O-Green installs landmark wind turbine in Duqm

MUSCAT: Omani state-backed integrated clean energy platform O-Green has installed a 9.6 MW wind turbine at the Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD), describing it as the world’s largest onshore wind turbine installed outside mainland China.
The turbine, featuring blades nearly 100 metres long and a 115-metre tower, will supply renewable electricity to Duqm’s expanding industrial ecosystem, including the nearby Mawarid wind turbine manufacturing facility, according to O-Green.
Located near the OQ8 refinery, the turbine forms part of the Duqm City Renewable Energy initiative being developed through Naqaa Sustainable Energy, an O-Green subsidiary.
“For us, this turbine represents more than 9.6 MW of renewable generation. It represents the next stage of Oman’s energy transition: building renewable energy infrastructure while localising the technology and industrial capability behind it,” O-Green said.
Omani contractors and specialists participated across the project, including engineering, site works, construction and the complex transportation and installation of tower sections and blades. The turbine platform has also been engineered for the demanding operating conditions of the GCC, O-Green said.
The installation represents the single-turbine Duqm North component of the wider Duqm North and South Wind Project. Together, the two developments will comprise six turbines with combined capacity of 58 MW. Duqm South will account for the remaining five turbines and 48 MW.
Once operational, the wind projects are expected to generate around 190 GWh of electricity annually, supporting efforts to decarbonise industrial activity at the Special Economic Zone at Duqm and strengthen Oman’s emerging renewable-energy manufacturing ecosystem.