Oman’s GEO hub world’s 6th largest hydrogen project: Irena

Oman’s GEO hub world’s 6th largest hydrogen project: Irena

A mammoth green energy hub planned by OQ, the Sultanate of Oman’s integrated energy group, has been placed sixth in a ranking of the world’s Top 20 giga-scale green hydrogen projects. Green Energy Oman (GEO) is proposed to be developed in Al Wusta Governorate by an international consortium comprising OQ, Intercontinental Energy (ICE) billed as the world’s largest hydrogen developer, and Enertech of Kuwait, an Oman Observer report said. At full capacity, it will be powered by 25 gigawatts (GW) of solar and wind generation capacity, enabling the production of 1.8 million tonnes per annum of green hydrogen and 10 million tonnes of green ammonia. Given its immense scale, the GEO has been ranked 6th in size in a listing of the world’s largest green hydrogen schemes compiled by the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena), the Abu Dhabi based intergovernmental organisation that supports countries in their transition to a sustainable energy future. With the exception of Saudi Arabia, which earns the 20th rank for its Helios Green Fuels Project, Oman is the only Middle Eastern country in Irena’s Top 20 index of gigascale green hydrogen schemes. Countries in Western Europe, South America Western and Southern Africa, besides Kazakhstan, China and