Masdar opens Jordan's 200MW Baynouna Solar Park

The Baynouna Solar Energy Company, a joint venture between energy company Masdar and Finnish investment group Taaleri, has inaugurated the 200MW Baynouna Solar Park.

Touted as Jordan's largest clean energy project, the solar park produces over 560GWh of energy annually.

Developed through a power purchase agreement between Masdar and Jordan’s state-owned National Electric Power Company, the project was financed by International Finance Corporation, the OPEC Fund for International Development, the KfW Group’s DEG, and the Japan International Cooperation Agency.

Have you read?
Eco Wave Power plans 77MW wave energy power station in Turkey
Enel launches AI and robotics innovation lab in Israel

Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE minister of industry and advanced technology, said: “In partnership with the Jordanian government, the Baynouna Solar Park will contribute to Jordan’s climate targets, provide access to clean energy, create jobs and ensure economic growth.

"Ambitious, transformative partnerships like these are precisely what we need if we are to deliver on the promise of the Paris Agreement and continue to ensure that we are holding back emissions, not progress.”

In November 2022, Masdar signed a memorandum of understanding with the Jordanian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources to explore the development of a further 2GW of renewable energy projects in the country.

Along with the 117MW Tafila Wind Farm, which was completed in 2015, Masdar is helping Jordan to produce 29% of its electricity from renewable sources.

The country is working towards a goal of 50% renewables by the end of the decade.

The energy transition is taking centre stage in the UAE’s priorities as it prepares to host the COP28 in November this year.