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The Royal Scientific Society: A National Champion & Global Partner for Technologies and Development

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The Royal Scientific Society (RSS) is an independent

non-governmental, not-for-profit multidisciplinary science

institution established by Royal Charter.

Founded in 1970 as a national organisation to actively

support the development of Jordan with sound technical

and policy advice, testing services and consultations.

For Jordan, since 1970

For Jordan, since 1970

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A diverse campus of competencies and skills to:

– Provide a voice for Science in Jordan

– Work in partnership with regional and international partners

– Design and manage research projects with government, industry and academia

– Deliver specialised and accredited testing

– Produce evidence-based consultations for the private and public sectors

For Jordan, since 1970

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Since our inception as an independent body with a national remit, our primary objectives have been clear:

− To protect human health and safety

− To safeguard the environment and Jordan’s precious

natural resources

− To help define and deliver sustainable economic

development

Introduction

Presentation

29 August 2019

MENA

NetworkingMunicipalities

NEXUS/Bottom-upapproach

EWFEfficient use of

resources

SDGs

Economic and

Environmen-tal Impact

• Funded by Sida

• A four year Project, based in Jordan

• A total budget of 48,000,000 Swedish kroner.

• We are currently in Year 3 of the Project.

Who are Minaret Implementing Partners?

The Royal Scientific Society (RSS) is the largest applied research institution, consultancy, and technical support service provider in Jordan and considered as a regional leader in the fields of applied science & technology.NERC is one of the main institutions offering their Energy expertise and access to synergies with a number of centers working various verticals such was water & environment, construction.

International Union for Conservation of Nature• IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental

organization• Mission: valuing and conserving nature, ensuring effective and

equitable governance of its use.

Horizons for Green Development (HFGD) is a Jordanian non-profit organization • committed to empowering communities through sustainable

development.• Mission: contribute to alleviating water shortages, increased use of

RE and EE and improved food securities.

Lebanon

Jordan

Tunisia

INTRODUCTION

What is Minaret?

• nexus approach

• Bottom-up approach: catalyzing the

role municipalities

• To demonstrate NEXUS projects can:

- solve water, energy and food security challenges;

- provide economic, social and environmental value.

Central Govt.

Municipality

Community

The one of the first Projects in the region

NEXUS is:

1. Process-oriented

a) It pinpoints us to where and how we can do more with less.

b) It shows us un or underutilized opportunities.

2. Solutions-orientedBalancing for win-win: finding Synergies & tradeoffs

Why is this Project Critical & Timely?

Water-Energy-Food NEXUS is central to sustainable development

Inefficient agricultural practices

Energy

WaterFood

NEXUS is:

3. Goal-driven

Why is this Project Critical & Timely?

Water-Energy-Food NEXUS is central to sustainable development

Inefficient agricultural practices

Maximizing Resource Use

Improving Livelihoods

Address migration of people to cities

Address increase of population

Provide economic opportunities

Conserve finite water resources

Reduce fossil fuel’s dependence on

energy

Improve efficiency of agricultural practices

supply people with energy and water and food while maximizing resource use efficiency.

Why is this Project Critical & Timely?

Minaret utilizes NEXUS in municipalities to achieve SDGs & SidaStrategic goals

Inefficient agricultural practices

Livelihoods

Energy

WaterFood

• Supply people with energy and water and food while maximizing resource use efficiency.

AND

• Use energy, water and food to improve livelihoods.

Why is this Project Critical & Timely?

Inefficient agricultural practices

Why is this Project Critical & Timely?

Decentralization as a regional trend returns municipalities to their original mandate

The road to adopting MINARET

A successful case study On the ground demonstration

On the ground NEXUS

Projects

Demonstrating Economic

Value

Stimulating local

EconomySolving

resource EWF need

Adoption Replicability

Adoption Replicability

The road to Replicability

Situational & Baseline Assessment

• A quantifiable baseline

Learning & Growth

• Key stakeholders have capacities to sustain & expand the Project.

Effective Communication & Networking

• Performance improvement

• Know-how sharing

• Partnerships building

Planning & Financing

• Effective planning & tracking of Climate Action.

• Networking and finance through CoM

• Enabling PPP environment

• Sustained municipality revenue

• Provision of Local sustainable jobs

Situational Analysis

and Needs

Assessment

2017

Implementation and Capacity Building

2019

Communication and

Networking at local and

regional levels

2018

Communication

and

Dissemination

2020

MINARET Project Timeline Overview

Back to Outline

Why Is this Project a Game-Changer?

1. Minaret’s NEXUS is using and value-chain mapping as a tool to identify and understand the process flow of nexus projects

which act as a multiplier to achieve social, environmental and economic value.

2. Hence, Municipalities and the communities replicate and expand NEXUS projects.

3. Other municipalities in the MENA region use NEXUS & value chain approach to implement NEXUS and climate action projects.

