EA installs first eco-friendly solar power plant in Arabian Oryx Reserve

EA installs first eco-friendly solar power plant in Arabian Oryx Reserve

EA installs first eco-friendly solar power plant in Arabian Oryx Reserve

1 Jun 2023

By OUR CORRESPONDENT

Muscat – As part of its efforts to preserve the environment and use renewable energy, the Environment Authority (EA) installed the first eco-friendly solar power plant in the Arabian Oryx Reserve in Al Wusta governorate on Thursday.

Statement issued by EA said, ‘The authority installed the first environmentally friendly solar power plant in the Arabian Oryx Reserve in Al Wusta governorate, with the aim of reducing electric generators that run on fuel.’

Several nature reserves in the sultanate support domestic tourism. A total of 20,566 nature lovers visited wildlife reserves in Oman in 2020, compared to 359,225 in 2019 and 305,405 in 2018, according to National Centre for Statistics and Information and EA data.