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Solar pumps for clean water provision in South Sudan

02/05/2023
ESI Africa
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UNICEF has funded the construction of two mini water yards with boreholes equipped with solar powered pumps, elevated tanks and tap stands in South Sudan. The pumps were installed at two sites – at Hai Dome and Hai Bagdad. At each of the two sites, boreholes of 100 metres were drilled. The sites were then equipped with a 2.04 kWp solar panels.

P-RECs powering a second renewable electrification of a hospital in South Sudan

25/04/2023
3Degrees
Press Release

Renewable energy could rid South Sudan of dependence on oil

14/02/2023
Eugene Chen, Flora McCrone and David Mozersky (Stimson Center)
Article

As the least electrified country in the world, South Sudan’s energy sector is complex and closely tied to the cycle of conflict, and the country’s cursed dependence on oil.

Clean Energy Transitions in the Greater Horn of Africa

12/10/2022
International Energy Agency (IEA)
Article

The greater Horn of Africa – defined in this report as Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda – represents nearly a quarter of sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP, and is home to some of the fastest growing economies, but also many areas that face ongoing conflict and instability.

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OFGEN Africa Installs its First-Ever South Sudan Solar Project at the UAP Old Mutual Equatorial Tower

23/06/2021
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OFGEN Africa, a Nairobi based solar power developer and EPC has commissioned a 338.57 kWp & 0.75MWh off grid solar PV plant to power the UAP Equatorial Tower, the tallest building in Juba.

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South Sudan to embrace renewables

19/09/2019
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The South Sudan Electricity Corporation is seeking consultants to define the nation’s Renewable Energy Development Program and its related tender mechanism.

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Solar Energy to Power Humanitarian Hub in South Sudan

01/05/2019
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Thanks to a new private sector collaboration linking Scandinavia to Sub-Saharan Africa, a Norwegian company will be helping the International Organization for Migration harness solar energy to power a significant part of its ongoing joint humanitarian operations in Malakal, South Sudan, by early next year.

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Aptech Africa installed the first off-grid solar-battery hybrid power system in South Sudan

11/03/2019
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This USAID funded project, developed by AECOM International, incorporated a one-of-a-kind containerised PV storage solution by South African-based Sustainable Power Generation (SustainPower).

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Solar Power Brings Water to South Sudan Neighborhood

20/12/2018
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At least 5,000 residents in and around the South Sudanese capital now have access to clean drinking water after the opening of a U.S.-funded, solar-powered water distribution system in the area.