AMMAN —
Minister of energy and mineral resources,
Saleh Kharabsheh, said on Tuesday that there are opportunities for local and
international cooperation towards cutting energy consumption across various
sectors through implementing programs similar to those of the
Renewable Energy Fund.
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Kharabsheh said at the closing ceremony of the "
Water and Energy" project within the EU's multilateral regional program for
Cross Border Cooperation for the Mediterranean countries, that the high energy
costs on various productive sectors requires action and reduction, Jordan News
Agency, Petra reported.
Keeping pace
He stressed the need to keep pace with the global energy
transition through benefiting from the experiences of various countries in
renewable energy and its storage methods for later use, noting that Jordan's
experience is still limited in this field.
The energy minister said his ministry and concerned
authorities, in cooperation with the EU, are working to develop the legislative
environment for green hydrogen, aiming to arrive at
strategic production.
Jamal Rifai,
Jordan Chamber of Commerce (JCC) vice chairman,
urged commercial sector companies and institutions to switch to renewable and
sustainable energy to reduce operating costs and adopt renewable energy
projects as an alternative to traditional energy sources.
Rifai said that the JCC signed agreements to install a solar
cooling system and oversee the implementation of the project with the
Royal Scientific Society and the National Center for Energy Research.
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