A consortium that includes Enertech, a Kuwaiti state-owned company specialising in clean energy investment and development, has been awarded one of Oman’s first hydrogen blocks by Hydrom.

The Green Energy Oman (GEO) international consortium, which also consists of Oman's OQ, Shell Oman, InterContinental Energy (ICE), and Golden Wellspring Wealth for Trading (GWWT), secured Block Z1-04 in the Dhofar Governate.

The block is set to produce 150,000 metric tonnes per annum of green hydrogen by leveraging 4 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy.

This deal is one of three signed agreements granting the first green hydrogen blocks in the Sultanate of Oman, with a combined investment value exceeding $20 billion.

The projects are expected to deliver over 750,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year, further propelling Oman's ambitious target of achieving 1 million tons per year of green hydrogen production by 2030.

"We are thrilled to have been awarded one of Oman's first hydrogen blocks. This agreement marks a critical milestone in advancing the GEO project, positioned as one of the world's foremost green fuels initiatives," said Abdullah Al Mutairi, Vice Chairman and CEO of Enertech Holding Company.

Poised to become one of the world's largest green hydrogen plants, the GEO project has been under development since 2017 and is located in the Al Wusta governorate of central Oman.

At full capacity, it will be powered by 25 GW of renewable solar and wind energy, enabling the production of approximately 1.8 million tonnes of green hydrogen which can be converted into 10 million tonnes of green ammonia per year.

The project's alignment with Oman Vision 2040 reinforces the enhancement of the country's renewable energy expertise, substantial creation of in-country value, and generation of employment opportunities throughout its lifecycle.