Oman pushes cleaner energy with green hydrogen and gas projects
It's big business: two previous rounds drew pledges of $49 billion to develop 30 gigawatts of renewable power and 1 million tons per year of hydrogen capacity. OQ Gas Networks is planning a national hydrogen pipeline network to support the projects.
Further north, TotalEnergies and OQ Exploration and Production broke ground on the $1.6 billion Marsa LNG project. This will produce up to 1 million tons per year of fuel for ships and will be powered by a 300 megawatt solar plant, which the partners say will make it the world's lowest-emission LNG plant.
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