The Government of Jordan through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) is seeking expression of interest from qualified developers interested in investment in electrical storage projects in Jordan. MEMR wishes to develop an electrical storage project on a designated site at the Ma’an Development Area No.1 with power of at least 30 MW and an energy capacity of at least 60 MWh primarily for ramp-rate control of PV and wind power plants, and energy shift of otherwise curtailed renewable energy.

In particular, electrical storage projects are expected be developed in two phases. Phase 1 entails a pilot project with 30 MW charge and discharge power to be developed at the Ma’an Development Area 1 connected to the existing Ma’an solar substation. The electrical storage is foreseen to be completed by April 2019. According to MEMR, under Phase 1, an additional optional project may be tendered designated as Phase 2.
The electrical storage size under Phase 2 is yet to be determined. Phase 2 is foreseen to be developed at Ma’an Development Area 2 and is expected to be completed by 2020.

Phase 1 will involve building an electrical storage facility to be located 9 km South-East of the city Ma’an next to the existing NEPCO Ma’an Solar 33kV/132 kV substation. Currently, this NEPCO substation is used for the integration of several PV plants with a total installed capacity of 164 MW under the Round 1 Direct Proposal Submission. Submission deadline is September 28, 2017.