Italian manufacturer Ecoprogetti recently completed its first solar panel production line in Oman.
The Sheida Solar facility, operated by Oman-based Sheida Industries, is located in Sohar, a port city on Oman’s northern coast. The 50 MW facility produces 450 W, 550 W, and 590 W panels featuring tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) technology.
The €3 million ($3.2 million) facility is focused on the small- to medium-scale PV solar market and will supply to the domestic market and countries throughout Africa, a project spokesperson told pv magazine.
The spokesperson added that the production line is already supplying panels to a 200 MW domestic project, with plans to expand production with another 500 MW turnkey line by the second quarter of 2025.
Earlier this month, Ecoprogetti said it had delivered a glass-glass solar panel production line to India’s SAEL.
In August, China’s Q-Sun Solar revealed plans for a 10 GW solar module factory in Oman. Work on a polysilicon manufacturing facility in the country is also now underway.
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