Feb 17, 2025 · Across the peri-urban hillsides of Jordan''s capital city, Amman, olive orchards and grazing lands are increasingly interspersed with glittering rows of solar photovoltaic (PV)
Jordan has significant potential to succeed in scaling up its use of renewables, particularly in electricity generation, which could reduce energy prices for consumers and improve energy security.
Table 3: Electricity consumption by sector (in GWh) 2008-2013 The Jordanian national interconnected grid transmits electricity from the power stations to the distribution substations and transformer substations in the various regions of the kingdom via 400-kV and 132-kV power lines.
illustrates the breakdown of total primary energy supply in Jordan by source. Imported natural gas and oil still account for approximately 76% of the electricity generated. Domestic resources, including renewable and traditional energy sources, represent 22% of the energy supply.
According to a NEPCO report (NEPCO 2023), electricity consumption was consistently rising, with an increase of 3.7% and 5.7% observed in 2021 and 2022, respectively. Jordan can overcome its energy challenges by diversifying the country’s energy mix and boosting renewables investment (IRENA 2021).
The limited domestic resources meant that Jordan had to import 7,656 ktoe (thousand tonnes of oil equivalent) of energy to meet its demands. This means that the cost of the consumed energy amounts to as much as 17% of the GDP. In the past, one of the main sources of the imported energy was Egypt, from where Jordan imported natural gas.
Geothermal energy is a promising renewable energy resource that Jordan has recently started considering. The country has geothermal sources such as hot mineral water in springs and wells along the Rift Valley.
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