Jordan.. a solar power station in Quweira, with an Emirati grant

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">ArabiaWeather.com- Abu Dhabi-based Enviromena Power Systems, a global company operating in the <strong>solar energy</strong> development sector, has been awarded a contract to build a 103 megawatt solar photovoltaic plant in Quweira, southern Jordan, in cooperation with TSK Group. Spanish specialized in contracting engineering, supply and construction.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height: 1.6em;">The company confirmed in a statement yesterday, Monday, that <strong>the Jordanian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources</strong> will finance the $128 million project, through a grant obtained from the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height: 1.6em;">Sami Al-Khraibi, CEO of the Emirati company, Enviromena Poor Systems, said that the project is the largest that Enviromena has won to date, and it represents an indication of the expansion of <a href="http://www.arabiaweather.com/content/نصائح-هامة-تساهم-في-توفير-الطاقة-خلال-الشتاء"><strong>solar energy</strong></a> investment in the region.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height: 1.6em;">The station, which will be called the &quot;Quweira <a href="http://www.arabiaweather.com/content/شركة-أمريكية-تكشف-عن-تقنية-جديدة-لشحن-الهواتف-الذكية-من-الهواء">Solar Power</a> Plant,&quot; is an important part of the program to diversify the sources of energy generation in Jordan, according to Al-Khraibi. He added that the project will contribute to reducing the Kingdom&#39;s dependence on high-cost hydrocarbon resources, thus helping it achieve its goal of generating 600 megawatts of <strong>solar and wind energy</strong> by 2016.</span> <span style="line-height: 1.6em;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></p>