Hydrogen-powered green future awaits Oman

Hydrogen-powered green future awaits Oman

A critical milestone in Oman’s nascent green hydrogen journey was marked on February 26, 2023 when His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik issued Royal Decree 10/2023 effectively laying the bedrock of a new regulatory framework governing the development of large-scale renewables and green hydrogen projects in the Sultanate of Oman.

In essence, the Royal Decree empowers Hydrogen Oman (Hydrom), an independent entity regulated by the Ministry of Energy and Minerals, to exercise its broad mandate in overseeing the delivery of the Omani government’s vision for a green hydrogen industry to power the nation’s future decarbonized economy.

As part of that remit, Hydrom has been tasked with master planning the sector, delineating government-owned land areas for green energy projects, structuring associated large-scale green hydrogen projects, managing the process for their allocation to developers and overseeing their execution as well as facilitating the development of common infrastructure, connected ecosystem industries and hubs.

Given the complete novelty of the new economic industry in question, the Ministry of Energy and Minerals has also been mandated to draft supporting guidelines to underpin and nurture the growth of this industry sustainably and in line with Oman’s Vision 2040 priorities.

Royal Decree 10/2023 delivers on a pledge by authorities, articulated during