Masdar inaugurates 200MW Baynouna Solar Park in Jordan

Masdar inaugurates 200MW Baynouna Solar Park in Jordan

Amman, Jordan: The Baynouna Solar Energy Company (BSCE), a joint venture between UAE renewable energy company Masdar and Finnish investment and asset management group Taaleri, announced the formal inauguration of the 200-megawatt (MW) Baynouna Solar Park, the largest clean energy project in Jordan, on Saturday. The inauguration was held in the presence of Bisher Al Khasawneh, Prime Minister of Jordan, and was attended by Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, COP28 President-Designate, and Chairman of Masdar; Dr Saleh Al Kharabsheh, Jordan’s Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources; and Sheikh Khalifa Bin Mohammed Bin Khalid Al Nahyan, UAE Ambassador to Jordan, among others. Dr. Al Jaber 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. Along with our other project here – the Tafila Wind Farm – Masdar is already helping Jordan to produce 29 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources and will support its goal of increasing that to 50 per cent by the end of the decade. “Ambitious, transformative partnerships like these are precisely what we need if we are to deliver