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The world's largest Solar power plant in Oman |
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The world?s largest solar farms is planned to be set up in Oman. This plant is being set up to use the sun?s rays to create steam that will help the Arab nation extract oil out of the ground. This project is named as "Miraah" (mirror in Arabic) which costs of more than $600 million and will be built across more than a square mile — 360 soccer fields — at the Amal oil field. When completed the solar plant will produce 6,000 tons of steam every day that will be used for oil production, and have a capacity for over a gigawatt of energy which is equivalent to a large natural gas or nuclear plant. This project would be built by Petroleum Development Oman, which is a joint venture between oil giant Royal Dutch Shell, energy company Total, and the Omani government. The technology will come from a California startup called GlassPoint. Construction of the project will start later this year and the site is expected to start producing steam in 2017.The deal is not only a vote of confidence for this relatively new technology, but it?s a big win for the startup behind it.
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Whenever the news is related to solar energy I feel so excited :) This is wonderful the largest solar plant in Oman. Thank you for sharing dear Harmanjot :)
Posted 21-09-2015 23:54
Great news!!!!
Posted 21-09-2015 10:44
It is huge!!! Thanks for sharing mate! =)
Posted 21-09-2015 10:01
Wow, 360 football fields! The energy generated will be tremendous if this technology harnesses the source efficiently. Thanks for the report, Harmanjot:)
Posted 21-09-2015 03:04
Thanks for sharing , it's a great news.
Posted 21-09-2015 00:28