AMMAN: The Jordan Electric Power Company (JEPCO) Tuesday urged the public to turn to renewable energy and exploit incentives and facilities it had offered to renewable energy sources.
It said up to 20 such projects had been launched in the capital and surrounding areas at a capacity of 100 megawatt and an estimated cost of JD120 million. “The company had provided support and facilities to over 1,000 electricity-generating renewable energy projects (standard net energy metering) at a capacity over 45 megawatt and a cost of around JD55 million,” said JEPCO Director General Marwan Bushnaq.
Bushnaq said the projects were the result of a package of incentives offered to electricity subscribers wishing to switch to renewable energy in order to reduce their monthly bills, through connecting the projects with the national company’s grid. He referred to a recent expansion in the use of alternative energy, including households, hospitals, communications firms, universities, places of worship, charities as well as government entities, adding that JEPCO had offered facilities to subscribers and investors as part of a national policy to alleviate the energy burden on the economy.
Bushnaq said his company had set early training programmes for engineers and technical and administrative staff to speed the pace of work on renewable energy facilities.
