Jordan oil shale power station
- Jordan oil shale power station
Jordan oil shale power station is a project to build an oil shale-fueled power station in Jordan. The agreemennt between the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and National Electricity Power Company of Jordan, and Estonian power company Eesti Energia was signed on 30 April 2008.[Cite news]
title = Jordan's first oil shale power plant expected in 7 years
publisher = Jordan Times
date = 2008-05-01
url= http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093194908
accessdate =2008-07-19] [Cite news]
title = Eesti Energia signed an exclusive contract with Jordan
author = Sandra Taimre
publisher = BBN
date = 2008-04-30
url= http://bbn.ee/Default2.aspx?ArticleID=0d384ae3-a6b1-4d8a-be73-a743fa935797
accessdate =2008-07-19] According to the agreement, Eesti Energia will have the exclusive right to develop the construction of an oil shale-fired power station with capacity of 600-900 MW.[ The power station is expected to be operational by 2015. When constructed, it will be among the largest power stations in Jordan (the largest being Aqaba Thermal Power Station), and the largest oil shale-fired power station in the world after Narva Power Plants in Estonia.][Cite news]
title = Estonia to build oil shale plant in Jordan
publisher = The Baltic Times
date = 2008-05-08
url= http://www.tgplegal.ee/upload/doc/ee/BT,%208-14mai08.pdf
format= PDF
accessdate =2008-07-19] [Cite paper]
title = Fuel Switching Project of the Aqaba Thermal Power Station (ATPS)
publisher = UNFCCC
date = 2006-06-28
url= http://cdm.unfccc.int/UserManagement/FileStorage/KT3LT48K5R7PW3OIE9IPFEM0OS2INT
format= PDF
accessdate =2008-07-19] [Cite news]
title = Jordan orders oil shale plant
author = Elizabeth Bains
publisher = ArabianBusiness.com
date = 2008-06-01
url= http://www.arabianbusiness.com/520830-jordan-orders-oil-shale-plant
accessdate =2008-07-19] References
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