The second interconnection between the electricity grids of Oman and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) power grid, is set to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2026, according to Oman’s national grid operator, Oman Electricity Transmission Company.
The latter is implementing the project with GCC Interconnection Authority (GCCIA). The project is aimed at increasing the net transfer capacity to Oman from 400 MW to approximately 1,600 MW. It involves the construction of a 528-km, 400 kV direct link between the grid station at the Ibri independent power producer (IPP) project in Oman’s Al Dhahirah Governorate Oman and the existing GCCIA-owned 400 kV Silaa grid station in Abu Dhabi, UAE. It also includes the construction of two 400 kV GIS substations by GCCIA – one in the UAE near Madinat Zayed and the other at Ibri in Oman, about 20 km from the Ibri IPP