Oman is currently consulting on the proposed expansion of its
rooftop PV scheme called "Sahim", with the proposed
commencement of the "Sahim II" phase of the initiative.
We published a
bulletin at the time the Sahim scheme
was introduced.
The Sahim initiative was launched in May 2017 by the Oman
Authority for Electricity Regulation
("AER"), and was structured in two
phases:
- Sahim I allows large households and businesses to install
small-scale grid connected PV systems at their own cost, and to
receive an export tariff (the bulk supply tariff) for any excess
electricity which is exported to the grid, under a
feed-in-tariff-like scheme.
- Sahim II is aimed at promoting wider-scale deployment of
small-scale grid connected PV systems for around 10% to 30% of
residential premises in Oman (or around 250,000 rooftop
installations which equates to roughly 1GW of solar capacity), by
securing funding solutions. Namely, by running competitions for
private developers
