AMMAN — Secretary-General of the Ministry of Energy and
Mineral Resources Amani Azzam announced on Wednesday that the Kingdom is aiming
to increase the percentage of renewable energy contribution to electricity
generation to 50 percent by 2030.
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Originally, she stated, the energy sector strategy in 2020
was to raise Jordan’s renewable energy contribution to 31 percent.
Revisiting the energy sector strategyAzzam made the remarks during her speech at the annual
meeting of Union for the Mediterranean energy platforms in Barcelona.
She said that “Jordan is revisiting its comprehensive
strategy for the energy sector to achieve the new target and working towards
supporting transformation projects towards electric transmission and green
hydrogen production”.
Jordan is taking various measures to strengthen its
electrical network and enhance its stability, said Azzam.
This includes shifting towards smart grids, establishing
projects to store electric energy, and implementing and expanding electrical
interconnection projects with neighboring countries and the world.
Overcoming challengesAccording to Azzam, it is now time for Jordan to optimally
benefit from all available tools and technologies to overcome the technical
challenges of renewable energy.
Azzam highlighted Jordan's achievements in the energy
sector. She said that the Kingdom's solar and wind energy projects to generate
electricity amounted to about 2.6 gigawatts, which contributed to the
production of approximately 27 percent of the total electrical energy consumed
in Jordan.
First in the regionDue to its achievement in renewable energy, Jordan ranked
first in the region in terms of the installed capacity of renewable energy
sources to generate electricity without hydropower, according to the 2022 Arab
Future Energy Index, which was prepared by the Regional Center for Renewable Energy
and Energy Efficiency.
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