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Oman PDO opens first solar car-park at HQ

Jan 4, 2018 4:28 PM

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) a leading exploration company in the sultanate has officially opened its first solar carpark at the company headquarters in Muscat. Thousands of solar panels were installed...

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), a leading exploration company in the sultanate, has officially opened its first solar carpark at the company headquarters in Muscat.

Thousands of solar panels were installed in car parks at Mina Al Fahal to provide power for PDO’s office buildings, said a statement from PDO.

The move will help save more than 3.1 million cu m of gas a year, enough to provide electricity for almost 1,000 homes. It will also cut carbon dioxide emissions by 6,662 tonnes annually, the equivalent of taking more than 1,400 cars off the road or planting almost 173,000 trees.
 
The 6 megawatt installed peak (MWp) solar project, which will generate 9,480,000 electrical units (kWh) per year, was officially inaugurated by Mohammed bin Salim Al Tobi, Minister of Environment and Climate Affairs in the presence of PDO managing director Raoul Restucci and other senior officials.
 
Addressing the gathering, Al Tobi said: "It is one of the first projects in the sultanate to utilise solar energy at this scale alongside the Miraah project in the Amal oilfield, which is the biggest in the region."
 
This project will contribute to protecting the environment and reducing harmful emissions and electricity consumption.

The renewable energy scheme was executed as a joint venture by Spanish company Elecnor in partnership with Omani firm Rukun Al Yaqeen (RAY) International.

It involved installation of a total of 19,500 solar photo voltaic (PV) modules to the canopies of 2,054 parking lots and is the largest solar scheme at a single location in Oman spanning an area of 37,830 sq m.
The solar plant requires minimum effort to operate and maintain at negligible operating costs for a projected 25 year life cycle.

“We look forward to the completion of the other phases in Mina Al Fahal and perhaps to similar projects in the concession area as well,” stated Al Tobi.
 
Restucci said: "This project is the latest move by PDO into renewables and we believe there is a lot more potential to harness the sun’s energy across our operations and the sultanate generally. It also provides an opportunity to develop Omani capability in solar and to build a local supply chain in this growing area."

"Besides supporting economic sustainability, PDO is also committed to environmental stewardship across its entire hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon portfolio," he added.
 

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