The high cost of importing heavy fuel oil from neighbouring countries of Jordan stimulated the need to consider renewable energy as an alternative to imported power. The paper describes a systematic experimental study on the pilot solar updraft tower power plant model system. Particular attention is given to measurements of air velocity, temperature, solar radiation and voltage difference. This is the first pilot solar updraft power plant that has been built in Jordan to evaluate such technology in Mutah Area. In this paper, all the experimental data were taken from a very small pilot project (compared with other prototypes that we constructed which were placed in the backyard of our faculty). For the experimental part, the solar updraft power plant was a pilot project with an updraft power plant height H = 4(m), updraft power plant radius R c = 0.29(m), plastic solar collector area A coll = 36(m 2 ), collector roof height = 1(m), wind turbine that was a compensation of the suction fan with a diameter D fan = 0.5(m), and a small generator (6 V) The experimental results in this paper show that the maximum height (H max ) gradually increases with the solar irradiation (G). Also, in the same way, with the pressure difference ( p) increases with solar irradiation.

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The household sector accounts for 20.9% of primary energy use in Jordan. Increase in energy-based living standards and more efficient energy use are major opposing trends in Jordan that affect household energy consumption. Governmental policies to influence household energy consumption are often contradictory and have brought mixed results. Ministry Of Energy has completed two cycles of surveys for household energy in the years 2001, 2004; on the other hand. The December 2010 update survey has been carried out in Mutah University and it is the latest update for those previous surveys, the result and conclusions of which are presented in this paper. Wood, LPG, electric heater and Kerosene are used extensively in most of the households. While the percentage of the households using solar waterheaters was 11%. The energy policy analysis reveals the need for government intervention to promote solar water-heaters as well as regarding the unsatisfied heating demand.

A Nnao adsorption solar power cooling generator unit is design, built, and operated under the climate of Mutah University. The adsorption solar power consists of the generator, condenser, vacuum pump, and evaporator (cold chamber). The activated carbon methanol is set as adsorption pair. The thermal impact of the modified paints on the collector performance by adding certain nano-materials to the dull carbon black paint was investigated The selective absorber plate in the generator was painted with selective nano technology coating to improve the absorptance of the collector. The refrigeration unit was manufacturing form simply non polluted material. The unit was successfully and continuously operated for several hours. An experimental data base bank was achieved. The temperature and pressure of each component of the pilot nano adsorption solar cooling generator unit were recorded. The inside temperature of colder chamber was reached 8 o C, cold air was produced.

Geothermal energy in Jordan is a low-emission and renewable source that could provide households and commercial buildings with both heating and cooling. Access to this ‘free’ energy may be available just a few feet underground. Thus, the objectives of this research are: Designing ground heat exchanger to utilize geothermal energy in heating in which the primary geothermal fluid is exchanged with secondary clean fluid The feasibility of designing ground heat exchanger system to pumping geothermal energy under the climate of Jordan weather in Ma'en area Amount of energy saved The design procedure involves applying the energy and the momentum equations around the geothermal fluid circuit. The FLUENT software program is used to calculate the ground heat exchanger parameters and the amount of energy saved. Finally, the feasibility study shows that the Geoexchange systems represent a savings to homeowners of around 70% in the heating mode, and up to 50% in the cooling mode compared with conventional fossil fuel systems.