Publication date: 2018, January
Author: USIP
Description: In the context of the civil war with no end in sight in South Sudan, this report outlines how a donor-led shift from the current total reliance on diesel to renewable energy can deliver short-term humanitarian cost savings while creating a longerterm building block for peace in the form of a clean energy infrastructure. The report is supported by the Africa program at the United States Institute of Peace. South Sudan is an immensely large expanse of land with a small population scattered in communities separated by hundreds of kilometers. 99% of the population still has no access to modern energies, and electricity in particular. 83% of the South Sudanese population lives in rural areas.
