The Baynouna Solar Energy Company (BSCE) has inaugurated its 200MW Baynouna Solar Park in Jordan.
The project will produce over 560GWh of energy annually – enough to power 160,000 homes.
The plant also displaces 360,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year, equivalent to taking nearly 80,000 cars off the road.
The company, a joint venture between the UAE’s Masdar and Finland’s Taaleri, developed the project through a power purchase agreement between Masdar and National Electric Power Company, Jordan’s state electricity provider.
UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and chairman of Masdar Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber said: “In partnership with the Jordanian government, the Baynouna Solar Park will contribute to Jordan’s climate targets, provide access to clean energy, create jobs and ensure economic growth.
He added: “Ambitious, transformative partnerships like these are precisely what we need if we are to deliver on the promise of the Paris Agreement and continue to ensure that we are holding back emissions, not progress. COP28 will focus on moving from goals to implementation, with a clear focus on demonstrable action on mitigation, adaptation, loss and damage, and finance, as we aim to keep the objective of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees alive.”