Project profile: Shams Ma’an solar plant, Jordan

Earlier this year, First Solar, an American-owned photovoltaic solar energy solutions provider, announced that it had commissioned the 52.5MW Shams Ma’an project...

Infrastructure

ACWA Power signs financial deals for Jordan solar plant

ACWA Power has announced the signing of financial agreements for ACWA Power Mafraq, a planned solar plant in Jordan. The financing comprises...

Infrastructure

Jordan: $214m expansion opens at Amman airport

The $214 million second phase of the New Terminal Project at the Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) in Amman, Jordan, which added...

Fleet

Jordan phosphate miner expands Terex Trucks fleet

Jordan’s largest phosphate mining contractor, Comedat, has added 50 Terex Trucks rigid dump trucks to its fleet for work in the north...

Property

Jordan property trade down 6% in first half of 2016

Jordan’s property market saw a slump in the first half of 2016, with both the total trade and revenues from real estate...

Infrastructure

Jordan’s $10bn nuclear plant to be operational by 2025

Jordan’s first nuclear plant is expected to be operational by 2024-25, state-owned Jordan News Agency reported. Ahmed Hiyasat, director general of the...

Infrastructure

WFES: Abu Dhabi’s Masdar to invest $300mn in Jordan solar project

The Abu Dhabi-based Masdar is investing around $300 million in a solar power project in Jordan, and plans more investments across the...

Jordan begins operations of $287m wind farm

Jordan has begun the operations of the Tafila Wind Farm, its first utility-scale wind project, it was reported. The announcement was made...

Construction

Jordan’s Prince Ali: Qatar 2022 World Cup bid should have been for Gulf-wide event

Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan, a candidate for the post of FIFA President, has said that Doha’s bid for the 2022 World...

Fleet

Isuzu appoints Qudra Automotive as dealer in Jordan

Qudra Automotive Trading Company has been appointed the exclusive dealer of Isuzu vehicles in Jordan. The company was launched following the signing...