VOL. XLII

No. 31

2-August-1999

JORDAN

Energy Companies Shy Away From Jordan IPP As GovernmentDelays Decision On Gas

Only two companies have submitted bids to build Jordan痴first independent power project (IPP) in al-Samra, after the government hadpre-qualified 11 power companies to tender bids for the project. The offers forthe power plant were from Swiss/Swedish ABB Energy Ventures and Tractabel ofBelgium. MEES learns that many potential bidders were discouraged fromparticipating in the tender...