ACC, JMC for Energy partner to provide 100% of electricity needs

AMMAN — Amman Chamber of Commerce (ACC) and the Jordanian Modern Co. (JMC) for Energy on Sunday signed an agreement for generating electrical power through photovoltaic energy.

The agreement, signed by ACC Director General Hisham Dweik and Chairman of Board of Directors at JMC for Energy Ahmad Salem, aims to provide 100 per cent of the ACC's electricity needs.

The agreement aims to design, supply, install, operate, inspect and maintain a photovoltaic system to generate electrical energy, according to a statement by ACC, reported The Jordan News Agency, Petra.

The chamber also said that the photovoltaic system generates renewable energy through a grid built on a land it owns, adding that the agreement outlines the responsibilities of the Modern Energy Company, including supplying, storing, installing, inspecting and preparing the system for commercial operation within the project. 

The chamber also said that the system is expected to have a capacity ranging between 265 to 321 kilowatts at peak. It will also be integrated into the Jordanian Electric Power Company's grid, generating and exporting electrical energy to the network.

Dweik emphasised the chamber's commitment to enhancing electricity consumption efficiency and reducing costs in the coming years to ultimately eliminating its electric bills. "After four years of starting the project, the Chamber expects to recover the amounts that were paid for establishing this system," Petra reported.

Salem emphasised JMC for Energy’s specialisation in this field, citing the firm's "successful implementation of the first clean development mechanism project for the thermal power station in Aqaba, with the aim of reducing harmful gas emissions from the station."