Oman plans to build world’s largest green hydrogen plant
Oil-producing nation aims plant powered by wind and solar energy to be at full capacity by 2038
Oman is planning to build one of the largest green hydrogen plants in the world in a move to make the oil-producing nation a leader in renewable energy technology.
Construction is scheduled to start in 2028 in Al Wusta governorate on the Arabian Sea. It will be built in stages, with the aim to be at full capacity by 2038, powered by 25 gigawatts of wind and solar energy.
The consortium of companies behind the $30bn (£21bn) project includes the state-owned oil and gas company OQ, the Hong Kong-based renewable hydrogen developer InterContinental Energy and the Kuwait-based energy investor Enertech.
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Atlantis Viewpoint
Hydrogen has the potential to provide complete clean power. Transport, infrastructure, and large-scale industrial hydrogen applications could start being the standard in less time than we think as the cost of clean energy methods and electrolysis continues to fall. For this reason, it's brilliant to see how green hydrogen projects worldwide are increasing.
Oman’s proposed plant is just one in a slate of green hydrogen megaprojects planned globally. Enegix Energy announced the construction of a green hydrogen plant in Ceará state, north-eastern Brazil. For its part, InterContinental Energy has a number of other plants in the works, including a 26GW wind and solar green hydrogen plant in the Pilbara, Western Australia. If constructed, this plant would be the world’s biggest energy project. Also, the European Commission predicted the share of hydrogen in the EU’s energy mix would rise from 2% to 14% by 2050.
However, we cannot say often enough that Hydrogen must be created from true clean energy sources such as solar or wind instead of fossil fuels. The majority of current hydrogen production is still produced using gas and coal, in a process that emits about 830m tonnes of carbon annually. So, we need governments to adopt True Clean Energy methods of producing hydrogen or the hydrogen transition will be in vain. Let us take our energy production in the right direction for our societies and our planet! Let us aim for true clean energy!
