Green Energy Oman project to span over 6,500 sq km desert area

Green Energy Oman project to span over 6,500 sq km desert area

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An international consortium led by OQ, a national petroleum investment company of the Sultanate of Oman, will develop a global-scale green hydrogen project on vast desert expanses spanning a total area of about 6,500 square kilometers.

Mr. Ahmed al Rawas, Project Manager at OQ’s Alternative Energy unit, said that the proposed project area, which includes parts of Al Wusta Governorate near Duqm Special Economic Zone (SEZAD) and northern parts of Dhofar Governorate, will be necessary to host expansive fields of solar and wind farms.

The megaproject, which was recently renamed ‘Green Energy Oman’ (GEO), is one of the world’s largest of its kind. Once completed, it will be large enough to meet Oman’s, the Gulf region’s, and, to some extent, the international market’s green energy such as green hydrogen and green ammonia, requirements.

Ahmed al RawasProject ManagerAlternative Energy unit – OQ

“To meet the future demand, the GEO consortium believes it is necessary to build a large-scale project from the beginning, rather than have several small projects at a time, and due to the synergies offered by a large project, there are several key parameters that are optimized, such as by reducing the Levelized cost of hydrogen and ammonia.”

The project’s large scale will