The Juba Solar Power Station is a proposed 20 MW (27,000 hp) in . The solar farm is under development by a consortium comprising of Egypt, Asunim Solar from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and I-kWh Company, an energy consultancy firm also based in the UAE. The solar farm will have an attached rated at 35MWh. The off-taker is the South Sudanese. The Juba Solar Power Station is a proposed 20 MW (27,000 hp) in . The solar farm is under development by a consortium comprising of Egypt, Asunim Solar from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and I-kWh Company, an energy consultancy firm also based in the UAE. The solar farm will have an attached rated at 35MWh. The off-taker is the South Sudanese Ministry of Electricity, Dams, Irrigation and Water Resources, represented by, the national electric utility company. . The power station would be located on a 25 hectares (62 acres) piece of real estate, approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) from, the capital and largest city of South Sudan. . In March 2020, South Sudan's installed generation capacity was reported as approximately 130 MW. Most of the electricity in the country is concentrated in Juba the capital and in the regional centers of and . At that time the demand for electricity in the county was estimated at over 300 MW and growing. Nearly all electricity sources in the country are based, with attendant challenges of cost and environmental pollution. There are plans to build new generation stations and to import electricity from neighboring, and, but the civil war has hindered progress in that direction. This power station is an attempt to (a) diversify the country's generation mix (b) increase the country's generation capacity and (c) increase the number of South Sudan's homes, businesses and industries connected to the national grid. . The power station is reported to cost an estimated US$45 million to construct. The project has received a loan from the .
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