Economics Minister sees great potential for hydrogen production in Oman
Germany’s Economics Minister Robert Habeck has great hopes for Oman as a future hydrogen producer according to dpa.
“The potential to become a partner here, in terms of the planning process, the installation of solar energy, electrolysis and the purchase of green hydrogen, is huge,” the minister said during a visit to the capital Muscat. Oman wants to push forward the production of hydrogen, which it is hoped will facilitate the energy transition and, among other things, will help store electricity in future. Hydrogen is considered “green”, i.e. climate-friendly, when it is produced using renewable energies.
Oman is “hell-bent on transforming itself. There can be no doubt about that,” Habeck said following talks with Energy Minister Salim al-Aufi and head of state Sultan Haitham bin Tarik. He explained that the country, which has only a fraction of the population of Germany despite covering a similar area, had reserved an area roughly the size of Bavaria for the expansion of renewable energies.