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Jordan launches EU-supported solar plant
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IANS | 21 Nov, 2017
Jordan has with the European Union support launched a 5-megawatts solar
plant located in the south of the country, a media report said.
Jordan's
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Saleh Kharabsheh said the
plant, which was built at a total cost of $ 8 million, is part of
Jordan's efforts to boost renewable energy, Xinhua news agency quoted
the state-run Petra news agency as reporting.
The plant, he said,
will help reduce electricity costs and prices , adding that the
European Union (EU) provided support for Jordan in the field of
renewable energy.
He said the project was implemented in
partnership between private and the public sectors, stressing that
Jordan will go ahead with several projects in the field of renewable
energy.
Jordan, which imports 97 per cent of its energy needs annually, is working on a strategy to boost renewable energy sector.
By 2020, around 10 per cent of Jordan's electricity will be generated by solar and wind projects.
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