The Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) has launched a tender for a ground-mounted 5 MW solar PV plant to be constructed by the end of the year. The deadine for submitting bids ends on Tuesday and the tendering process is expected to take a further three months to review. The plant will be located on the JUST campus in the city of Irbid, about 70 kilometers north of Jordan's capital city of Amman. Irbid is the country's third largest city after Amman and Zarqa. JUST was the first university in Jordan to offer PV tenders, beginning relatively early in 2011. JUST's first tender for a 4 MW PV plant took place before the country adopted its Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Law 13 (REEEL 13), issued in 2012, however, and as a result the tender was not awarded. In December, JUST issued a revised tender for a larger, 5 MW plant. JUST's 5 MW solar tender follows that of the Hashemite University (HU). The country's PV sector is currently awating HU to officially announce the winner of its auction for a 5 MW solar PV park at its premises in the city of Zarqa, in northeastern Jordan. Legislation boosted net-metering in academia REEEL 13, which allows any electricity consumer to cover 100% of their electricity needs by installing net-metering solar PV systems, has encouraged both Jordan's leading academic and financial institutions to enter the photovoltaic sector. Speaking to pv magazine, Samer Zawaydeh, a Jordan-based engineering consultant, said, "Jordan's ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...