We research the investment potential of wind energy in Jordan. The capacity factor of the first large scale wind farm in the country, Tafila Wind Farm, was found to be 33.1 %, based on actual energy production during its first year of operation. The best performing turbine in the farm achieved a capacity factor of 39.1 %. Other eight sites are expected to have such capacity factors were subjected to techno-economic investigation utilizing fifty-two different turbine models of nameplate capacities range from 1.0 – 5.0 MW. A capacity factor higher than 25.0 % can be achieved at all the studied sites. The average levelized cost of electricity of the fifty-two turbines at the eight sites is 0.0708 /kWh, the cost ranges from 0.0452 –0.1108/kWh. A proposed 80 MW farm at every location result in a total capacity of 640 MW and an annual estimated energy generation of 1545.0 – 2076.0 GWh, around 7.0 – 9.0 % of the country’s projected electricity demand in 2020.
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