The Sultanate of Oman is working on a green hydrogen project with an aim to decarbonize its regional chemical industry and supply the hydrogen or its derivatives as green methanol or ammonia to international customers in Europe for instance to Port of Antwerp. The project would be located in the Port of Duqm in Oman, which has access to large sites for onshore/offshore renewable energy facilities.
To build this green hydrogen facility, Belgian marine engineering and environmental remediation company Deme Concessions has entered into an exclusive partnership with its Omani partners who were not named.
They estimate hydrogen electrolyser with a capacity of between 250 MW and 500 MW to be installed in phase I. "The first phase of the project will comprise an in-depth feasibility study – coordinated by the global consulting firm Roland Berger – to determine customer offtake choices, technology options, electricity feed-in options, hydrogen (derivatives) shipping options and to define the concept and scope of the commercial scale demonstration project," explained Deme Concessions.
Once the feasibility study is in, it will be followed by detailed design and engineering of the project for which further project development and finalization of offtake routes and financing will be worked out. A final investment decision will be taken in 2021.
Currently, several large-scale solar power projects are being planned in Oman including a 105 MW bifacial solar plant of Marubeni led consortium (see Bifacial Solar PV Modules For 105 MW Oman Project).