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Oman Shell on Tuesday launched its 25MW Qabas solar plant at Sohar Port and Freezone. The new solar plant will help the port and freezone in Sohar to become more sustainable and demonstrate the commercial benefits of solar power for industrial purposes.
Owned by Shell, Sohar Solar Qabas is the company s first utility scale, photovoltaic (PV) solar project in the Middle East and in Oman, a press release said.
The plant is located on a 50-hectare site within SoharFreezone and consists of over 88,000 solar modules. The renewable electricity output from Sohar Solar Qabas is supplied to a large ferrochrome production facility, displacing the equivalent gas-fired power generation taken from the grid and avoiding more than 25,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually.
First phase of Maysan-Square Duqm launched
By: Times News Service
Muscat: Maysan Properties launched of the first phase of the Maysan Square - Duqm project, which consists of an office complex, residential apartments, a business hotel, entertainment venues and many other facilities that will be constructed in stages according to the growing demand in the Special Economic Zone of Duqm.
The event was held in Muscat City Center in Seeb under the patronage of Eng. Ahmed bin Hassan Al Dheeb, Deputy Chairman of the Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones. The Chief Executive Officer of Maysan Properties, Sadiq bin Jaffer Sulaiman stated that the first phase of the constructions will commence in the coming April, and is expected to be completed in the last quarter of 2022, explaining that the first phase consists of an office complex consisting of 3 wings and comprising 229 commercial units and retail stores available for ownership under the usufruct system. The comp
Shell sets up 25MW solar plant in Oman
SOHAR, Oman, January 19, 2021 Oman Shell has launched the 25-megawatt Qabas solar plant, the company’s first utility-scale, photovoltaic (PV) solar project in Oman and the Middle East. Owned by Shell, Sohar Solar Qabas is located on a 50-hectare site within Sohar Freezone in northern Oman, and consists of over 88,000 solar modules. The renewable electricity output from Qabas is supplied to a large ferrochrome production facility, displacing the equivalent gas-fired power generation taken from the grid and avoiding more than 25,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually. The project was completed to budget and on time while meeting Oman Shell’s stringent Goal Zero safety standards. It was accomplished despite unprecedented challenges created by the global Covid-19 pandemic.
25-megawatt solar plant launched in Oman
By: Times News Service
Muscat: Oman Shell launched the 25-megawatt Qabas solar plant, helping the port and free zone in Sohar to become more sustainable and demonstrating the commercial benefits of solar power for industrial purposes. Owned by Shell, Sohar Solar Qabas is the company’s first utility-scale, photovoltaic (PV) solar project in the Middle East and Oman.
The plant is located on a 50-hectare site within Sohar Freezone, northern Oman, and consists of over 88,000 solar modules. The renewable electricity output from Qabas is supplied to a large ferrochrome production facility, displacing the equivalent gas-fired power generation taken from the grid and avoiding more than 25,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually.
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