Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2014

The government of Jordan and the Saudi Arabian Corporation for Oil Shale (SACOS) recently signed a $2-billion agreement under which the government grants the Saudi company the right to extract and to develop the oil shale resources in the Attarat Um-AL-Ghudran region covering an area of 11 square kilometers.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2014

Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Mohammad Hamed briefed the cabinet on the project to produce electricity through direct burning of oil shale. The current cost of generating power in the Kingdom is JD0.17 (US$0.24) per kWh. billion project, which will be the largest oil shale venture in the region and the world. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2015

These support measures could be gradually reduced when further cost reduction for electric vehicles or other fuel saving technologies kick in and they become a regular choice option for the mainstream market. Nevertheless, recent studies indicate that battery costs may decline faster than originally anticipated in literature.

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