Petroleum Development Oman and GlassPoint Solar this week inaugurated and officially opened the 1 gigawatt Miraah solar plant located atop the Amal oilfield in the south of Oman, after completion of the first four of 36 blocks which are currently delivering 100 MWt (megawatt-thermal) of steam to the oilfield.
Petroleum Development Oman and GlassPoint Solar announced earlier this month the completion of the first block of one of the world’s largest solar plants, the 1,021 MW Miraah solar plant that will deliver 6,000 tonnes of steam per day for use on the Amal West oilfield in Oman.
Three US-based Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) startups are now making the leap to gigawatt-scale CSP projects at the global level. Two — SolarReserve and BrightSource Energy — were recipients of Department of Energy federal support through the Loan Guarantee Program and subsequent ARPA-E awards for R&D that helped them refine their innovative technologies. The third, Glasspoint Solar, took a different approach.
Oman is set to make a significantly large investment to set up a solar project to boost natural gas production from its oilfields. Energy giants Shell and Total are set to partner with the Oman government to set up a large-scale solar project to boost natural gas production. Petroleum Development … [continued]
Global solar investment more than doubled in 2014, with big corporate funders choosing reliable returns from renewables instead of volatile fossil fuels.
Glasspoint Solar Inc. of Oman has developed an enhanced oil recovery process powered by solar energy. Royal Dutch Shell has invested in the process.
