RAMALLAH Ñ The European Union has agreed to finance a renewable
energy production facility in the Palestinian Authority.
The European Commission has signed an agreement with a Palestinian
hospital in the West Bank to help assemble a wind energy production system.
Officials said the wind turbine at Hebron's Al Ahli Hospital would produce
up to 700 kilowatts of
electricity and fulfill more than 40 percent of the energy needs of the
medical facility.
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Officials said the EU would provide 1.3 million euro, or 80 percent of
the cost of the wind turbine, Middle East Newsline reported. They said Al Ahli would be the first
Palestinian institution in the West Bank to use renewableg energy.
The EU has also agreed to finance a study for wind energy projects
throughout the West Bank. Hebron, the largest city in the West Bank and
located on a mountain, has been deemed as suited for wind energy.