Tafila wind farm
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| Coordinates | 30 ° 42 '2 " N , 35 ° 40' 42" E | ||
| country | Jordan | ||
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| Type | Onshore wind farm | ||
| Primary energy | Wind energy | ||
| power | 117 MW (electric) | ||
| owner | JWPC | ||
| Start of operations | 2015 | ||
| turbine | 38 × Vestas V112-3MW | ||
| was standing | October 2016 | ||
The Tafila wind farm was built in 2015 in Jordan and is located about 180 km south of the capital Amman in the at-Tafila governorate . It consists of 38 wind turbines of the type Vestas V112-3MW and has a rated output of 117 megawatts . The annual standard work capacity is around 400 GWh , which means that the wind farm provides around 3% of the Jordanian electricity supply. The electricity production costs of the wind park are in accordance with the established specially for the wind farm operating consortium JWPC up to 25% lower than those of competing thermal power plants . In December 2015, the wind farm was officially put into operation by the Jordanian King Abdullah II .
Tafila is the first large wind farm in Jordan, with a number of other wind farms to follow. One of the goals is to lower the import dependency on fossil fuels by switching to domestic renewable energies and in this way lower the costs of energy supply.
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- ^ A b Analysis: Middle East showcase facility online at Tafila . In: Windpower Monthly , October 13, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
- ↑ King inaugurates Tafila Wind Farm Project ( Memento of the original from October 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Jordan News , December 17, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
- ↑ Jordan - Tafila wind farm . World Bank website . Retrieved October 19, 2016.
