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TunisiaThanks to EU funds a solar power plant in Jordan becomes the world’s first large accelerator complex to be fully powered by renewable energy
February 27, 2019
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On 26 February 2019, a ceremony was held to mark the official inauguration of the solar power plant of SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East).
The necessary funding for the solar power plant became available in 2016 when the Government of Jordan agreed to allocate JD 5 million (US$7.05 million) from funds provided by the EU to support the deployment of clean energy sources.
SESAME is now not only the first synchrotron light facility in the region, but also the world’s first large accelerator complex to be fully powered by renewable energy.
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