Page 4 - Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2021

In partnership with Ministry of Education, SMN Power contributed to a PV solar project for
a school in the South Sharqyah region. The school is about 70 km from the urban areas.
This school has 290 students (boys and girls). The school classrooms and the residents
are relaying mostly on electricity generated by diesel generators, the fuel of which can be
difficult to transport in addition to other challenges including generators maintenance, and
power cut-off due to unreliability of the generators. The installation of the solar PV panels
will serve as a hybrid system in combination with the diesel generators. The data of load
profile will be collected to optimise the system.

This project is awarded to SME registered with the SME Authority, who presented the most
competitive bid for the tender which is ‘’ Nafath Renewable Energy LLC ’’. Such a joint project
can result in a significant impact on the society while meeting many of the objectives laid
down by Oman Center for Governance and Sustainability. Additionally, as the selected EPC
contractor is Omani, it will contribute to development and support to local SMEs. Additionally,
as this project will be undertaken in an educational environment (school), it will contribute
in raising the awareness of the potential advantages of such projects as well as result in
environmental benefits through potential saving in diesel costs. Given the nature of this
project, it can be difficult for one Company to develop such off-grid project alone. Therefore,
the board have approved a joint project with a budget of OMR 60,000 in partnership with 3
Companies with contribution from SMN Power of OMR 10,000 for a solar PV project in off-
grid location (at Al Tahyim School).

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