Clean Energy News: Oman Awards New Green Hydrogen Projects – November 13, 2026

Oman picks new hydrogen developers, China lines up its biggest electrolyser purchase, and India and Australia move on batteries.

Here are four clean energy stories worth your attention on Friday, November 13, 2026.

Oman names two new green hydrogen winners in Duqm

Oman's hydrogen agency Hydrom has awarded two integrated projects from its third auction round, together aiming for roughly 121,000 tonnes of green hydrogen a year by 2032. One consortium, led by Indonesia's PLN Indonesia Power Renewables with Oman's Alawi Enterprises and Singapore's HBA Offshore, will develop a hydrogen-and-ammonia complex on a 100 km² plot, and the round also brings green ammonium nitrate into the country's pipeline. Announced at COP31, the awards show Oman is still handing out land while many hydrogen projects elsewhere are being paused.

Source: MEED

China shortlists bidders for a record 176 electrolysers

State-owned China Energy Engineering Corporation (CEEC) named 16 shortlisted suppliers on November 11 for its 2026 hydrogen equipment tender, split between 1,000 Nm³/h alkaline units and 200 Nm³/h PEM units. At an estimated 176 units, it is described as the largest electrolyser procurement in the Chinese industry's history. Big state tenders like this keep Chinese factories busy and push stack prices down, which feeds straight into global LCOH comparisons.

Source: China Hydrogen Bulletin

India gets 22 bids to make battery cells for the grid

India's Ministry of Heavy Industries opened technical bids on November 11 for 10 GWh of advanced chemistry cell manufacturing reserved for grid-scale stationary storage, under its production-linked incentive scheme. Bidders include Reliance Industries, Exide Energy Solutions, Amara Raja, JSW Neo Energy, Waaree and ACME Solar. Local cell supply matters because India needs far more storage to absorb its fast-growing solar fleet, though no capacity has been allocated yet.

Source: Saur Energy

AirTrunk lines up wind, solar and batteries for a 550 MW data centre

Data centre operator AirTrunk has signed an exclusivity agreement with European Energy Australia covering 260 MW of solar, 350 MW of wind and a 600 MW / 800 MWh battery in the Hunter-Central Coast renewable energy zone of New South Wales. The power is meant for a planned 550 MW data centre on the former Kurri Kurri smelter site, but a long-term power purchase agreement is still being negotiated and the projects have not yet entered approvals.

Source: RenewEconomy

Takeaway: Today's stories are about the buyers, from state agencies to data centres, that turn clean energy plans into real orders.

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