High Beams in Oman. How China and Green Energy Have Opened a New Economic Corridor in the Arabian Peninsula
This working paper explores the new frontiers of green capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula by taking Ibri II as a case study. Ibri II is a solar plant inaugurated in Oman in 2022 with seed funding provided by China. Its establishment has facilitated the development of a land corridor that links Saudi Arabia to Oman through a new highway, connecting Red Sea and Indian Ocean trade routes and reshaping the economic geography of the Arabian Peninsula.
How Green Energy is bringing Oman and Saudi Arabia together: China, the Solar Plant of Ibri II, and the Rubaʿ al-Khali Corridor
In this blog from the Mapping Connections Institute, Javier Guirado Alonso examines China's involvement in Oman's Ibri II solar plant, and the implications for Saudi-Oman relations