Why Is this Project a Game-Changer?

1. Minaret is positioned as the expert in using NEXUS and climate investment-grade projects to move municipalities out of debt.

2. Municipalities and the community replicate and expand NEXUS projects.

3. Other municipalities in the region use Minaret’s planning & financing approach to implement NEXUS and climate projects.

Planning & Finance for Municipalities

What the Covenant of Mayors Can Do!

• The main aim is to help municipalities identify investment

opportunities, and attract investors

• Also limited abilities to invest and borrow funds to support

local investments

Membership of Covenant of

Mayors

Gain Access to a large Network

Setting plans on quantifiable data

Effective planning and tracking during

Implementation

Minaret utilizes Covenant of Mayors as a platform to enable longer term climate action planning and implementation of projects.

Covenant signatories

commit to submitting,

within two years following

the date of the local

council decision, a

Sustainable Energy and

Climate Action Plan

(SECAP) outlining the key

actions

Quantitative analysis

Establishing a baseline

Identifying clear

indicators of improvements

Tools for tracking and monitoring

Evidence of successful

investments

Benchmarking

Benchmarking

Investment-grade

opportunities

De-risking through loan guarantees

Attraction and closing of

investment

Support and evaluation post-

investment

Self-sustaining businesses

Enabling a favorable PPP environment

Sustained revenue source to support municipal

budgets

Planning & Finance for Municipalities

Thank you

National Energy Research Center/ Royal Scientific Society (NERC/RSS)

P.O.Box: 1945 Jubeiha, Amman 11941 Jordan Tel: +962 6 5338014/42 - Fax: +962 6 5338043

SOLAR

PUMPING

AND WATER-

ENERGY

SECURITY

NERC

The National Energy Research Center (NERC) - which is part of

the Royal Scientific Society (RSS) - has been established for

the purposes of development, consultancy, research and

training in the fields of renewable energy and energy

efficiency.

50 YEARS

CONSULTANCY

PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT

SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENTSLABS

TESTING

OWNER

REP

TRAINING

HUNDREDS OF SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOPED PROJECTS

HUNDREDS OF SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED ASSIGNMENTS

NATIONAL AND REGIONAL EXPOSURE

THE CONCEPT

GOALS

Reduce power consumption of water

pumps

Support and encourage farmers

and the community to use clean energy

Disseminate the concept of energy and water management for

farmers and the community

Mitigation of greenhouse gas

emissions

Improving the social livelihood of farmers

Food Security

INITIAL THOUGHTS AND SECURING GRANT

• Initial plan was set to equip 10,000 farming units with Solar PV

Pumping Systems

LACK OF FINANCING!!!

• USD 7.6M was secured through the EU funded project “Renewable

Energy and Energy Efficiency Program II”

• The 7.6M will be utilized to equip 320 farming units with Solar

Pumping Systems

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

• 214 water pumps in the Jordan Valley and 106 pumps in the highlands

(Azraq, Mafraq and Madaba) to be equipped with Solar Photovoltaic

Systems

• Inefficient pumps to be replaced

214

320 Solar PV Pumping

106

ENGINEERING

• Load study and detailed design of solar water pumps and examine the

efficiency of existed pumps, to achieve the right sizing of the systems

• A socioeconomic survey among farmers to complete the analysis of

farmers’ irrigation practices and perceptions related to solar water

pumping

CONSTRUCTION!! REAL PHOTOS

CONSTRUCTION

CONSTRUCTION

CONSTRUCTION

CONSTRUCTION

OUTCOMES

192 on-grid

214 Solar PV Pumping

in Jordan Valley

22 off-grid

106 on-grid Solar PV

Pumping in Highlands

OUTCOMES

USD 600,000

ANNUAL SAVINGS

USD 6.4M

INVESTMENT

4.2 MWpINSTALLED

CAPACITY

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

4.2 kton a year for 25 years

SOCIAL IMPACT

USD 600,000 ANNUAL SAVINGS

60 JOBS WERE

CREATED

500 FARMERS AND YOUNG PERSONS “FROM THE

LOCAL COMMUNITY” WERE TRAINED

SOCIAL IMPACT

REDUCE

BURDENS ON

FARMERS

FUTURE EXPANSION

The project team managed to cover the 320 farming

units with USD 6.3M

Budget leftover will be utilized to cover additional 40-

50 units

PROJECT PARTIES

• PROJECT OWNER: MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT

• PROJECT DEVELOPER: ROYAL SCIENTIFIC

SOCIETY / NATIONAL ENERGY RESEARCH

CENTRE

• DONOR: THE EUROPEAN UNION / REEE II

PROJECT

• CONTRACTORS: LOCAL PV FIRMS

• BENEFICIARIES: FARMERS

SHAKER HAMMAD

PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

RSS / NERC