This is the world’s first large Accelerator complex powered fully by renewable energy. A new solar power plant powering the SESAME light source in Jordan was officially inaugurated. In addition to being the first synchrotron-light facility in the Middle East region, SESAME is now the world’s first major research infrastructure to be fully powered by renewable energy.
Constructed on grounds next to Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) that is located some 30kms from SESAME, electricity from the solar power plant will be supplied by an on-grid photovoltaic system having a total power capacity of 6.48 MW, which will amply satisfy SESAME’s needs for several years.
SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) is a 2.5 GeV synchrotron light source that was officially inaugurated on 16 May 2017.
It is the first light source in the Middle East, and also the region’s first true international center of excellence. There are some 60 synchrotron light sources in the world, including a few in developing countries.
