The continuous increase in penetration of renewable energy sources in Jordan has brought critical challenges for the grid operators to maintain supply security, quality, system stability and reliability. Further, so-called renewable energy curtailment is only a current uneconomical solution to maintain the stability of the electrical systems in Jordan where the generated power from renewables is more than the demand power. Therefore, energy storage solution is a necessity to operate the electrical system in efficient and reliable manners.

Moreover, the owners of off-grid systems (isolated locations- such as: camps, remote areas, water pumps, and farms) are suffering from the high cost of generating electricity from conventional generations, which reflected on high cost of their services and hence affect productively and profitability.

This work will provide a clear direction and guidelines for applications of smart solutions with integrated storages energy that aim to provide clean, efficient, and low cost and sustainability energy solutions for Jordanian communities.

The project will perform feasibility study, explore, and evaluate different design options to assess the technical and economic feasibility of the system, and prepare techno-economic-environmental metrics. Further, develop an abstract model of the grid-scale storage system for a defined case study to help understand and analyse the role of storage and estimate its whole-system value in the Jordanian power system. Optimal sizing of storage technologies will be carried out considering relevant techno-economic factors. The system will be operated and validated in real-world conditions using the Smart Grid laboratory. This validation will allow to evaluate the efficiency and applicability of the suggested smart solutions based on the energy storage for the Jordanian Networks. Then, the ultimate outcome of this project will provide guidelines and direct the decisionmakers to the most feasible energy storage solution for their systems.