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Selon une déclaration du vice-prince héritier saoudien Mohammed ben Salmane (MBS) rapportée dans une dépêche de l’agence jordanienne Petra News, mais ensuite effacée, l’Arabie saoudite aurait contribué à hauteur de 20% à la campagne d’Hillary :
▻http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/deleted-official-report-says-saudi-key-funder-hillary-clinton-preside

The Petra News Agency published on Sunday what it described as exclusive comments from Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman which included a claim that Riyadh has provided 20 percent of the total funding to the prospective Democratic candidate’s campaign.
The report was later deleted and the news agency has not responded to requests for comment from Middle East Eye.
It is illegal in the United States for foreign countries to try to influence the outcome of elections by funding candidates.
The Washington-based Institute for Gulf Affairs has re-published the original Arabic Petra report, which quoted Prince Mohammed as having said Saudi Arabia had provided with “full enthusiasm” an undisclosed amount of money to Clinton.
“Saudi Arabia always has sponsored both Republican and Democratic Party of America and in America current election also provide with full enthusiasm 20 percent of the cost of Hillary Clinton’s election even though some events in the country don’t have a positive look to support the king of a woman (sic) for presidency,” the report quoted Prince Mohammed as having said.

Kingdom to become renewable energy regional leader — PM | The Jordan Times
▻http://jordantimes.com/kingdom-to-become-renewable-energy-regional-leader----pm

The premier told the House during a meeting Sunday that a tender will be floated “this month or next month” for a project to generate 400 megawatt (MW) of electricity, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

Ensour also announced that another 1000MW green energy project will be implemented in partnership with the UAE, starting the end of 2014.

#Jordanie #électricité #énergie

Lancement (pour de vrai cette fois) de la première centrale solaire en Jordanie - la technologie n’est pas précisée mais ce projet s’intègre dans un complexe qui à terme mêlera CSP et photovoltaic

Gov’t buys sun-generated electricity for first time | The Jordan Times
▻http://jordantimes.com/govt-buys-sun-generated-electricity-for-first-time

The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry and Shams Maan Company on Monday signed an agreement by which the former would buy from the latter electricity generated from solar energy with a capacity of 50 megawatts at the Maan Development Area (MDA).

Energy Minister Mohammad Hamed said that this project is the first of its kind in Jordan and the largest in the region regarding its 50-megawatt capacity. He noted that the project will provide 500 job opportunities during the building and installation phase, and another 50 during the operation and maintenance phase.

According to a ministry statement after signing the agreement, carried by the Jordan News Agency, Petra, the investment value of this project will be around $150 million, which will produce 160 gigawatts of clean electrical power annually. The project is scheduled to operate in 2015.

Signing similar agreements with other producers will follow during the next two weeks, the statement said.

Hamed noted that most solar energy projects are located in MDA, with direct investment value of about $500 million, providing about 2,000 job opportunities in the building and installation phase, and 400 during the operation and maintenance phase during the project life of 20 years.

In May 2012, the ministry launched the first phase of direct tenders, which resulted in signing 30 memoranda of understanding with qualified companies to develop projects of wind and solar energies with total capacity of about 850 megawatts in different regions in the Kingdom.

En complément : ▻http://www.ecomena.org/tag/shams-maan-project
Sur les préparatifs de ce projet et notamment son économie politique et territoriale, voir Verdeil, Éric. 2011, Villes, énergie et développement durable en Jordanie  : entre néolibéralisme et improbable décentralisation, dans Expérimenter la « ville durable » au sud de la Méditerranée. Chercheurs et professionnels en dialogues, éd par. Pierre-Arnaud Barthel et Lamia Zaki, Editions de l’Aube (coll. Villes et territoires). p. 291-319. EN accès libre : ▻http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00460974/fr

IAEA commends Jordan’s studies on planned nuclear plant | The Jordan Times
▻http://jordantimes.com/iaea-commends-jordans-studies-on-planned-nuclear-plant
Le choix du site de la centrale approuvé à l’avance par la commission de l’IAEA

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has commended the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission’s (JAEC) assessment studies of the Kingdom’s planned nuclear plant.

In a letter sent last week, the IAEA recommended that Jordan be considered a case model in conducting assessment studies for locations of nuclear plants.

The letter came following a visit of a delegation from the IAEA-affiliated International Seismic Safety Centre to the Kingdom.

According to the Jordan News Agency, Petra, the IAEA also recommended that countries wishing to build nuclear reactors make use of Jordanian expertise in the field.

The agency cited the high safety requirements set by JAEC when selecting the location of the nuclear plant, Petra said.

Jordan followed the IAEA’s safety regulations to the letter, the agency said, requesting JAEC’s permission to promote its experience in selecting nuclear plant locations to other countries, according to Petra.

IAEA delegates are scheduled to visit Jordan in April to further assess the studies conducted on the proposed site for Jordan’s planned nuclear plant, Jordan Nuclear Regulatory Commission (JNRC) President Majd Hawari said earlier this month.

IAEA experts will train JNRC personnel on conducting the environmental impact assessment required for the nuclear project.

#Jordanie
#nucléaire
#énergie

Jordanie : l’intérêt d’avoir des entreprises privées, c’est qu’on peut les accabler pour incompétence et faute lorsque les choses vont mal... et ainsi détourner la colère populaire contre le gouvernement. Le gouvernement libanais pourrait s’en inspirer (sachant que par ailleurs, cela permet toujours aux mêmes de se remplir les poches...)

Gov’t to sue electricity providers | The Jordan Times
▻http://jordantimes.com/govt-to-sue-electricity-providers

The Cabinet on Sunday decided to sue the two electricity distribution companies for failure to “perform their duties during the snowstorm”, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, said.

The Cabinet took the decision after listening to a briefing by Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Mohammad Hamed and President of the Electricity Regulatory Commission Thabet Taher, who stressed that the ministry and the commission’s role is purely regulatory and it is the responsibility of the Jordan Electricity Company and the Jordan Electricity Distribution Company to provide consumers with electricity.

The two officials were quoted by Petra as saying that the two companies should have “invested in modern equipment, technologies and control rooms”.

“The Council of Ministers express its disappointment at the obvious failure of the electricity distribution companies in the central and southern regions, leading to frequent blackouts, adding to the difficulties people suffered under the weather conditions that prevailed in the past few days,” Petra said.

#privatisation
#électricité
#tempête
#climat
#énergie