Renewable Energy

Building Solar-Powered Electricity Generation Systems

Within the Project to Enhance Sustainability in Performance, Infrastructure and Reliability in the Energy Sector in the West Bank and Gaza (ASPIRE Ph1) funded by the World Bank, 100 solar-powered electricity generation systems were built through the mechanism of the Solar Revolving Fund for poor families and with a partial grant to cover 40% - 60%. This will contribute to helping families secure all their energy needs, achieve savings in bills and find solutions to address the shortage of electrical energy, especially in the Gaza Strip. Moreover, the project worked on building solar electricity generation systems in the West Bank, with the aim of improving energy efficiency in the health sector by contributing to saving electricity bills and ensuring continuity environmental protection. Field visits were made to several hospitals and health clinics to assess the possibility of installing solar cells on them.  

Providing Government Institutions with Photovoltaic Units

Some renewable energy projects targeted a group of governmental institutions in a number of governorates to achieve the Palestinian government's vision of enhancing reliance on renewable energy and reducing the size of the electricity bill, which would reflect positively on the public budget. This was conducted by installing renewable energy systems on buildings' roofs to cover their electricity bill within the net metering mechanism. In the same context, PENRA supervised the provision of solar energy production systems to many security and civil institutions, including a solar energy project in the district headquarters in Tulkarm. The project aims at installing 355 kilowatts to ensure the delivery of electrical power to the headquarters in light of the frequent power cuts in Tulkarm Governorate, which works to cover a large percentage of the headquarters’ consumption of electrical energy. This project was supported by the US Consulate and the supervised by PENRA. The implementation of this project constituted an exemplary first step to target all other military headquarters to start installing solar energy systems that cover the headquarters’ self-consumption. It indirectly helps to continue supplying electricity to other sectors, especially in the Tulkarm area, which suffers from shortages and power outages.