Palestine seeks to achieve energy independence
Seeking to reduce its huge dependence on Israel, Palestine is set to establish its first waste-to-energy power project.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Palestine is seeking to put landfills to good use by developing sustainable energy sources to become more self-sufficient and help limit its power reliance on Israel. It plans to increase its locally produced energy through its first waste-to-energy project.
The Palestinian government is taking the first steps toward the establishment of a project aimed at generating electricity from the gas produced from decomposing biomass at the Zahrat al-Finjan (ZF) landfill in the Jenin governorate, which is considered the main landfill in the northern West Bank.
Back in October 2018, the Palestinian Energy Authority, the Palestine Investment Fund and the ZF landfill services council in Jenin signed a memorandum of understanding for the feasibility study of this project.
The Palestinian government decided during its weekly session June 25 to set a budget for the rehabilitation and maintenance of the landfill in a bid to create an appropriate work environment in partnership with the private sector for the generation of biogas and the production of electricity.
