Potentials of wind energy development for water desalination in Jordan

Recent progress in renewable energy based-desalination in the Middle East and North Africa MENA region

“…Although wind energy is available in some regions in MENA, not much progress was made in implementing it with desalination systems. Mohsen et al studied the potential of wind energy to drive RO desalination in Jordan [247] . The study included 11 potential locations in Jordan, based on the average wind speed, which was 1–7 m/s varying over the year, which result in a monthly water productivity range of 50–550 m 3 , with the highest freshwater potential found to be in Ras Muneef, while the lowest was in Deiralla.…”

Potential for Wind-Powered Desalination Systems in Jordan

“…The generated power will be supplied directly to the national electrical grid. By 2005, it is predicted that green electricity, from these wind farms, will be available to consumers in Jordan [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23].…”

New passive thermal comfort system using three renewable energies: Wind catcher, solar chimney and earth to air heat exchanger integrated to real‐scale test room in arid region (Experimental study)

“…In Africa, arid regions are very large and a good example could be seen in South‐west Algeria (Figure 1). In this region, inside thermal comfort is hard to achieve without using air conditioning and refrigeration systems 1‐5 . In 2006, more than 240 million air‐conditioning units were installed around the world leading to the global electricity consumption of 15% 6 .…”

“…In this region, inside thermal comfort is hard to achieve without using air conditioning and refrigeration systems. [1][2][3][4][5] In 2006, more than 240 million air-conditioning units were installed around the world leading to the global electricity consumption of 15%. 6 This big amount of energy can be optimized and saved using passive cooling and renewable energies.…”