Renewable energy boost Oman economic diversification

Renewable energy boost Oman economic diversification

Renewable energy projects contribute to economic diversification plans espoused by Oman at a time the country strives to regulate sources of energy, conserve the environment and limit harmful fossil fuel emissions.

 

The sultanate, represented by the Ministry of Energy and Minerals, is devising various plans and policies with the prime aim of making optimum use of energy and realising 11% contribution to energy production from renewable energy projects in different governorates of the sultanate by 2023. This is besides providing 30% of electricity needs through renewable energy sources by 2030.

 

The Governorate of Dhofar garners a host of wind energy projects and solar projects being undertaken by Petroleum Development Oman and Rural Areas Electricity Company (Tanweer), said an Oman News Agency report.

 

Tanweer, a subsidiary of Nama Group, seeks to achieve its alternative energy vision and utilise 20% of its capacity by 2025.

 

The biggest wind-energy-operated power production plant in the GCC lies in the Wilayat of Shaleem and Al Halaniyat Islands. The facility, set up at cost of $100 million on an area of 1,900 hectares, has a capacity of 50 megawatts.

 

Dhofar wind power project was established in 2014 in implementation of a joint development agreement between the government of the sultanate (represented