Green Options » jordan http://greenoptions.com/tag/jordan Posts tagged 'jordan' Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:47:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Israel and Jordan to Partner with NATO on Inland Water Desalination Plants http://ecoworldly.com/2009/09/28/israel-and-jordan-to-partner-with-nato-on-inland-water-desalination-plants/ http://ecoworldly.com/2009/09/28/israel-and-jordan-to-partner-with-nato-on-inland-water-desalination-plants/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:47:45 +0000 Amiel Blajchman http://ecoworldly.com/2009/09/28/israel-and-jordan-to-partner-with-nato-on-inland-water-desalination-plants/ NATO’s Science for Peace program and the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) have awarded a team of three universities, one Jordanian, one Israeli and one American a grant to set up two parallel water desalination plants at one site each in Jordan and Israel. This grant is meant to promote collaboration across borders and between the two neighbouring countries, in a region not known for its congenial ties between neighbours.

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2009/09/28/israel-and-jordan-to-partner-with-nato-on-inland-water-desalination-plants/feed/ Russia and Jordan Sign Nuclear Cooperation Deal for Four New Power Plants http://ecoworldly.com/2009/07/29/russia-and-jordan-sign-nuclear-cooperation-deal-for-four-new-power-plants/ http://ecoworldly.com/2009/07/29/russia-and-jordan-sign-nuclear-cooperation-deal-for-four-new-power-plants/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:17:56 +0000 Amiel Blajchman http://ecoworldly.com/2009/07/29/russia-and-jordan-sign-nuclear-cooperation-deal-for-four-new-power-plants/ Nuclear PowerIf you think your electricity bill is bad, you should see the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s. Having to import 95% of your energy makes for a fairly expensive monthly bill. In response to this ongoing electricity and energy challenge, Jordan has signed a 10 year agreement with Russia for the provision of four new nuclear power plants, desalination stations and related research facilities.

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2009/07/29/russia-and-jordan-sign-nuclear-cooperation-deal-for-four-new-power-plants/feed/ $560 BILLION Solar Project — Biggest Ever http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/24/560-billion-solar-project-biggest-ever/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/24/560-billion-solar-project-biggest-ever/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:20:22 +0000 Zachary Shahan http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/24/560-billion-solar-project-biggest-ever/

The sun is coming out. And Europe isn’t waiting any longer. Some of the biggest businesses in Europe are ready to invest in the largest solar energy project in the world. They are looking to create a “solar energy belt” in the Middle East and North Africa.

How will the energy get to Europe? It will go through huge “super grids” under the Mediterranean Sea. Has this kind of thing happened before? Siemens CEO, Peter Löscher, says: “A few years ago we connected Tasmania with the Australian continent. And from 2011 there will be a 250-kilometer undersea cable supplying Majorca with electricity from the Spanish mainland. For us, this kind of thing is now part of our core business.”

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/24/560-billion-solar-project-biggest-ever/feed/ Jordan to Build Canal Connecting the Dead Sea with the Red Sea http://ecoworldly.com/2009/05/20/jordan-to-build-canal-connecting-the-dead-sea-with-the-red-sea/ http://ecoworldly.com/2009/05/20/jordan-to-build-canal-connecting-the-dead-sea-with-the-red-sea/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 03:29:56 +0000 Amiel Blajchman http://ecoworldly.com/2009/05/20/jordan-to-build-canal-connecting-the-dead-sea-with-the-red-sea/ In a region known for its deserts, water shortages and tension among neighbours, Jordan announced plans to build an eye-popping $10 billion desalination plant that would provide fresh water for the parched Jordanian population, as well as help replenish the shrinking Dead Sea. Due to up-stream irrigation removal and drinking water consumption from the Jordan River, the Dead Sea has seen its water levels drop by about a metre a year, and at current rates the Dead Sea will have disappeared in the next 50 odd years.

