MUSCAT: In a first for Oman’s ocean-going maritime cargo transportation sector, the wholly state-owned ore carrier Sohar Max will be fitted with rotor sails to harness wind energy on its voyages to and from the Sultanate of Oman.

MUSCAT: The 2023 Food Security Lab, a two-week event rich in activities and purposeful discussions to enhance local and foreign investment across various food security sectors, concluded on Thursday, November 9, 2023.

MUSCAT: Climate change poses an existential threat and while global initiatives and policies have emerged in response, the risks of climate action failure remain prominent in the coming decade.

SUR: Eng Salim bin Nasser al Aufi, the Minister of Energy and Minerals, inaugurated the 17-megawatt peak (MWp) solar photovoltaic (PV) farm producing green energy to power the Sharqiyah Desalination Plant in Oman’s city of Sur.

MUSCAT: Nama Water Services, member of Nama Group, will host “Oman Water Week” in January 2024 at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Center in Muscat.

RIYADH: The Saudi Fund for Development has so far financed developmental projects in the Sultanate of Oman to the tune of 11 billion Saudi riyals (equivalent to RO 1.1 billion approx.) since 1977.

MUSCAT: Oman Electricity Transmission Company (OETC), the owner and operator of the country’s transmission grids, has announced the successful completion of tests to support the remote operation of the Ibri Solar Independent Power Project (IPP).

Muscat: The taxi rates in hotels, malls and Sultan Qaboos Port via applications are licensed by the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology (MTCIT). Taxi rates in hotels start from OMR 1.

Muscat: The Main Committee of the Majlis A’ Shura Council’s 10th Term Elections convened on Monday a press conference to review the electoral process that held to elect members for the tenth term of the Majlis A’ Shura on Sunday.

Ahead of the COP28 climate talks in Dubai later this year, the role of oil and gas-producing economies in the clean energy transition is coming into sharp focus.