Oman’s Manah II Solar IPP Project Commences Commercial Operation

Sembcorp Utilities Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp), announces that it has successfully completed the acceptance tests to achieve the commercial operation of the Manah II Solar Independent Power Project in Manah, Sultanate of Oman (Oman). This is more than four months ahead of its scheduled commercial operation date.

The Project is Sembcorp’s first greenfield renewables development in the Middle East. With an installed peak capacity of 588MW, it is Sembcorp’s largest utility-scale solar farm in its global renewables portfolio.

The Project is backed by a 20-year 500MW power purchase agreement with Nama Power and Water Procurement Company and will contribute to Oman’s energy transition goal to increase the contribution of renewable energy to 30% by 2030.

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