Abstract
Concerns over the global environment and the Gulf (oil) crisis in August 1990's Iraq invasion have improved our understanding of the importance of clean energy such as non-polluting hydroelectric power. By the year 2000, water and oil will be the predominant resources issues of the Middle East. A new cogeneration method for the Israel/Jordan Mediterranean-Dead Sea hydro-solar scheme is proposed herewith, which aims to exploit both electricity and fresh water by desalination from the Mediterranean Sea, would exploit the 400 m elevation difference between the two seas by including hydro-electricstations and seawater reverse osmosis (RO) desalination plants. The co-generation system could produce 480 MW of electricity and 86, 400 m3 per day of fresh water from Mediterranean Sea. The generated power will be shared by the two countries, while the product of freshwater of 30 MCM (×106) per annum will be used exclusively for the water supply in the central Ghor (Jordan Valley).
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