Category: Reports and Studies

Oman’s wealth fund invests in US-based EV battery start-up

Image Source: ZAWYA The Oman Investment Authority has invested in US-based electric vehicle battery start-up Our Next Energy (One). Oman’s sovereign wealth fund also signed a strategic co-operation agreement with One to identify potential areas of partnership in energy and battery storage in the sultanate, Oman News Agency reported on Wednesday. The financial value of the transaction was […]
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Oman shows how a fossil fuel producer can embrace clean energy

Image Source: The nature conservancy The country is using its existing energy infrastructure to fast-track its green transition. Ahead of the COP28 climate talks in Dubai later this year, the role of oil and gas-producing economies in the clean energy transition is coming into sharp focus. Ensuring that countries – including those that have relied on oil […]
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Promising use of Omani silica sand in energy storage for green hydrogen

Image Source: Chemistry World  A key study led by Omani scientists underscores the potential for the Sultanate of Oman to capitalize on the abundance of high-quality silica sand for cost-competitive thermal energy storage – a prerequisite for the large-scale production of green hydrogen and green ammonia in the country. Publication of the study, titled ‘Silica […]
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Oman’s fossil fuel expertise could help drive clean energy transitions, new report shows

Image Source: Tara Energy Oman has significant potential to channel its deep expertise in the production of fossil fuels towards clean energy projects that could accelerate the country’s efforts to lower its emissions and diversify its economy, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Leveraging Fossil Fuel Capabilities for Clean Energy Transitions: Assessment […]
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Oman, Port of Amsterdam to study liquid hydrogen corridor

Image Source: Solarquarter The government of Oman and the Port of Amsterdam will explore the development of a liquid hydrogen supply corridor to facilitate the export of green hydrogen from the Sultanate to the Dutch port and onwards to Europe. Oman’s Ministry of Energy and Minerals, state-owned company Hydrogen Oman (Hydrom), the Port of Amsterdam, […]
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Oman Steps Up Low-Carbon Ambitions

Image Source: Medium For Oman, the transition to cleaner energy sources is both an imperative and a practical economic path to a more sustainable future. The Omani government is in a race to prepare for a post-oil future. Since the discovery of oil in the 1960s, the sultanate’s economy has relied heavily on revenue from […]
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