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Power plants in Jordan

33 power-plant records · 4,704 MW reported capacity

  • Solar 76%
  • Gas 21%
  • Oil 3%
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Jordan at a glance

Power-plant records
33
Reported capacity
4,704 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
24.1%
Most records
Solar, Gas
Grid operator
NEPCO
Capital
Amman

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Jordan

Single buyerOne state buyer, private generators

Gas, solar, wind and oil shale supply power.

  1. GenerationState utility + private producers
  2. TransmissionOne state buyer
  3. DistributionUtility networks
  4. CustomersRegulated tariffs

Who regulates

  • EMRCEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

State-owned NEPCO runs transmission and is the single buyer; JEPCO and others distribute.

  • NEPCOElectricity system and transmission operator

Markets & power exchanges

No open power exchange: producers sell to the single buyer under long-term contracts.

Regional grid

Not part of a larger synchronous grid or regional power pool.

What does “Single buyer” mean?

Independent power producers build plants and sell their output under long-term contracts to one designated state buyer, usually the national utility, which runs the grid and sells to consumers.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Jordan generates electricity

Electricity generated23.7 TWh
Renewable share24.1%
Low-carbon share24.1%
Carbon intensity529.8 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro0.02 TWh
Wind1.8 TWh
Solar3.9 TWh
Bioenergy0 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas14.7 TWh
Other fossil3.3 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Jordan is in Western Asia. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Amman
Languages
Arabic
Region
Western Asia

Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 33 records for Jordan. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

33 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

33 lack an owner/operator; 33 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Jordan

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Browse 33 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

Published selection: 12 records. JavaScript loads the full searchable inventory.

Quweira

Solar
103 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Wiki-Solar · historical recordDetails & map
52.5 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Wiki-Solar · historical recordDetails & map
51 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Wiki-Solar · historical recordDetails & map

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