Feb 25 2008 |
more articles from
|
Jordan: Electricity supplies to Jericho begin today
AMMAN (JT) - The National Electricity Power Company (NEPCO) on Sunday said it would start supplying the West Bank city of Jericho with its needs of electricity as of today.This ends the delay in the implementation of the plan, which began mid-2007 following a request by the Palestinian Authority during a meeting between His Majesty King Abdullah and President Mahmoud Abbas.
But the plan was delayed after facing resistance from Jordan Valley landowners who insisted that the route of the power line should not cross their land.
The two sides agreed on daytime and nighttime tariffs for the power supply from NEPCO to Jerusalem Electricity Power Company, according to Hiasat.
Jordan expanded the capacity of its Sweimeh plant by adding three 33-kilovolt cells, Hiasat said. The cells have been connected directly to the current grids in Jericho, which are owned by the Jerusalem company, before linking them to the sea-surface plant when it is ready by the end of the second phase of the project, Hiasat added.
Work on the second phase began in parallel with the first phase and is expected to be concluded by August 2008, Hiasat said.
Estimating the electricity capacity that will be supplied to Jericho to hit 20 megawatts, Hiasat said the additional power that will reach Jericho will be around 100 gigawatts/hour throughout the year.
Meanwhile, NEPCO will train Palestinian engineers and technicians from the Jerusalem company, Hiasat added. The objective of this training is to enhance the capabilities of manpower in the Palestinian electricity sector and to provide them with the latest technologies in this area.
© Jordan Times 2008
Zawya Comment Policy
-
Zawya encourages you to add a comment to this discussion. You agree that when you add content to this discussion your comments will not:
1.1 Contain any material which is libelous or defamatory of any person, is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory or causes damage to the reputation of any person or organisation.
1.2 Promote sexually explicit material, violence, discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age or any illegal activity.
1.3 Be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.
1.4 Be threatening, abuse or invade another's privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
1.5 Be used to impersonate any person, to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person, or be likely to deceive any person.
1.6 Give the impression that they represent Zawya.
1.7 Advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse. - The content posted on www.zawya.com is created by members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of Zawya. Zawya reserves the right to review all comments prior to posting and edit or delete any contribution, but Zawya is not responsible for and can not be held liable for any content posted by members of the public on www.zawya.com.
- Zawya is not responsible for the availability or content of any third party sites that are accessible through www.zawya.com. Any links to third party websites from www.zawya.com do not amount to any endorsement of that site by Zawya and any use of that site by you is at your own risk.
- By submitting your comment, you hereby give Zawya the right, but not the obligation, to post, air, edit, exhibit, telecast, webcast, re-use, publish, reproduce, use, license, print, distribute or otherwise use your comments worldwide, in perpetuity.
Copyright © 2012 Zawya Ltd. All rights reserved. |
provided by www.zawya.com |
Post Your Comment