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The electrical system in Jordan also includes some private generation stations that can be synchronized with the rest of the generation stations in the unified system and other private
Jordan is a country whose fuel and electricity industries are mostly dependent on imported crude oil and natural gas. Its only important indigenous source of energy is oil shale. Yet, oil shale is abundant in Jordan.
Jordan has no notable bodies of flowing water suitable for the construction of hydroelectric power stations. The only such plant is at the King Talal dam on the Az Zarqa River, with a capacity of 5 MW.
Oil shale doesn't fuel a lot of power plants around the world, but in Jordan, it's a vital option, offering energy security and independence. The success of the Attarat Power Plant in capitalizing on this valuable indigenous resource led to its selection as a POWER Top Plant award winner.
The limited domestic resources meant that Jordan had to import 7,656 ktoe (thousand tonnes of oil equivalent) of energy to meet its demands. This means that the cost of the consumed energy amounts to as much as 17% of the GDP. In the past, one of the main sources of the imported energy was Egypt, from where Jordan imported natural gas.
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