Deputy Information Minister Dr Jacob Maiju Korok said the Minister for Energy and Dams, Peter Marcello, Friday presented to the Cabinet a plan of US$150 Million Juba Solar Project that entails the construction of a five megawatts hyper solar power plant in Juba City. He said Marcello presented a. The solution integrates a 5MWh liquid cooled battery energy storage system and a 5MW MV Skid, supported by over 100 patents and featuring three key technological highlights: The project will be one of the largest storage projects in the African continent and a first for South Sudan. Based in the. The East African country has an electricity access rate of 8. 4% (as of 2022) Image: The recently launched 20MW solar energy plant in South Sudan. Credit: Ezra Group A public-private partnership in South Sudan has launched the country's first major solar power plant and Battery Energy Storage System. These solar pumps harness the sun to power sensor-driven drip irrigation throughout villages in South Sudan, fostering a sustainable means of agricultural production while fighting increasingly common effects of climate change such as unpredictable floods and droughts, according to the Rainmaker. South Sudan has taken a significant step toward renewable energy with the launch of its first large-scale solar power project. The Ezra Group, a prominent business conglomerate, has successfully developed and financed a 20-megawatt (MW) solar power plant, complemented by a 14-megawatt-hour (MWh). South Sudan is endowed with high solar PV potential boasting more than 10 hours of daily sunshine – approximately solar radiation of 5. Such abundant sunshine is ubiquitous in the ten states of South Sudan and thus presents a shared clean energy future that when.