Jordan’s largest nuclear power plant is expected to be Korea’s help, built and put into operation before 2011 from private investment. Jordan Ministry of energy and mineral resources and the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) is working on this project for the negotiations.
Jordan energy and mineral resources Ministry spokesman Mahmoud Eis, the nuclear power plant project will use “build-operate-own” forms at a cost of 500 million dollars, with 400,000-kilowatt power generation capacity. There were four companies are interested in this project, KEPCO is one the most in terms of a bidder. In addition, Jordan Ministry of energy and mineral resources in the 8th invited KEPCO officials discuss construction of Jordan’s largest private investment in natural gas power plants, the project will enhance the Jordan electric power supply capacity.
Jordan Ministry of energy and mineral resources told Reuters, is nuclear power station projects between the two sides to negotiate final details of the agreement, and is expected to be reached in the near future. This is the second of the power generation capacity of 370,000-kilowatt, became operational last month after the second private investment in nuclear power plant nuclear power station in Eastern Amman.
Jordan 95% energy demand depend on imports, shortage of more than 500 million cubic meters of water per year, it is possible through the use of nuclear energy for desalination make up for. Tremendous burden on to alleviate the shortage of conventional energy resources, Jordan had reached an agreement with a number of countries on the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and the United States, and Canada, and France and the United Kingdom signed a memorandum, and is expected to be this summer with Russia signed. About official beginning in 2016 confidence in nuclear energy production, but . this requires countries to push, as well as the international community’s continued support.