SSIF to establish third solar energy station

AMMAN — The Social Security Investment Fund (SSIF) last week signed an agreement to start implementing a project to establish a third solar-energy power station to provide electricity to hotels owned by the Social Security Corporation (SSC), SSC branches and the SSIF headquarters.

SSIF CEO Kholoud Saqqaf said that building the station with a capacity of five megawatts in Ghour Al Ramah is part of a scheme that started in April when it established two stations with a total capacity of 10 megawatts, according to an SSIF statement on Saturday.

Saqqaf noted that the first two stations will commence operations during the first half of 2020. The CEO pointed out that these stations will reduce the SSC’s annual expenditures by JD7 million.