Nizwa in Oman. The country has some of the lowest renewables costs in the world
Oman outlines green hydrogen vision
Mideast Gulf state eschews blue hydrogen and targets 40GW of electrolyser capacity by 2040, officials tell green hydrogen summit
Oman is one of the Mideast Gulf’s early movers on hydrogen. Its project pipeline is already longer and firmer than those of its peers in the region, with a growing list of international partners signed up to both invest and advise. Unlike its neighbours, which want to monetise their fossil fuel resources via gas-based blue hydrogen, the sultanate is building its hydrogen strategy for the next two decades around green hydrogen, government officials told the inaugural Oman Green Hydrogen Summit in the capital in early December. Green hydrogen is seen not only as an alternative export commodity for when global demand for crude oil wanes but also as the bedrock feedstock for existing and future
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