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JORDAN Renewable Energy Activities

Wind farm ProgramsWorkshop – Istanbul

Turkey16-18/5/2009

Eng. Falah Ababneh

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Why there is a need for RE?

1. Energy supply is not secure.

2. Fossil and nuclear energy sources are limited.

3. Global Climate change requires immediate action

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Mix Generated Energy(GWh)2007

Combind cycle (diesel or Imported

natural gas)38.832%

Steam units (H.F.O or Imported

natural gas)52.973%

Diesel0.353%Natural gas

7.028%

Renewable Energy0.568%

Imported from 0.246%

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Energy Strategy 2007

• Maximize the Local primary Energy

• Issuance the RE law.

• Establishment of the Energy Fund.

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Government Facilities Toward RE• Providing land lease free of charge.

• Interconnection facilities .

• Exempted from taxes and custom duties.

• The Gov. undertakes to purchase electricity within appropriate pricing.

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Definition of Wind Turbine

•The meaning of wind farm or wind turbines is a rotating machine which convert the kinetic energy of the wind into mechanical energy which is commonly used for pumping water or into electrical energy that can be generate electricity for sale to utilities.

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Electrical Wind Farm

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Why Wind Energy?

1. Growth rate in electrical demand.2. The great Variation of the prices

of fuel oil.3. The problems of pollution.4. The development and new

technology of the wind farm technique are the fastest.

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Development of Demand Growth Rate

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Why wind energyWhy wind energy

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Technology and Research • The technology which uses wind energy to generate electricity has helped research since 1980 in lowering the cost of power generated by wind farm from 80 cent per kilowatt hour to between 6 cent per kilowatt hour nowadays.

• The continuous development in wind farm of improving performance and increasing their effectiveness as well as the sizes largely affects on reducing the cost of production thereby making it competitive with conventional energy at the present time

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Size of wind turbine

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Wind Energy Advantages 1.Friendly with environment.

2.Local natural source.

3.It can be used as independent.

4.Zero operation cost.

5.Economically valuable.

6.Lowering the cost of wind energy production at the high level of production.

7.The wind farm energy is witnessing the fastest growth in the world.

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Location of Wind Farm

The uses of wind energy in locations where the wind is smoothly high which means if the rate of annual wind speed at an altitude of 10 meters, equivalent to 7 m/s, or more.

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Electrical Wind Farm

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Wind CharacteristicsWind Atlas

To examine the promising area, which is characterized by wind speeds. NERC installed of 13 mast (tower) covering all regions of the Kingdom with the possibility of transfer to measure the characteristics of wind (wind speed and direction) at different altitude

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Location of Wind MastMeasurements made

at these locations on the following rises:

1. (10,40).2. (10,40,50).3. (30,45).4. (22,40,60).5. (10,24).

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Mast NameHigh mast[m]

Elevation above sea [m]

Date of Installation

Ibrahemeh 1609928/2005

Ibrahemeh 22410218/2005

Kamshah508792/2006

R.S.s4510664/2004

Shoubak 404012748/2001

Fujeij 145127412/2001

Um ejmal457505/2007

alashqaf459941/2006

Al-reesheh25087612/2006

maan50119610/2006

Al-harrier5015295/2007

Um alrumman10,604565/2007

aqaba607610/2007

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Wind Farm Applications

1. At the beginning of the eighties the Royal Scientific Society designed and manufactured mechanical fan in three sizes were installed on a number of wells in the desert.

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Wind Farm Applications

2.Wind energy was used successfully in 1987 in the hybrid system to provide a village in southern part of Kingdom of electric power; the system included:

two fans 20 kW each, solar cells of 10 kW, storage batteries 330 kW standby

generator of 65 KVA

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Generated Electricity from Our Already Applied Wind Farms

•Ibrahemeh wind power plant 1988

•4 X 80 kW

•High of tower 24 m

•Altitude 1000 m

•Blade of turbine 8 m

• Hofa Wind Power Plant 1996

• 5 X 225 kW• 30 m• 800 m• 13 m

Generator operate two different speeds

Annual production from both 2.8 GWh

The high level of production in the summer months.

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Yearly Level of Production

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Daily Load Curve

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Planned Wind Projects

• Al-Kamshah [30-40 MW]• Fujeij [60-70 MW]• Harer [100-200 MW]• Wadi Arabeh [40-50 MW]• NAANOVA [100 MW]• Azraq [100-150 MW]• Maan [100-150 MW]

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Recommendations• To achieve a 12% of mix energy from RE

by the year 2020.

• To encourage private sector to invest in RE projects on the basis of B.O.O and B.O.T.

• Issuance the RE law.

• Establishment of the Energy Fund.

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