Egyptian manufacturer El Sewedy Electric has secured a contract from the authorities in Juba to build the $45 million project in Nesitu county. The African Export-Import Bank is financing the facility.
The planned project will be developed 20km from the capital.
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South Sudan''s Ministry of Energy and Dams has chosen Egyptian manufacturer El Sewedy Electric to build the country''s first large scale PV power project.
The African Export-Import Bank is financing the $45 million project, which will include a 20 MW solar park coupled with a 35 MWh storage system. It will be located in Nesitu county, 20 km from the capital, Juba, El Sewedy Electric said, adding the project will be finalized within 12 months of the start of construction. No further technical or financial details were provided about the facility.
The project will be the country''s first megawatt scale solar power plant. According to the International Renewable Energy Agency, South Sudan had only installed 18 MW of solar by the end of last year, most of it off-grid capacity.
The world''s youngest globally recognized nation, which depends heavily on imported fossil fuels for power, has an electricity access rate of around 59%. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, 56% of South Sudan''s power demand was met by hydropower in 2016.
This article was amended on 09/12/19 to indicate the story refers to South Sudan, rather than Sudan, as previously stated.
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Thank you for pointing out the error, Dr Fundafunda. It has been amended, with our apologies for any misunderstanding caused.
I so much appreciate this project considering the fact that South Sudan receives much thermal energy from the sun.
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Kampala-based developer Aptech Africa says it plans to build a 12 MWp solar plant in Juba.
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The capital of South Sudan is set to host a new 12 MWp grid-connected solar plant.
The nation had just 1 MW of grid solar at the end of 2021, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), but that figure could be set to leap thanks to a project under development in Juba by Ugandan company Aptech Africa.
Aptech, which installed a solar rooftop-diesel system for the Upper Nile University of Malakal in South Sudan in November, has secured government approval to buy the electricity from the new project. The Juba project will be financed by Ezra Construction, which is part of the South Sudanese Ezra Group, an Aptech Africa representative told pv magazine.
Two new companies, precisely the United Arab Emirates-based Asunim Solar and the renewable energy solutions consultancy company I-kWh company, have joined forces towards the implementation of the Juba solar PV-plus-storage project in South Sudan.
The consortium will work alongside Elsewedy Electric T&D (EETD), an Egyptian company that was awarded the solar project in December last year following a call for tenders launched by the South Sudanese Ministry of Electricity, Dams, Irrigation and Water Resources.
For this project, Asunim Solar will provide engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services as well as product sizing and verification, and on-site supervision services. Its partner, I-kWh, on the other hand, will contribute its expertise in electricity storage and management systems to the solar project.
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