Wind turbines. Author: David Huang. License: Creative Commons, Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic. August 8 (SeeNews) - After hooking to the grid 106 MW of wind and solar energy plants so far in 2016, Jordan is expected to connect a total of 980 MW capacity from such sources by the end of 2018, The Jordan Times said, citing a government official. Since January, the country has flipped the switch on four green power facilities in total, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources spokesman, Haidar Gammaz, was quoted as saying. This includes three photovoltaic (PV) parks with a combined capacity of 40 MW in the cities of Maan and Aqaba, as well as a 66-MW wind farm, funded by Kuwait. According to the report, works on a 14-MW expansion of the Kuwaiti-backed wind scheme are due to kick off soon. Apart from that, nine renewable energy projects of 10 MW each are currently in their final stages and are to be put into operation by the end of this year. At present, renewables account for 3%-4% of Jordan’s power mix. This share is estimated to climb to 10% by 2020.
Jordan plans to connect 980 MW of wind and solar capacity by this year , according to Creative Commons spokesman, Haidar Gammaz . This year , the country has switched on three solar parks with a combined capacity of 40 MW and a 66 MW wind farm, due to receive a 14 MW expansion. Nine other projects of 10 MW each are also set for completion 2020 . Renewables currently account for 10% of Kuwait 's power provision, estimated to increase to 10% by 2020 .