Oman’s Nama Power and Water Procurement Company (PWP) has announced that it is seeking bids from qualified companies for providing project management and supervisory consultancy services for the 300MW Marsa Solar Independent Power Project (IPP) in the sultanate.
Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has awarded contracts worth more than QR2.2 billion ($604 million) to expand the electricity transmission network in the country's western region as it prepares to integrate power from the Dukhan solar project into the national grid.
Maun, Botswana hosted the groundbreaking of a 500 MW solar power plant with battery storage of equal capacity, launched under an investment cooperation framework between Oman and Botswana to strengthen energy partnership and sustainability.
A consortium led by Abu Dhabi group Masdar has signed up China's CPECC for the development of Ibri III solar storage project in Oman being set up at an investment of $299 million. Once operational, it will boast a 500MW solar storage capacity.
