Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in the water sector Policy.

This sectoral policy is an integral part of the National Water Strategy 2016 – 2025 and aims to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy usage in the water sector with the purpose of boosting Jordan’s energy autonomy by improving cost recovery, utilizing renewable energy technologies for power supply at the water facilities, ensuring a more productive use of energy and reducing CO2 emissions. A further achievement will be a contribution to climate change mitigation efforts through targeted investment such as the use of carbon efficient technologies. The two main Policy targets to be achieved within 2025 are: (i) 15% reduction in the specific energy consumption of billed water corresponding to a 0.47 kg reduction of CO2 emissions for the production per each billed cubic meter of water; and (ii) raise the share of renewable energy resources in power consumption to 10% corresponding to a total saving of 0.31 kg of CO2 emissions per each billed cubic meter of water.
The two pillars on which the policy is based consist of: (i) Optimization and rehabilitation of water infrastructure in order to reduce power demand for pumping and pressure drop in the network and ensure the sustainability of the operation and maintenance in the future of the water supply facilities; (ii) Introduction of economic feasible and environment friendly power generation system based on renewable energy resources with the aim of diversifying energy resources and to reduce reliance on energy imports. It is foreseen the establishment of hydro-power stations at water dams and canals which have the potential of supplying power, the utilization of sludge from wastewater treatment as biological power source to cover part of the energy needs of wastewater treatment facilities and the introduction of wind energy farms and other renewable technologies such as concentrating solar power.
This Policy as well as lead to supply of power at stable and low rates, reduction of energy prices volatility and maintenance costs of the water sector infrastructure, will help to increase the resilience of livelihoods to disasters by significant contribution to climate change mitigation efforts through targeted investment such as the use of carbon efficient technologies, reduction of the sector dependence on fossil fuels and reduction of CO2 emissions.