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With 3,400 hours of sunlight per year and an average daily global solar radiation ranging from 6.15 to 8.27 kWh/m 2, Palestine has a great potential for solar energy , . The capacity of rooftop solar systems to produce power in the WB and GS is 534 and 163 MW, respectively .
The electrical energy system in Palestine state is different from any other country, because Palestine imports its energy from three different sources; from Israel (85 %), Jordan (2 %) and Egypt (3 %). In addition to 140 MW capacity diesel-fired combined cycle power station.
Palestine’s approach is to priorities high-emitting sectors such as, power generation (62 %), transport (15 %), and waste (23 %). The National Adaptation Plan is as: increase the share of renewable energy in electrical energy mix by 20–33 % by 2040, primarily from solar PV. Improve energy efficiency by 20 % across all sectors by 2030.
Even though solar water heaters are widely used in Palestine, solar thermal energy only accounts for 8 % of the country's total energy consumption . In WB, 63.1 % of houses had solar water heaters in 2019, while the GS figure was 43.8 % and produced more than 600 GWh .
The Palestine Power Generation Company continues to plan for the establishment of a combined-cycle power plant with a total capacity of up to 450MW each on a Build Own and Operate (BOO) basis. Implementation of the 250MW first phase will involve a pilot project at a total cost of $344 million in the North of the West Bank.
When Hasan first looked into the possibility of using wind energy to generate electricity in Palestine in 1991, he came to the conclusion that areas with an elevation of 850 meters or more, including Ramallah and Jerusalem, have excellent energy potential . In some areas of the WB, wind energy may be produced at 0.07 $/kWh .
Future consumption of electricity is expected to reach 8,400 GWh by 2020 on the expectation that consumption will increase by 6% annually. The Palestinian Electricity Transmission Company (PETL), formed in 2013, is currently the sole buyer of electricity in the areas under Palestinian Authority (PA) control.
Israel required Palestinian power companies to sell their electricity at low rates fixed by the government. Unlike the IEC, these companies lacked the state subsidies and economies of scale to sell electricity at fixed prices profitably.
