LONDON, May 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Thousands of Syrian refugees will be able to light their homes, charge their phones and chill their food by solar power as Jordan's Azraq camp became the world's first refugee camp to be powered by renewable energy, the U. refugee. . The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, switched on today the newly constructed solar plant in Jordan's Azraq refugee camp. The solar panels will allow refugees to switch on basic items such as fans, fridges, and phones. UNHCR The world's largest solar energy plant. . Operating since 2017, the solar plant at the Zaatari refugee camp is the largest of its kind in the world, bringing reliable electricity to approximately 55,000 Syrian refugees who call Zaatari home. 75 million, has been entirely funded by the IKEA Foundation's Brighter Lives for Refugees campaign, through which the IKEA Foundation granted UNHCR a total of. .
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