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Amin Solar IPP

A 100 MW solar PV project at Amin, Oman. Stage: Operating.

The record

What the sources publish for this project

Capacity
100 MW
Technology
Solar PV
Stage counted on this site
OperatingAs published: “Commissioned; supplying Petroleum Development Oman's interior operations” (pv magazine)
Commercial operation
June 2020
Owners and developers
Shares as the owners publish them; a company without a share has not published one
Supplies
Petroleum Development Oman
Procurer
Petroleum Development Oman
Arrangement
Independent power project with a power purchase agreementTerm: 23 years
Country
Oman
Location
Amin, OmanLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published

Owned by Amin Renewable Energy Company; the oil producer is the sole buyer, for an undisclosed price.

Modelled output

Estimated annual generation

Modelled, not measured

No output estimate. The tracker names no town or region this model can place.

Sources

Where each figure comes from

PublisherPublicationPublishedRead onKind
pv magazineOmani oil provider switches on 100 MW solar park2 June 202024 September 2026Press or compiler

Solar and wind resource

The resource at Oman

NASA POWER's long-run means for the 0.5° cell that holds the locality: an area-level picture, not a site measurement.

6.30 kWh/m²/day

Global horizontal irradiance

About 2,300 kWh/m² a year

5.46 kWh/m²/day

Direct normal irradiance

5.2 m/s

Wind at 50 m

29.2 °C

Air temperature

Warmest month July, 36.0 °C

Aerosol optical depth: 0.44 · Dustiest month July

Global horizontal irradiance by month, kWh/m²/day
January: 5.00 kWh/m²/dayJanFebruary: 5.78 kWh/m²/dayFebMarch: 6.62 kWh/m²/dayMarApril: 7.26 kWh/m²/dayAprMay: 7.56 kWh/m²/dayMayJune: 7.30 kWh/m²/dayJunJuly: 6.72 kWh/m²/dayJulAugust: 6.74 kWh/m²/dayAugSeptember: 6.62 kWh/m²/daySepOctober: 6.06 kWh/m²/dayOctNovember: 5.16 kWh/m²/dayNovDecember: 4.70 kWh/m²/dayDec
January5.00
February5.78
March6.62
April7.26
May7.56
June7.30
July6.72
August6.74
September6.62
October6.06
November5.16
December4.70

Source: NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, climatology 2001–2020, public domain; retrieved 2026-09-24. Cell N21.0E57.0, native resolution 1° (CERES SYN1deg). These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.

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