Kubo to supply greenhouses for Oman solar park
Custom equipment to cover 190 hectares at $600m Miraah solar project near the Amal oilfield site
The Dutch greenhouse and solar specialist Kubo Group has been selected to supply and install high-tech greenhouses at the Miraah solar project in the south of Oman, according to a report in the sultanate’s press.
The project’s joint developers – US-based GlassPoint Solar and Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) – have selected Kubo greenhouses for the Miraah project, which is one of the world’s largest solar plants under development, according to the Oman Observer.
Kubo will install custom-designed greenhouses covering a 190-hectare desert expanse, equivalent to 160 football pitches, near the Amal oilfield within PDO’s Block 6 concession.
Equipped with deck-wash robots, as well as overpressure and filtration systems to keep moisture and dust out of the greenhouses, the structures represent an integral part of GlassPoint Solar’s technology to harness the sun’s energy to generate steam necessary to produce heavy oil from the Amal oilfield, the report said.
Construction work on the Miraah Solar Plant is well underway at a site adjoining the Amal oilfield, the Oman Observer added.
PDO is investing around $600 million in the project, with GlassPoint Solar providing the technology, as well as engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) support, the report added.
The project will use large curved mirrors designed by GlassPoint Solar to concentrate sunlight and generate steam from water. The mirrors will be enclosed within the greenhouses provided by Kubo, which will help protect the solar collectors from high winds, sand and dust.
