Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), a state owned oil producer in Oman, has announced that it has allocated a 100 MW solar project to the Marubeni Consortium, a consortium comprising the Marubeni Corporation as the lead founder, Oman Gas Company S.A.O.C, Bahwan Renewable Energy Company LLC, and Modern Channels Services LLC. The consortium won the project through a bidding process which is said to have attracted competitive rates from global developers in the renewable energy industry.