Diamond Developers, OMRAN unveil The Sustainable City – Yiti with clean energy production, vertical farming and autonomous transportation.
Diamond Developers, in partnership with the Oman Tourism Development Company (OMRAN Group), has announced the launch of The Sustainable City – Yiti in Muscat, Oman. With an investment value of nearly $1bn, the city will be built over an area of one million square metres and will be developed within phase one of the Yiti Integrated Tourism Development Masterplan.
With sustainable innovation at its heart, the project will feature 1,657 residential units including 300 eco-friendly and energy-efficient villas in car-free districts. The city is designed to produce 100 per cent of its energy requirements from renewables which include solar panels and biogas. It will also recycle all its water and waste and use it for irrigation.
The city also aims to grow its own food through productive farm areas and greenhouses and will adopt clean mobility solutions like autonomous shuttles and electric cars, and by deploying EV charging stations.
A sustainable school that will teach important concepts of sustainability through the school curriculum while the city will also feature a number of sports facilities which include jogging and cycling tracks, an equestrian club, and a horse track.
