Oman aims to bring two gas-fired power plants with combined generating capacity of 3.21GW online this year, but these are the last gas burners in the current capacity expansion plans of state utility OPWP as the development focus switches to alternative electricity sources.
The Shinas Generating Company (SGC) JV of Japan’s Mitsui (50.1%), Saudi firm Acwa Power (44.9%) and local investor DIDIC (5%) announced the start-up of the first of this year’s new plants – 1.71GW Sohar-3 combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant – on 1 June. (CONTINUED - 962 WORDS)
