Assessment of the status and outlook of biomass energy in Jordan

Wastes and biomass materials as sustainable-renewable energy resources for Jordan

“…In the domain of biomass energy, Jordan has encouraging biomass energy resources in the form of municipal solid wastes, agricultural residues, animal manure and organic industrial wastes [53]. Unfortunately biomass has no real industrial utilization in Jordan in spite of its energy value except very limited utilization on the form of direct combustion process to for space heating.…”

“…Biogas can be also combusted directly to produce heat as fuel for combustion engines, which convert it to mechanical energy, powering an electric generator to produce electricity. With 27.5% conversion efficiency of biogas to electricity [53], the total annual power that can be obtained is estimated at 917.41 GWh which is 17% higher than the electricity imported from Egypt and Syria (784.3 GWh) [50] and approximately half of the consumed electricity in 2012 (16595 GWh). Moreover, the availability of natural gas grid infrastructure in some regions, as in Amman and Aqaba, allows injecting the biogas, after upgrading, into the natural gas grid (in either national high pressure gas transmission grid or in local low pressure gas distribution network).…”

Energy Production Assessment of Solar Tower Based on the Study of the Mirror Shadowing and Blocking Effects

“…With regard to Jordan, we find that it has been blessed with a huge amount of solar energy sufficient to meet the needs of energy because Jordan receives more than 300 sunny days throughout the year with a very bright solar radiation rate compared to neighboring countries and countries of the world [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. In this context, there is an urgent need to support investment in the renewable energy sector in various countries of the world and in Jordan in particular because investment in this sector is still very low and there is a lacks in the supporting from different sectors inside the Jordan [4,12,[16][17][18][19][20].…”

Enhancing Biogas Production: Influence of Mixing Caw and Chicken Manures

“…For instance, Laskri and Nedyah [3] studied biogas production from different waste and found that the volume of biogas produced is always a function of the residence time of digestion and the concentration of organic matter in the experiment. In addition, Al-Hamamre, et al [4] evaluated the status of biomass energy in Jordan and revealed that the amount of biogas that can be produced from various biomass sources is estimated of 428 MCM. Furthermore, Al-Jabri, et al [5] studied the generation of biogas from bio-waste in rural area of Palestine.…”