World’s Biggest Solar Heat Plant Backed by Oman to Boost Oil
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Oman’s largest oil producer ordered work to begin on what will be one of the biggest solar plants in the world, establishing the technology as an alternative to fossil fuels for coaxing crude out of the ground.
GlassPoint Solar Solar Inc. will build the facility at the Amal oilfield in southern Oman, according to a statement on Wednesday. Rows of parabolic mirrors covering 2 square kilometers (0.8 square mile) will heat 1,021 megawatts of steam, which will be injected into underground reservoirs to reduce the viscosity of the crude produced there.