Ibri II Solar PV Park is a 575MW solar PV power project. It is located in Ad Dhahirah North, Oman. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. The project construction commenced in 2020 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in January 2022. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project was developed by Alternative Energy Projects and Barka Water and Power Company SAOG. Barka Water and Power Company SAOG, Gulf Investment and Alternative Energy Projects are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 50%, 40% and 10% respectively.
Ibri II Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 1,154.25 hectares.
The project generates 1,300GWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 50,000 households, offsetting 340,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year.
Development status
The project construction commenced in 2020 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in January 2022.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Oman Power and Water Procurement under a power purchase agreement for a period of 15 years from 2021. The contracted capacity is 500MW.
Contractors involved
Power China Huadong Engineering and Power Construction Corporation of China were selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the solar PV power project.
The solar PV modules for the project were supplied by Jolywood (Taizhou) Solar Technology and Yingli Energy (China).
Sungrow Power Supply supplied 3,204 of its SG250HX inverters to the project site.
The project is utilising single axis trackers supplied by Arctech Solar Holding.
The First National Operation & Maintenance is the O&M contractor for the solar PV power project.
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About Barka Water and Power Company SAOG
Barka Water and Power Company SAOG (Barka Water), formerly ACWA Power Barka SAOG, is an energy utility that develops, invests, co-owns, and operates a portfolio of power generation and water desalination plants. The company generates energy from natural gas, wind power, oil fired, clean coal, photo voltaic, concentrated solar power, waste-to energy, reverse osmosis, and others. Barka Water delivers desalinated water in bulk to state utilities and major industries on long-term contracts under public-private-partnership, concession and utility services outsourcing models. It has interests in a portfolio of assets located in the Middle East and North Africa, Southern Africa, Europe, and South East Asia regions. Barka Water is headquartered in Muscat, Oman.
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