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Companies shortlisted for $1bn Oman wind farms

By Eva Levesque
Oman windfarm Unsplash/Ave Calvar
Oman wants to have wind-generated electricity contribute around a fifth of its total renewable capacity
  • Five projects to generate 1GW
  • Completion expected by 2027
  • Farms will cut carbon emissions

Twelve companies have been shortlisted to build five large-scale wind power stations across Oman.

The five projects, due to be completed by 2027, will bring a 20-fold increase in the amount of electricity generated by wind power in Oman, from 50MW to 1GW.

The shortlist to build the projects, for a total investment of OMR500 million ($1.3 billion) has been drawn up by Nama Power and Water Procurement Company, Oman’s principal power and water procurement authority, from a total of 16 international and local developers who expressed interest in bidding for the projects.

The shortlisted developers are: Masdar of the UAE, ACWA Power and Al Fanar of Saudi Arabia, France’s TotalEnergies and EDF Renouvelables, Japan’s Sumitomo and Itochu, Sembcorp of Singapore, Spain’s Elecnor, China’s Goldwind, Hero Asia Investment of Hong Kong, and Marafiq, a joint venture owned by Gulf Energy Development of Thailand and OQ, Oman’s leading energy company. 

The five proposed wind farms are Mahoot-I, planned to have a capacity of 342 to 400MW; Duqm Wind IPP, 234-270MW; Dhofar-II, 114-132 MW; Jaalan Bani Bu Ali, 91-105 MW; and Sadah Wind IPP, 81-99 MW.

Once operational, the wind farms will collectively reduce Oman’s carbon emissions by almost 1 million tonnes a year, Nama PWP said.

The sultanate plans to generate 30 percent of its energy needs from renewable energy by 2030 and aims to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

Its electricity demand is currently met mainly by fossil fuels, especially natural gas. The sultanate is planning for wind to contribute 20 percent of total renewable power capacity.

Oman’s first wind farm was launched in Harweel, Dhofar governorate. 

The country aims to produce 1 million tonnes of green hydrogen annually by 2030. It forecasts a need for an estimated 6,000 wind turbines alongside 40 million solar panels to support this production.

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