How is the Palestinian battery station cabinet

The energy sector, specifically electricity in the State of Palestine, is in a unique situation.

Palestinians are heavily dependent on imported electricity from the Israeli networks: 87 percent of electricity consumed is secured from Israel and around 4 percent from Egypt and Jordan. The remaining 9 percent is produced locally in Gaza and used to fuel the region's power plant on a continuous basis.

To address the needs of the Palestinian people, the government started to explore and implement sustainable solutions, notably through investments in renewable energy, particularly in solar energy. Such efforts should be supported by all means.

UNDP is suggesting a new pilot model for future testing, scaling up, and replication in order to transform energy challenges in the State of Palestine into promising opportunities.An overarching proposal is to encourage Local Governance Units (LGUs), especially in villages and towns, to invest in solar energy with medium-scale photovoltaic farms.

But they are causing another one as huge mounds of old and used batteries pile up in a territory lacking the ability to safely dispose of them. “There is a real danger that these batteries are collected and stored randomly in the open air; not in warehouses,” said Mohammed Musleh, an official with Gaza's Environment Authority.

UNDP will continue its efforts to keep the sustainable-energy agenda for the Palestinian people as its priority and will increase its advocacy and lobbying efforts to test new solutions even as it increases investment in solar energy through its various development interventions.