Hamed checks on work at Tafileh wind power plant

By JT - Feb 09,2015 - Last updated at Feb 09,2015

AMMAN — Energy Minister Mohammad Hamed on Monday checked on construction work at the wind power plant in Tafileh, which is being implemented by the Jordan Wind Project Company.

The company’s chairman, Samer Judeh, noted that one of the plant’s towers will be named after deceased Jordanian pilot Muath Kasasbeh, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The 117-megawatt wind farm located in Tafileh, 180km southwest of Amman, is expected to be commercially operational in the last quarter of 2015.

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