Jordanian, Italian firms plan solar plant in Maan

22 May 2010

A consortium formed by Amman-based Kawar Energy and Italian firm Solar Ventures is planning to build the 100 megawatt (MW) Shams solar power plant project in the city of Maan, Jordan Times has reported. The $400m project would produce nearly twice the electricity of the current largest PV plant in Olmedilla, Spain, a 60MW structure. The plant would save the kingdom up to 160,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually, the consortium said. The Maan Development Area has provided the consortium with a two-square-kilometre plot of land, which could be expanded to five square kilometres should the power plant increase capacity.

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