State-run Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) has invited international consultants to bid for its contract to provide financial and commercial advisory services for the development of a coal-based independent power project (IPP).

The selected consultant will advise OPWP on the scope and capacity of the proposed IPP, as well as on other related environmental and regulatory considerations, reported Oman Observer.

A likely location for the setting up of the proposed plant is the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Duqm on Oman’s Wusta coast where Port of Duqm has confirmed that it is weighing dedicated coal berths designed to handle imports both for potential domestic consumption and transhipment, the report said.