Masdar, Taaleri inaugurate Baynouna Solar Park in Jordan

Masdar, Taaleri inaugurate Baynouna Solar Park in Jordan

The Baynouna Solar Energy Company (BSCE), a joint venture between the UAE’s Masdar, and Finnish investment and asset management group, Taaleri, inaugurated the 200-megawatt (MW) Baynouna Solar Park – the largest clean energy project in Jordan. Developed through a power purchase agreement between Masdar and National Electric Power Company, Jordan’s state electricity provider, the Baynouna Solar Park produces over 560 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of energy annually – enough to power 160,000 homes. The plant also displaces 360,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year, equivalent to taking nearly 80,000 cars off the road. Dr Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, COP28 President-Designate, and chairman of Masdar; 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 percent of its electricity from renewable sources and will support its goal of increasing that to 50 percent by the end of the decade,” he said in a company statement. He added: “Ambitious, transformative partnerships like these are precisely what we need if