One of the world’s oldest cities is set to use one of the most advanced methods to receive electricity. About 20000 residents of the West Bank city of Jericho will be supplied with solar-powered electricity after the construction of a plant is completed. Jericho experiences year-round sunlight which, according to some, makes it an ideal location for the Japanese-funded project. Also, the project aims to make Palestinians in Jericho self-sufficient with electricity, as they currently depend on Israel’s national grid for supply. “The solar plant is going to generate 350 kilowatts per hour every day, this will be used to operate the main building in the industrial city, which is one thousand square meters,” plant engineer Alla Melhem said. “Also there will be a water treatment plant in Jericho, which will be operated by the solar plant. I can get electricity from the solar plant that operates the water treatment plant at about 150 kilowatts per hour each day,” he said. The Japanese government also plans to create a .7 million agro-industrial park, which will allow the Palestinian territories to produce crops such as oranges and tomatoes to be sold in neighboring Jordan. In recent years, the Palestinian territories have experienced serious water and electricity shortages, and Jericho Mayor Hasan Saleh is optimistic about the plant and its benefits. By Noora Faraj Al Arabiya with Agencies
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I like it!
It’s a real lifesaver, wouldn’t go without one. Yes, if we add a freezer, we need to up our battery storage as well.
great setup.. I really need to add a battery monitor to my setup… its on my todo… along with going from 4 batteries to 8…
HI, thanks for your interest in our setup. Go on the website for “solarwyse” in Beaverlodge, AB, you can find the system and prices. Ours ran about $4000. Northern Quebec will be perfect and so beautiful. Good luck in all you are doing.
How much did the entire setup run, APPROX? solar panels and batteries ect. I’m in Montreal and looking to get started on the same type of setup in Northern Quebec. Very inspiring video, wow, THANKS!
Hi there, yes, 4 for now. Want 6, so that the office can run longer and the solar fridge.
Nice setup, hmmmm….looks like those six volt batteries are the way to go. Only four? So much power for such a small set up. Thx for the info.
Thanks, yes read about the theory in a great book, called “off the grid” inside the movement. Nick Rosen talks to all types of off-grid folks. Some are really out there. Tho I don’t have the same outlook being a Canuk, I appreciate some of the indepedentent thinking. I guess we are tucked away in our little corner and don’t have the exposure to the conspiracy theory so much…
conspiracy theory bullshit man, don’t even worry about it lol.
 Is that US or Canada?
what do you plan to do about agenda 21? making offgrid living illegal????? huh
Hi there, thanks for the comment. Good luck with it all. It’s a good controller, and it’s MPPT, which makes good sense. You can’t go wrong.
this is great! im constantly looking for people going off grid, im doing the same thing, we nearly have the house up : ) we have a similar solar electric system, but we have not installed it just yet…. was glad to see you were using the same charge controller as us lol, gives me a bit of hope lol, we are very excited to take the final steps
Thank you for watching, you won’t regret having your own set up.
nice set up. Im hoping for the same system one day.
We also have a generator, the cabin is wired for AC power. But when the sun is shining, we can now use small electrical appliances, use the computers, watch a movie and more without filling the generator with gasoline! Our Sundanzer fridge also runs exclusively on this solar system. It is a DC fridge, 5.8 cu.