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16. Barbara Franceschini, “Scaling Up Renewable Energy Development in
Jordan”, RES4MED (2019), 4.
17. Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Wind Map of Jordan (Amman,
2007).
18. UNDP/CEDRO, The National Wind Atlas of Lebanon (Beirut, 2011),
27.
19. Net-metering is an electricity billing mechanism that credits renewable
energy system owners for the electricity that is not used on-site and instead
is injected into the grid.
20. Power wheeling is the transportation of electricity through transmission lines. In the case of renewables, it allows the implementation of a
renewable energy project in a site location, and offsetting the electricity
consumption in another site.
21. Barbara Franceschini, “Scaling Up Renewable Energy Development in
Jordan”, RES4MED (2019), 4.
22. Majd Batarseh, “Wind Energy Production in Jordan”, Princess Sumaya
University for Technology Jordan (2017).
23. Jessica Obeid, “The Cost of Simplistic Power Purchase”, Castlereagh
Associates, May 30, 2019, https://castlereagh.net/the-cost-of-simplisticpower-purchase/.
24. Ibrahim Marei, “Revisiting the Regulatory Framework: A Necessary
Action to Promote the Deployment of Renewable Energy Sources for
Electricity in Jordan”, Renewable Energy Law and Policy Review, Vol. 7,
No. 1 (2016): 47.
25. World Nuclear Association, “Nuclear Power in Jordan”, June
2019, https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-pro
files/countries-g-n/jordan.aspx.
26. Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation, 2018 Solar PV Status Report
for Lebanon (Beirut, 2019), 14.
27. World Bank/ESMAP, Securing Energy for Development in West Bank and
Gaza (Washington, DC, 2016), 9.
28. Ibid.
29. Oxford Business Group, The Report: Emerging Jordan 2007 (London,
2007), 127.
30. Prior to the pipeline attacks, Jordan relied on imported Egyptian natural
gas for 80% of its electricity generation equivalent to 6.8 million cubic
meters per day.
31. OECD, OECD Clean Energy Investment Policy Review of Jordan, Green
Finance and Investment (Paris, 2016), 20.
32. The law was later replaced with the General Electricity Law No. 13 of
1999, and Law No. 64 in 2002.
33. Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Updated Master Strategy of Energy Sector
in Jordan for the period 2007 –2020 (Amman, 2007).
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16. Barbara Franceschini, “Scaling Up Renewable Energy Development in
Jordan”, RES4MED (2019), 4.
17. Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Wind Map of Jordan (Amman,
2007).
18. UNDP/CEDRO, The National Wind Atlas of Lebanon (Beirut, 2011),
27.
19. Net-metering is an electricity billing mechanism that credits renewable
energy system owners for the electricity that is not used on-site and instead
is injected into the grid.
20. Power wheeling is the transportation of electricity through transmission lines. In the case of renewables, it allows the implementation of a
renewable energy project in a site location, and offsetting the electricity
consumption in another site.
21. Barbara Franceschini, “Scaling Up Renewable Energy Development in
Jordan”, RES4MED (2019), 4.
22. Majd Batarseh, “Wind Energy Production in Jordan”, Princess Sumaya
University for Technology Jordan (2017).
23. Jessica Obeid, “The Cost of Simplistic Power Purchase”, Castlereagh
Associates, May 30, 2019, https://castlereagh.net/the-cost-of-simplisticpower-purchase/.
24. Ibrahim Marei, “Revisiting the Regulatory Framework: A Necessary
Action to Promote the Deployment of Renewable Energy Sources for
Electricity in Jordan”, Renewable Energy Law and Policy Review, Vol. 7,
No. 1 (2016): 47.
25. World Nuclear Association, “Nuclear Power in Jordan”, June
2019, https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-pro
files/countries-g-n/jordan.aspx.
26. Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation, 2018 Solar PV Status Report
for Lebanon (Beirut, 2019), 14.
27. World Bank/ESMAP, Securing Energy for Development in West Bank and
Gaza (Washington, DC, 2016), 9.
28. Ibid.
29. Oxford Business Group, The Report: Emerging Jordan 2007 (London,
2007), 127.
30. Prior to the pipeline attacks, Jordan relied on imported Egyptian natural
gas for 80% of its electricity generation equivalent to 6.8 million cubic
meters per day.
31. OECD, OECD Clean Energy Investment Policy Review of Jordan, Green
Finance and Investment (Paris, 2016), 20.
32. The law was later replaced with the General Electricity Law No. 13 of
1999, and Law No. 64 in 2002.
33. Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Updated Master Strategy of Energy Sector
in Jordan for the period 2007 –2020 (Amman, 2007).