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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Palestine is looking to put landfills to good use and develop sustainable energy sources to become more self-sufficient and help limit its reliance on Israel. It plans to increase its locally produced energy and diversify its sources by making use of all types of renewable energy.
According to a general renewable energy strategy developed by the Palestinian Energy Authority (PEA) in 2012, renewable energy should account for 10% of the total electricity produced by 2020, while energy imported from Israel should not exceed 50%. Of the energy currently supplied to Palestine, 97% comes from the Israeli Electricity Corp., leaving Palestine vulnerable to political and economic developments.
