Twenty-six percent of Jordan's electricity in 2021 came from renewables


20-07-2022 02:40 PM

Ammon News - Renewables accounted for 26 percent of Jordan's energy production in 2021, while natural gas accounted for 73 percent of the country's total power output, down from 80 percent in 2020.

Shorouk Abdel Ghani, Director of Institutional Development at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, said Wednesday that the total installed capacity of renewable energy projects was approximately 2,445 megawatts in 2021, with 1,498 megawatts being the capacity of projects from which electric power is sold to electricity companies.

She noted that 947.6 megawatts came from non-commercial renewable energy systems owned by individuals and institutions.

According to a Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources report, the average amount of natural gas used to generate electricity last year was approximately 340 million cubic feet per day.




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