India-headquartered solar engineering, procurement and construction contractor Sterling and Wilson Solar Limited (SWSL) said on Wednesday that it has successfully commissioned its second solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Oman.

The 25-megawatt (MW) project awarded to SWSL by Shell Oman was delivered on time with more than 300,000 safe manhours during the pandemic, the company said in a stock exchange statement.

Last year, SWSL became the first Indian company to commission a solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Oman. The Amin Solar Project, with an installed capacity of 125 MWp, is Oman's first renewables-based Independent Power Project (IPP).

Oman is aiming to derive 30 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030.

SWSL's Middle East portfolio also includes a 1,177 MWp Solar PV plant in Abu Dhabi, the world's largest single-site solar plant.

(Writing by D Madhura; Editing by Anoop Menon)

(anoop.menon@refinitiv.com)

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