Tafila Groundbreaking Ceremony
The Prime Minister of Jordan, Dr. Abdullah Ensour laid the cornerstone of the Tafila wind farm project, at a groundbreaking ceremony attended by government officials and representatives from the project’s sponsors, lenders, advisors and contractors…
Middle Eastern Renewables Deal of the Year 2013: Tafila – Project Finance
Jordan is poor in natural resources and imports over 97% of its energy. Regime change in Egypt highlighted its dependence on Egyptian gas, which was disrupted following the explosion of a gas pipeline in Sinai in 2013.
Jordan unveils first private sector wind solar projects
AMMAN — Energy Minister Alaa Batayneh on Wednesday unveiled plans for the country’s first private sector renewable energy projects as part of efforts to ease the Kingdom’s ongoing energy crunch. At a press conference Batayneh said the government launched talks with two private sector firms to establish a 10 megawatt (MW) solar plant in the […]