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Manah 1 Solar IPP

A 500 MW solar PV project at Manah, Ad Dakhiliyah, Oman. Stage: Operating.

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The record

What the sources publish for this project

Capacity
500 MW
Technology
Solar PVAbout one million bifacial modules on single-axis trackers
Stage counted on this site
OperatingAs published: “Inaugurated on 22 January 2025” (EDF power solutions)
Inaugurated
22 January 2025
Owners and developers
Shares as the owners publish them; a company without a share has not published one
Supplies
Nama PWP
Procurer
Nama PWP
Arrangement
Independent power project with a power purchase agreement
Country
Oman
Location
Manah, Ad Dakhiliyah, OmanLocality and region only; plant coordinates are not published

Modelled output

Estimated annual generation

Modelled, not measured

1,049

GWh a year

24%

Capacity factor

6.7% of the modelled output of this tracker’s operational solar projects.

  • Fixed at the optimal tilt888 GWh20.3%1,775 kWh per kWp
  • Single-axis trackerCounted here1,049 GWh24%2,098 kWh per kWp

Yield read at the centre of Manah, rounded to 0.1°. Mounting as the source describes it.

Annual kWh per kWp from PVGIS for crystalline silicon with 14% system loss, multiplied by the capacity as the source states it and taken as peak. A plant rated in MWac carries more DC capacity, so its estimate runs low.

Tracker totals, modelled

Solar projects with an estimate only; the counted mounting for each.
StageProjectsCapacity, MWGWh a yearCapacity factor
Operational11 / 127,57515,70923.7%
Under construction5 / 510,10021,17123.9%
Contracted2 / 22,5005,18123.7%
Tendered5 / 54,2008,55923.3%
Announced1 / 11,5003,15524%

Solar yield: PVGIS 5.2 (PVGIS-SARAH2), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. © European Union. Estimate as JSON

Sources

Where each figure comes from

PublisherPublicationPublishedRead onKind
EDF power solutionsEDF Renewables and Korea Western Power Company inaugurate Sultanate of Oman's largest solar power plant22 January 202524 September 2026Procurer, developer or owner

Solar and wind resource

The resource at Manah

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

6.16 kWh/m²/day

Global horizontal irradiance

About 2,248 kWh/m² a year

5.52 kWh/m²/day

Direct normal irradiance

3.7 m/s

Wind at 50 m

28.1 °C

Air temperature

Warmest month July, 35.5 °C

Aerosol optical depth: 0.42 · Dustiest month July

Global horizontal irradiance by month, kWh/m²/day
January: 4.76 kWh/m²/dayJanFebruary: 5.56 kWh/m²/dayFebMarch: 6.44 kWh/m²/dayMarApril: 7.08 kWh/m²/dayAprMay: 7.52 kWh/m²/dayMayJune: 7.32 kWh/m²/dayJunJuly: 6.66 kWh/m²/dayJulAugust: 6.66 kWh/m²/dayAugSeptember: 6.48 kWh/m²/daySepOctober: 5.94 kWh/m²/dayOctNovember: 4.98 kWh/m²/dayNovDecember: 4.50 kWh/m²/dayDec
January4.76
February5.56
March6.44
April7.08
May7.52
June7.32
July6.66
August6.66
September6.48
October5.94
November4.98
December4.50

Source: NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, climatology 2001–2020, public domain; retrieved 2026-09-24. Cell N22.5E57.5, 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.

See it on the Energy AtlasResource as JSON

GCC Renewables Tracker, 24 September 2026 (2026-09)