Principal director claims 1.2 GW Omani solar project continues to be on track

• Strategies to provide an ask for propositions associated with the contracts to create twin 500-600 MW solar plants in the sultanate by the end of this month appear to have slid yet the head of awarding utility the Oman Power and also Water Procurement Company has actually apparently specified the process remains in train.

The president of the Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) has actually apparently moved to guarantee the competitors for a gigawatt-scale solar project in the sultanate that intends are still on track for the huge tender.

The Zawya Middle Eastern news portal possessed by wire service Reuters has brought a report taken from the Oman Daily Observer paper in which the head of the energy was priced estimate as mentioning an ask for proposals for the Manah I and II tender would be carried out "in the coming couple of weeks or months."

With the report lugged by Reuters the other day, the quotes credited to Yaqoob Saif al Kiyumi would certainly appear to indicate slippage from the second-quarter day reportedly mentioned by a senior consultant to the OPWP in December, as reported in the same media electrical outlet.

The tender procedure to honor contracts for twin 500-600 MW solar plants at Manah in the Al Dakhiliyah governorate was opened in July, with the assumption the agreements would be granted within a year.

The OPWP in December recognized 8 of 9 pre-qualified bidders for the two contracts related to the $800 million, 1,200 ha project and the Observer has actually now named Japanese corporation Marubeni Corp as the bidder passed over in the tweets issued by the energy at the time.

The other challengers for the agreement are Italian power firm Eni and Japanese-Indian-Taiwanese consortium SB Energy; Chinese designer Jinko Power; Portuguese gas company Tag Energy with local organisation Al Shanfari Group; French energy giant Total; Saudi energy ACWA Power; Emirati programmer Masdar plus French energy organisation EDF; China's Power Construction Corp; as well as a consortium consisting of Korea Western Power Carbon monoxide and compatriot Hanyang Corp with Omani entity Nafath Renewable Energy and also a service called Solar Reserve Ltd.

pv magazine has gotten in touch with the Omani Ministry of Energy in a quote to verify progression of the tender.