Day: July 17, 2022

Amman, July 17 (Petra)- General Manager of the National Electric Power Company (NEPCO), Amjad Rawashdeh, said the Kingdom’s electric system enjoys “high” reliability, comparable to developed countries’ grids.

The company, within specific plans, enhances its readiness to face electric loads during peak months, he noted in a statement to “Petra” on Sunday.

NEPCO can address demand for electric power by implementing “appropriate” operational plans and ensuring capacity and readiness of the generation plants to meet the expected power demand during 2022 summer, he added.

Jordan’s electric system, whether in the transmission or generation network, is “fully prepared” to face the summer season, he noted, adding that NEPCO has completed periodic and “preventive” maintenance programs, aimed to secure “sufficient” power generation capacity to meet loads resulting from high temperatures.

The conventional power generation capacity went down from 4000 MW in 2020 to 3,977 MW in 2021 by 0.6%, while the renewable energy capacity increased from 1,424 MW in 2020 to 1,579 MW in 2021, a 10.9% increase, according to NEPCO 2021 report.

The electricity purchased amounted to 19,618 gigawatt hours (GWh), an 2.2 increase, compared to 2020, which amounted to 19,194 GWh, of which 15,261 GWh came from conventional generation projects, and 3,758 GWh from renewable energy enterprises, 394.8 from Egypt, and 21.3 from other ventures, the report showed.

Meanwhile, the energy sold in 2021 amounted to 19,281 GWh, an 2.2% increase against 2020, whereas energy exported by Al-Quds Power Company (Jericho) amounted to 167 GWh and 6 GWh were delivered to Iraqi border crossing of Trebil.

Sold energy revenues stood at JD1.3 billion, while international interconnection sales amounted to JD12.9 million in 2021, and income from other energy sales reached JD27.4 million, the report revealed

Source: Jordan News Agency

Amman, July 17 (Petra)–Ministers of Agriculture, Khaled Hneifat, Water and Irrigation, Mohammad Najjar, and Environment, Muawieh Radaideh, were briefed on Sunday, on the mechanisms and plans for implementing Green Climate Fund (GCF) $33 million project to build climate resilience in Jordan.

Funded in partnership with FAO and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the project seeks to improve water use efficiency in agriculture in the Kingdom’s southern governorates.

Hneifat said his ministry, as part of its efforts to adapt to climate changes and achieve food security, worked to establish about 2,000 rainwater harvesting wells in a number of Jordanian governorates.

This effort comes within the ministry’s plan to establish 6,000 wells and a number of dams countrywide, in cooperation with the Jordan Armed Forces (JAF), leading to a water harvest for household uses and farming, Hneifat added.

During a ministry meeting, he said this project is in line with the government’s plans to take advantage of rainwater to the “utomost” extent possible, and involve families in the countryside, as part of measures to build wells to achieve income.

Hneifat also stressed the importance of cooperation within the the project on expanding Jordan’s green area, investing in field schools, and steering agricultural plans to expand cultivation of water-saving crops that benefit from modern technology

Source: Jordan News Agency

Amman, July 17 (Petra)–The Ministry of Transport organized an awareness workshop on quality management system (QMS), in response to international requirements and in application of the air safety standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Addressing the opening ceremony on Sunday, the ministry’s media spokesperson, Ali Odaibat, said the workshop aims to contribute to air aviation protection aimed to obtaining QMS certificate (ISO 9001:2015), within the scope of Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD)’s services provided to the Kingdom’s civil aviation sector.

On the event’s goals, he said the ministry sought to train ministry and JMD employees to re-align operations to achieve QMS (ISO 9001:2015) requirements.

The workshop, he noted, will acquaint participants with QMS and provide the basis for completing training workshops designed for certified QMS auditors and subsequent courses.

This effort will pave the way for Ministry of Transport to achieve a key strategic goal, which primarily contributes to life and property protection and raise level of institutional performance, he pointed out

Source: Jordan News Agency

Amman, July 17 (Petra)- In the presence of Minister of Labor Nayef Stateieh, the 7th version of Seeds of the Future, one of Huawei Leading Programs, has been announced.

Addressing the inaugural ceremony, Stateieh said young people today need to enhance their skills and get empowered to enter labor market, highlighting the rapid developments and modern skills in this regard, such as 5G technology, artificial intelligence and cloud computing.

This cooperation comes as a result of meetings between His Majesty King Abdullah II and The CEO of Huawei, he noted, adding that : “This company continued remote training despite Covid-19 pandemic-imposed circumstances to provide training to Jordanian youth, explain the latest technology trends, discover China’s technological ecosystem, learn from the best experts and take a look at Chinese culture.”

Stateieh called on students participating in the program to benefit from the young people’s experiences.

The CEO of Huawei Jordan, Ethan Wang, said Huawei electric cars will be introduced in Jordan next year in the fourth wave of the Industrial Revolution, and every aspect of human society will be digitized.

Wang also said Jordan was doing its best in the 5G era and developing it, adding that more than 133 million new jobs would be created because of the changes brought about by digitization.

Chen Sanju, the trade advisor at the Chinese Embassy in Amman, said, Jordan is celebrating its 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations and referred to “great” economic and trade cooperation and coordination in international positions.

Jordan, Sanju noted, is one of the world’s developed countries in the field of technological transformation and is a leader in communications and information technology.

The ceremony was attended by the Ministry of Digital Economy Secretary-General, Samira Zou’bi, and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Secretary-General, Mamoun Al Debi’e.

The Seeds of the Future program is the most invested and long-term CSR activity dedicated to the best ICT students and STEM students around the world, benefiting nearly 150 Jordanian students.

The program aims to help local ICT professionals bridge gaps between theory and application and master the required skills, and seeks to inspire local talent, promote knowledge sharing, promote greater understanding and interest in the ICT sector, and encourage participation in the digital community.

By the end of 2021, the program had benefited 8,774 students from 130 countries and regions around the world

Source: Jordan News Agency

Radaideh said Ministry of Environment seeks to work under the project’s action plan to coordinate requirements aimed to mitigate climate change effects and follow up on agricultural inputs, in line with environmental conditions.

For his part, Najjar said the Ministry of Water’s openness, as part of its water harvesting plans, has launched frameworks for contacting and following up on to achieve the “greatest” achievement, which is reflected in the “optimal” rain water harvesting.

This effort would supply drinking water quantities from this project with “positive” participation with all partner institutions in integrating water-saving and harvesting technology, Najjar added.

Meanwhile, FAO representative in Jordan, Nabil Assaf, reviewed the most important mechanisms of the project’s executive action plan, 7-year implementation and cooperation with official institutions.

Assaf also lauded the government’s “remarkable” cooperation to implement the project within a “clear” path that serves the environmental, water and agricultural reality in Jordan

Source: Jordan News Agency