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on Wednesday, it witnessed the signing of an agreement to supply, design and implement a solar energy project using the borrowing system on the main grid, between Philadelphia Solar Energy and Al Shams Specialized Energy Company, which aims to provide the industrial sector with a capacity of 318 gigawatt-hours/year of clean energy generated from solar energy. The signing was attended by Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al-Shams Company, Eng. Tahseen Shdeifat, and Board Member, Muhammad Al-Oqdah.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al-Shams Specialized Renewable Energy Company, Eng. Abdullah Al-Shawabkeh, confirmed that this project is of strategic importance to the industrial sector, as the costs of electric energy are considered one of the most important challenges for this sector, due to the high costs compared to neighboring countries, praising the cooperation and efforts that resulted in the success of this project. Which was made by the Ministry of Energy represented by its Minister, as well as the National Electricity Company represented by its Director General, the Energy Authority represented by its Chairman and members of its Board of Commissioners and the cadres of these ministries and institutions and to members of the national committee that was formed at the beginning of the project as well as the General Command of the Armed Forces that surveyed the land that The project will be built on it, in addition to the great role played by the Amman Chamber of Industry, which was the initiator in establishing the Al Shams Company for Renewable Energy.

Al-Shawabkeh added that he expects to operate the project in April 2024, which is considered the largest solar energy project under the grid system in the Middle East and North Africa, as it will contribute to providing electric power to factories at preferential prices, which will enhance the competitiveness of national industries in the local and export markets. The project will be implemented in the Madouna region, south of Amman, where the system will be connected to the national transmission network with a high voltage of 400 KV. Philadelphia will use the Bifacial technology for panels and the Single tracking system.

Al-Shawabkeh indicated that the project’s tender was presented in the local newspapers during the month of September 2021, based on Resolution No. (10) of the Company’s Board of Directors taken during its eleventh meeting held on September 1, 2021, where Shams was keen to take into account all measures and procedures. To ensure the achievement of the highest standards of integrity and the principles of equal opportunity, and to promote transparency and equality in competition among all companies that submitted bids.

It is noteworthy that Al Shams Specialized Energy Company is a shareholder of (87) Jordanian industrial companies, where a consultancy company was appointed for the project and contracted with it. The project, as well as following up on the costs of the electrical interconnection station for the project and the specifications of the components of the interconnection station, through holding several meetings with the Director General of the National Electric Power Company and a number of experts in the field.

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