A new solar power plant in Duqm, Oman, will use solar trackers made by a U.S. company. GameChange Solar will supply the moving racks that help panels follow the sun. The system is called Genius Tracker 1P. It will be used on a 450 megawatt-peak (MWp) solar project.
This plant is part of a larger green fuel development by ACME Greentech Ventures. The solar power will run equipment that makes green ammonia and hydrogen. The full site for the Duqm solar project covers 92 square kilometers.
The first part of the facility is already under construction. It plans to make 100,000 tonnes of green ammonia every year. Later stages are expected to produce more—up to 71,000 tonnes of green hydrogen and 400,000 tonnes of green ammonia each year. When the whole site is running, it could make up to 900,000 tonnes of green ammonia annually.
Solar trackers tilt the panels so they follow the sun across the sky. This can increase energy output compared to panels that stay still all day.
This is not the first tracker deal for ACME. A month earlier, it signed a similar agreement with Arctech, a Chinese company, to supply trackers for another 175MWp solar system at the same project.
Beyond big-name projects, other renewable efforts are underway in Oman. In places like Adam and Ibri, small solar systems are being used for health centers and water services. Some are less than 5MW and work off-grid. A 2MW solar setup helps run a desalination plant in Al Wusta. This plant helps nearby farming areas by supplying water using solar power.
Oman’s transmission company, OETC, is planning more grid connections through 2029. These will include solar and wind energy projects. Planned projects include 500MW in Ibri, 500MW each in North and South Sharqiyah, and wind farms in Mahout and Al Jazer with capacities between 100MW and 350MW.
