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Electricity Returns to Palestinian Village, Three Months After Israel Confiscates Power System
Amira Hass in Ha’aretz: “On October 3, a team from Comet-ME, which had built the hybrid system, reinstalled the panels and reconnected them to the rest of the system, after they were released unconditionally from the Civil Administration warehouses in Gush Etzion. The circumstances of the matter, i.e., the reason the village even needed this …
Israel’s relentless war on EU humanitarian aid to Palestine
Ylenia Gostoli of TRT World: “In Jubbet adh Dhib, I’tidal breathes a sigh of relief that she no longer has to rely on an expensive, polluting and loud generator for electricity which costs roughly 1,200 euros per month for two hours of electricity a day. Now children can watch TV programmes and study in the …
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Power restored to Jubbet a-Dhib
Update, October 4, 2017 We are pleased to announce that, following concerted legal and diplomatic efforts, we have successfully retrieved the equipment from the micro-grid in Jubbet a-Dhib, which was seized by the Civil Administration on June 28, 2017. As of today, the system has been reinstalled in its entirety, and power restored to the …
Ice Cream, Appliances, and Autonomy: Rural Electrification Project Lights West Bank Village
Osie Adelfang’s blog post and slide show for Homer Micro-Grid News and Insights about Comet-ME’s micro-grid in the village of Jeeb al-Dheeb: “Unlike energy poverty in the developing world, geography plays no part in Jeeb al-Dheeb’s situation, which is created wholly by politics. The reality for Palestinians living in areas designated “Area C” is a …
Off-grid in the Holy Land: Palestinian Microgrid Solutions for Energy Poverty — Part 1
Osie Adelfang of Homer Microgrid News & Insight writes about off-grid renewable energy initiatives in the Palestinian territories, with a special focus on Comet-ME’s work.
International ‘Off-grid’ Eco Effort Boosts Palestinian Locales’ Infrastructure
Zafrir Rinat, Haaretz, November 21, 2016: “The off-grid efforts of Comet-ME, which must navigate a politically charged environment, were discussed earlier this month by the organization’s co-founder, Elad Orian, at the Israel Climate Change Conference held at Tel Aviv University.”