Tourist losses from people not being able to float in the Dead Sea notwithstanding, the Dead Sea forms an important link with humanity’s past, is a significant land form, as well as hosting a unique ecosystem. Saving the Dead Sea has therefore become an important regional initiative. Unfortunately, talks between Israel and Jordan to construct a “Red-Dead” canal linking the Dead Sea with the Red Sea have been fitful. The Red-Dead Canal has also not been without controversy, as environmental groups have raised concern with the dangers inherent to the Dead Sea’s coral life, its unique ecosystem, as well as potentially reducing the buoyancy of its water (to the consternation of multiple nearby resort operators).

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2009/05/20/jordan-to-build-canal-connecting-the-dead-sea-with-the-red-sea/feed/ New Deal Will Allow Shell to Develop One Quarter of Jordan for Oil Shale Exploration http://ecoworldly.com/2008/12/12/new-deal-will-allow-shell-to-develop-one-quarter-of-jordan-for-oil-shale-exploration/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/12/12/new-deal-will-allow-shell-to-develop-one-quarter-of-jordan-for-oil-shale-exploration/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:51:41 +0000 Amiel Blajchman http://ecoworldly.com/2008/12/12/new-deal-will-allow-shell-to-develop-one-quarter-of-jordan-for-oil-shale-exploration/ An earth-shattering deal currently being finalized between Shell and Jordan’s Natural Resources Authority will potentially allow Shell to survey and develop nearly one quarter of Jordan in order to access about 40 billion tonnes of oil shale.

“Negotiations with Shell to sign a deal to process oil shale in Jordan are nearing an end,” said Maher Hjazin, head of the state-run Natural Resources Authority.

If our plans succeed, it would be one of the country’s largest projects to help the Jordan become energy self-sufficient, with a possibility to export oil in the future.

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2008/12/12/new-deal-will-allow-shell-to-develop-one-quarter-of-jordan-for-oil-shale-exploration/feed/ World Economic Forum Honors Social Entrepreneurs and Calls For Fast Reform http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/05/20/world-economic-forum-honors-social-entrepreneurs-and-calls-for-fast-reform/ http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/05/20/world-economic-forum-honors-social-entrepreneurs-and-calls-for-fast-reform/#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 13:38:09 +0000 mcmilker http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/05/20/world-economic-forum-honors-social-entrepreneurs-and-calls-for-fast-reform/ world-economic-forum-social-entrepreneurs.jpgThe World Economic Forum, held this weekend in Egypt, featured speeches by luminaries like President Bush of the USA; President Mubarack of Egypt and King Abdullah of Jordan but, eco entrepreneurs shared the spotlight.

Young leaders from the Middle East have called on their business and government leaders to implement reforms immediately and transparently if they are to fulfill their potential by 2025. “We need faster change to keep pace with what’s happening in the rest of the world,” said Amira Abdel-Aziz, a masters student at Cairo University.

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]]> http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/05/20/world-economic-forum-honors-social-entrepreneurs-and-calls-for-fast-reform/feed/ Middle East and Africa to Power Europe? http://sustainablog.org/2007/12/05/middle-east-and-africa-to-power-europe/ http://sustainablog.org/2007/12/05/middle-east-and-africa-to-power-europe/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:41:12 +0000 Maria Surma Manka http://sustainablog.org/2007/12/05/middle-east-and-africa-to-power-europe/ sunset orangeIf a Jordanian Prince has his way, yes.

Prince Hassan bin Talal of Jordan believes that giant solar power stations along the Mediterranean coast of northern Africa and the Middle East could power up to one-sixth of Europe’s electricity. What’s more, the Prince says the stations could function as desalinization plants to provide Africa and the Middle East with fresh water.

Prince Talal calls his plan “Desertec” and has pitched it to the European Parliament and it has the support of many engineers and politicians in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. In the Prince’s view, countries with so much desert should work with the more energy-intensive nations to build a mutually beneficial solar power scheme.

Europe’s initial investment would be about 10 billion dollars for more than 100 generators, fitted with thousands of huge mirrors. Those mirrors would use a technology called “concentrating solar power,” or CSP. A CSP station has several hundred banks of giant mirrors that can be controlled to focus the sunrays on a central metal pillar filled with water. The water then starts to heat up and ends up vaporizing into a superhot steam which drives turbines and makes electricity.

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