Warm Greetings from EQ We are happy to present Jordan RoofTop / Distributed Solar Market – Opportunities & Challenges Webinar When: July 6th, 2021 04:30 PM IST To 6:30 PM IST Register in advance for this meeting: <Click Here To Register> After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Session […]
EJ Solar Spark: The Road To A Cleaner Future
The ultimate mission for East Jordan Middle and High School students is clean, renewable energy. Teacher and Shoe Club advisor, Matt Hamilton, is passionate about teaching his students to set goals, dream big, and give back to the community. Every year, the Shoe Club does a project to inspire the student body, but also their […]
Orange Leads Solar Panel Deployment Across Africa and the Middle East
Orange is accelerating its solar projects in Africa and the Middle East to reduce its carbon footprint to zero by 2040. Across the entire region, many sites are not connected to the electricity grid and when they are, the quality of the grid often requires alternative backup solutions. To avoid using generators that run on […]
EGYPT: Cairo Wants to Export its Renewable Energy to Iraq Via Jordan
The Egyptian government is studying the possibility of exporting some of its electricity to Iraq. Such a project, if approved, would require the construction of new power lines to boost the Iraqi grid through Jordan. Egypt already exports some of its electricity to the Gulf country.Thanks to its megaprojects, Egypt is one of the main […]
East Jordan students raise $70k to put solar panels on their school
Since the start of the school year, a group of middle and high school students in East Jordan has been busy practicing presentations, raising money, and working with administrators to install a solar array on their school. The idea came from a school club run by Matt Hamilton, a history and video production teacher at […]
Philadelphia Solar completes 18.7-MW solar project in Jordan
Philadelphia Solar, Amman, Jordan-based solar energy equipment maker and developer has completed the third and final phase of an 18.7-MW solar project in its native country. The project was sponsored by Jordan’s Social Security Investment Fund (SSIF) and cost JOD 17m (USD 24m/EUR 20m) to implement. SSIF will recover the investment cost within three years, […]
East Jordan Middle School Students Raise $70,000 for Solar Array
Despite being in a low population area, East Jordan Middle Schoolers have raised $70,000 for a new solar array. The effort was made by the school’s Shoe Club, which was started in 2008 to inspire students to dream big. Students reached out to multiple organizations to look for funding for this 30 kilowatt solar array […]
Small Town Michigan Students Are Fundraising To Add 30 KW Of Solar To Their School
A group of students at a middle and high school in East Jordan, Michigan didn’t like that their school runs on fossil fuels. Instead of just being sad about it, they decided to take matters into their own hands. The plan: to raise funds for the installation of a 30 kW solar system and learn […]
East Jordan Students Looking to Power School Through Solar Energy Project
You may know East Jordan Middle and High school teacher Matt Hamilton who started the famous East Jordan Shoe Club to empower students to do anything they set their mind to. Screen Shot 2021 03 01 At 23728 PmNow, he and his students are heading up a project aimed at another type of power. The […]
Jordan, Israel, and Palestine in Quest of Solving the Energy Conundrum
Gas discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean can help deliver dividends of peace to Jordan, Israel, and Egypt. New energy supply options can strengthen Jordan’s energy security and emergence as a leading transit hub of natural gas from the Eastern Mediterranean. In fact, the transformation of the port of Aqaba into a second regional energy hub […]