Under its second solar auction, Jordan tendered 200 MW of new projects at record low feed-in tariff prices last week. Since then, news of more project plans and related events has been flooding in. In a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on Sunday, May 24, the Al albays University and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources revealed their intention to build an 85 MW solar PV farm on land owned by the university. Around 120 million JOD (approximately US$169.4 million) is expected to be funneled into the project by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and private investors. The MoU does not state if this is a net-metering project, as is often the case with most of Jordan's PV installations at universities. Its size, however, indicates the generated power will be sold under a power purchase agreement (PPA) type of contract. Meanwhile, Philadelphia Solar, the only PV module manufacturer (120 MW manufacturing capacity) in Jordan and the Middle East region, has been awarded construction of a 1.6 MW rooftop project for the Al Zaytouna University. "Philadelphia Solar had previously installed 162 kW of solar at Al-Zaytouna and we are proud to be selected again for this project," said Mr. Abdel Rahman Shehadeh, Philadelphia's Chairman. "Our relationship with the university is much stronger than a supplier-customer relationship. We have worked with the faculty on solar PV research and helped the university plan for its transition to a carbon-free campus," he added. Construction will commence within the next two months, a Philadelphia Solar spokesperson further told pv magazine. Royal plans On the same day Jordan's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...