Jordan's Future Energy - Greenpeace

Executive Summary
Jordan is facing surmountable challenges in the energy sector with the rising
cost of fuel and electricity. With every challenge comes an opportunity, and
that is to become self-sufficient, and reliant on your own natural resources.
Jordan is in fact very rich in renewable resources but, due to a lack of
investment and foresight, these resources have not been exploited.
Renewable energy resources - particularly solar - can technically provide
sixty times more than Jordan’s electricity consumption in 2050.
More important, is that the economics of solar and wind is feasible today,
and with the declining cost structure of these technologies, they will be at
and below cost parity with other indigenous fossil fuel based power
generation. Economic modelling results show that a target of 100%
renewable energy by 2050 can be attained and can lead to total
accumulated savings of approximately $80 billion (or $12 billion in present
value terms), while providing 30,000 new jobs.
Most urgent, is that Jordan commits to a non-reversible path and vision for
renewable targets, and does so by adopting the following key principles:
• A commitment to a phased approach involving an investment
programme that exploits the cost and technical potential of each RE
technology option.
• Removal of obstacles and facilitation of on-going projects as a matter
of urgency and concomitant strengthening of public institutions.
• Developing a national RE master plan with stakeholder buy-in engaging
with the rural communities as a key cornerstone of the renewable energy
programme.
• Picking the lowest hanging fruit with the immediate launch of projects
that eat away at the peak demand, including distributed energy projects that
can yield immediate employment opportunities.
• Encouraging technological innovation.
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