On Thursday 2 August, the European Commission announced that the EU had completed the biggest photovoltaic solar field ever erected in Gaza.
This field will provide 0.5 Megawatts of electricity per day to fuel the Southern Gaza Desalination Plant. This EU-funded plant currently provides drinking water to 75,000 inhabitants in the Khan Younis and Rafah governorates. A Commission press release explained that “With the new energy field and new investments foreseen it will eventually reach...