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Jordan Selects Finalists to Bid for 300MW of Solar, Wind Power

  • Total, Acwa Power among potential bidders for solar: Minister
  • Minister of Energy Saleh Kharabsheh comments in interview
A wind turbine stands next to solar panels. 

A wind turbine stands next to solar panels. 

Photographer: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Bloomberg

Jordan selected 45 companies including France’s Total SA and Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power as finalists to bid for six solar and wind energy power plants with total capacity of 300 megawatts of power.

The 31 companies selected for the four solar power plants include Linuo Group, FRV Solar Holdings, ACWA Power, Chint Solar, Total Solar and TBEA Xinjiang Sunoasis, Minister of Energy Saleh Kharabsheh said in a phone interview. The plants would each have capacity of 50 megawatts, he said.