First Solar has commissioned the 52.5MW Shams Ma’an solar park in Jordan on schedule.
The facility comprises 600,000 First Solar thin film panels mounted on single-axis trackers, the US company said.
It accounts for about 1% of Jordan’s generation capacity and benefits of a 20-year power purchase agreement with the country’s power authority, First Solar said.
Shams Ma’an is owned by a group of investors comprising Diamond Generating Europe, Nebras Power and the Kawar Group.
The project takes First Solar’s installed capacity in the Middle East to over 70MW, with a further 200MW expected next year.
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