News

Powered by GE’s four TM2500 aeroderivative gas turbines to provide up to 80 megawatts (MW) of power, Oman’s Special Economic Zone at Duqm (Sezad) has emerged one of the Middle East and North Africa’s largest economic zones.

GE built the plant for the Centralised Utilities Company, Marafiq, which will sell the electricity to the Rural Areas Electricity Company, Tanweer, which provides power to regional users, including Sezad.

Located on modern maritime sea routes linking Asia, Africa, Europe, and beyond, the economic zone is quickly adding new tenants, new industrial projects, and an expanding list of manufacturing operations.

Fast-power project

“With development moving quickly at Sezad and connection to the grid several years away, the speed with which GE delivered this fast-power project was critical to our ability to serve Sezad and ensure they continued to have access to the electricity required to facilitate their ongoing expansion and growth,” said Victor Ogg, General Manager of Project Development and Delivery for Marafiq.

In less than 200 days, GE started exporting power, helping Marafiq, Tanweer, and Sezad transition to a lower-emission power source quickly and smoothly.

“Working with Marafiq and Tanweer, GE transported the four TM2500 gas turbines to Duqm, set up the 80 MW mobile power plant, and