Like the 20-year PPA First Solar announced earlier this month, the project will be built as part of an emerging industrial cluster in southern Jordan, near the city of Ma’an, in what Scateccalls “some of the best solar irradiation conditions in the world”.

The project was awarded under Jordan’s first round of renewables tendering. The $28m plant is due on line by mid-2015, and Scatec says it is pursuing a “number” of additional projects in the country alongside local partner KAN Renewables.