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Spring " across the Middle East, Jordanians
continued to press for further political liberalization,
government reforms, and economic
improvements.
Installed electric generating capacity in
Jordan is around 3,140 MW, almost 99%
of which is fossil fuel-based. The country's
electricity industry started in 1937 when
street lights in Amman were converted from
kerosene to 200 electrical lamps. These
were powered by a 7-hp engine that operated
a mill during the day and the street
lights at night. The company that supplied
the power, Amman Electricity, became the
first Arab company in charge of generating
and distributing electricity through Arab
funds and skills.
Thirty years later, the Jordanian government
began a study to further develop the
country's electricity industry. The result was
a seven-year plan (1964-1971) that included
several elements:
■ Establish a Jordan Electricity Authority
to generate, transmit, and sell power to
distribution companies on a wholesale
basis and to distribute electrical power in
areas not subject to franchise companies.
■ Establish a Jordanian electricity project,
including central power plants that would
consist of large-scale steam turbines.
■ Improve and extend existing power generating
plants and construct a 132 kV
transmission network to cover all parts
of the kingdom and improve and develop
the existing distribution networks.
To execute the plan, the government
founded the Jordan Electricity Authority in
1967. The Authority then established the
kingdom's first power plant run by steam and
gas turbines; the first 14.7-MW gas turbine
was grid connected in 1975. The first 33-MW
steam unit was connected in 1977.
Jordan imports fuel from outside the
kingdom, which has led to efforts to reduce
consumption and diversify fuel sources. As
part of those efforts, the five-unit, 650-MW
Aqaba thermal power station was built and
brought into service in 1999. The Aqaba
plant accounts for 61% of Jordan's installed
capacity. Transmission lines built to connect
the plant to the grid also offered a connection
point between the Jordanian and Egyptian
electric networks.
In September 1996, NEPCO was created
to succeed the Jordan Electricity Authority.
NEPCO is responsible for power transmission
and control, buying electricity from
generating companies and selling it to distribution
companies, and managing the electrical
connection network with surrounding
Arab countries.
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Meeting Demand Growth
According to a 2007 World Bank study completed
in conjunction with the Amman East
project proposal, Jordan's electricity consumption
was forecast to grow at around
3.5% a year, meaning that its roughly 20%
reserve margin would all but evaporate by
2010. To maintain a safe reserve margin, the
government initiated work on a project that
evolved into the Amman East project.
The Amman East Power Plant project (also
known as the Al Manakher Power Plant) consists
of a 370-MW gas-fired combined cycle
electric power station developed, owned, and
operated by AES Jordan PSC, a joint venture
between AES Oasis Ltd. and Mitsui &
Co. Ltd. The power station is located at Al
Manakher, some 8 miles east of the nation's
capital, Amman (Figure 1).
The combined cycle power station includes
two gas turbines, two steam boilers,
and one steam turbine generator, plus auxiliary
facilities, including administrative offices,
plant control room, warehousing facilities,
and workshops.
The plant's gas turbines are V94.2 Ansaldo
turbines manufactured by Ansaldo Energia
SPA under a license from Siemens AG.
The turbine offers full speed and no load in
less than 5 minutes, and baseload conditions
about 15 minutes later. It also offers fuel
flexibility for a variety of fuels and characteristics,
from naphtha to heavy oil, and fuel
gas from sources as diverse as refineries
and blast furnaces. An Ansaldo Energia-designed
burner reduces NOx emissions in fuel
gas mode, meaning the machine is capable
of achieving emission levels lower than 30
mg/Nm3, albeit with a small derate in power
output. The total worldwide installed capacity
of the Ansaldo 94.2 gas turbine is around
15,100 MW, all of which is outside of North
America and from the UK to Bangladesh.
The plant also provides black-start capability
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from two 2.4-MW diesel generators.
Heat recovery steam generators for the
Amman East plant were supplied by Doosan
Heavy Industries. The steam turbine was
manufactured by Fuji Electric System Co.
The plant's distributed control system was
supplied by Emerson.
Agreements require Amman East to operate
at an average lifetime equivalent availability
factor of no less than 90%. The plant
is expected to operate primarily on natural gas
from an Egyptian pipeline, but it is capable
of switching to diesel fuel oil if needed. Jordan
began importing natural gas from Egypt
in 2003 and most of its generation units now
operate on this fuel. Future thermal generation
will largely use natural gas but will be complemented
by renewable sources such as wind.
Power plant operations at Amman East
commenced in two stages. The first simple
cycle generation, with 247 MW of capacity,
began in July 2008. The combined cycle
phase, with a contracted 370 MW of capacity,
began in August 2009.
Electricity generated by the plant is sold under
a 25-year power purchase agreement with
NEPCO, which also serves as the fuel provider
under a 25-year agreement. Water is provided
by the Water Authority of Jordan. The plant is
designed to operate as a zero-discharge facility.
Multiple sources provided construction
financing, including the Overseas Private
Investment Corp., the European Bank for
Reconstruction & Development, Sumitomo
Mitsui Banking Corp., the Japan Bank for
International Cooperation, the World Bank,
the Europe Arab Bank, and Mashreq Bank.
The project was completed $15 million under
budget. In early 2012, the Qatar Electricity
and Water Co. Q.S.C. became a partial owner
through an investment in AES Oasis. ■
-David Wagman is content director for
ELECTRIC POWER, which will be held Apr.
1-3, 2014, in New Orleans.
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1. Baseload in 15 minutes. The AES Amman East power plant's gas turbines are V94.2
Ansaldo turbines manufactured by Ansaldo Energia SPA under license from Siemens AG. The
turbine offers full speed and no load in less than 5 minutes and baseload conditions 15 minutes
later. Courtesy: AES Corp.
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