Jordan’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources said on 14 September 2026 that Minister Saleh Kharabsheh and Yin Mingshan, chairman of China’s Getting International Energy Holdings Co. Ltd., signed a memorandum for studies on a green hydrogen and derivatives project. The ministry described the work as technical studies for a possible project in Jordan using renewable energy and desalinated water in Aqaba. The announcement gave no hydrogen capacity, budget or construction start date.

The memorandum includes examining a possible location near the Port of Aqaba. That does not mean a site has been selected or approved. The study is to consider an integrated chain covering renewable power generation, water desalination, green hydrogen and ammonia production, energy storage, electricity transmission and logistics and port services. These are subjects in the proposed technical and economic assessment, not a list of existing facilities or completed works.

The ministry said the studies would address technical, environmental and social aspects, estimate hydrogen production costs and determine land requirements. The Chinese company is expected to prepare a pre-feasibility-level technical study. Cost, land, environmental impact and production design therefore remain matters for investigation. A memorandum and pre-feasibility study are distinct from final investment approval, financing close, an engineering contract or a construction commitment.

Kharabsheh said the memorandum followed King Abdullah II’s visit to China and formed part of efforts to expand economic and investment cooperation between the two countries. The ministry added that Jordan is working with several Chinese companies in the sector under its National Green Fuels Strategy. It did not name those other companies or describe separate projects. The statement therefore does not support treating other firms as parties to this memorandum or inferring a binding purchase agreement from bilateral discussions.

The ministry also said access to new markets could improve the commercial viability of green hydrogen and derivatives, and that Jordan aims to move from preliminary studies toward projects where the studies establish viability. This is a conditional policy objective, not an announcement of an export customer or firm sales plan. Hydrogen cost, production scale, electricity needs, water supply and logistics connections remain among the issues for the feasibility work.

The data table summarises the facilities and infrastructure that the ministry said would be included in the assessment. Each row describes a study scope; it does not mean the project design is final or that any component has been built. The source announced no capacity or schedule, so those fields cannot be quantified. The expected pre-feasibility study and later government decisions will determine whether the proposal advances and what a subsequent development phase would involve.