Oman’s state grid operator Oman Electricity Transmission Company (OETC) supplied a record 1.855 TWh of renewable power in 2024, up 11% from the previous year, the firm says in its annual Sustainability Report, released 29 March.
This increase was not due to any new capacity additions. Instead, all the renewable power supplied came from the existing 500MW Ibri II solar plant and the 50MW Dhofar wind project. But renewable generation should nearly triple in 2025 after the start-up of the combined 1GW Manah I and II solar plants in January (MEES, 24 January). The 2024 total equates to an average of 211MW across the year for an average load factor of 38%. (CONTINUED - 693 WORDS)
