AMMAN — Jordan will, through the al-Rama
power station, boost electricity supply to Palestine from 40 to 80 megawatts by
July 2022 under a January 2020 agreement, said Saleh Kharabsheh
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources on Monday, according to Jordan News Agency, Petra.
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Checking on the
workflow at the station, the minister, who was accompanied by Chairman of
Palestinian Energy and Natural Resources Authority Thafer Melhem and the
Director General of the
National Electric Power Company (NEPC) Amjad
Al-Rawashdeh, said the project comes within the framework of Jordan’s
commitment to meet the electrical energy needs of Palestine to serve the
interests of the two countries and peoples.
Melhem said the authority is looking to diversify
energy sources, adding that this agreement will reduce dependency on Israel as
a source of energy, achieve energy security, and reduce the electrical deficit
to meet the needs of Palestinians.
“Any kilowatt that is produced locally will not be
imported from Israel, and the Palestinian electrical dependence on it will
decrease,” Melhem said.
Rawashdeh said that the cost of the project amounted
to about $4.1 million, explaining that the NEPC continues to work on the
completion of the project, which is part of a series of projects aimed at
increasing the amount of electricity exported to Palestine.
The first phase of the project included the
construction of a 132/33kW transformer station in the Jordanian-Palestinian
border area of Al-Rama.
The second phase will supply the Jerusalem
Electricity Co., which feeds the areas of
Jerusalem, Ramallah and Al-Bireh in a
way that enhances access to the outskirts of Jerusalem and Bethlehem, and
includes the addition of a 132/33kW transformer with a capacity of 80
megawatts.
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