Energy consumption in Palestine

The most important measure in the energy balance of Palestine is the total consumption of

5.12 billion kWh

of electric energy per year. Per capita this is an average of 1,125 kWh.

Palestine can partly provide itself with self-produced energy. The total production of all electric energy producing facilities is 535 m kWh. That is 10% of the countries own usage. The rest of the needed energy is imported from foreign countries. Along with pure consumptions the production, imports and exports play an important role. Other energy sources such as natural gas or crude oil are also used.

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Energy Balance

Electricity	Total	West Bank per capita	Compared to Europe per capita
Own consumption	5.12 bn kWh	1,124.89 kWh	5,412.25 kWh
Production	535.00 m kWh	117.54 kWh	5,831.12 kWh
Import	4.91 bn kWh	1,078.53 kWh	731.24 kWh

Carbon footprint

	Total	West Bank per capita	Compared to Europe per capita
CO2 emissions in 2013	2.44 m t	0.54 t	5.70 t

Development of CO2 emissions from 1997 to 2013 in million tons

Production capacities per energy source

The given production capacities for electric energy have a theoretical value, which could only be obtainable under ideal conditions. They are measuring the generatable amount of energy, that would be reached under permanent and full use of all capacities of all power plants. In practice this isn't possible, because e.g. solar collectors are less efficient unter clouds. Also wind- and water-power plants are not always operating under full load. All these values are only useful in relation to other energy sources or countries.

Energy source	Total in Palestine	percentage in Palestine	percentage in Europe	per capita in Palestine	per capita in Europe
Fossil fuels	1.23 bn kWh	100,0 %	48,9 %	269.45 kWh	7,994.86 kWh
Nuclear power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	7,2 %	0.00 kWh	1,185.87 kWh
Water power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	23,4 %	0.00 kWh	3,829.91 kWh
Renewable energy	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	16,2 %	0.00 kWh	2,655.34 kWh
Other energy sources	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	4,3 %	0.00 kWh	696.17 kWh
Total production capacity	1.23 bn kWh	100,0 %	100,0 %	269.45 kWh	16,362.15 kWh

Usage of renewable energies

Renewable energies include wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energy sources. This means all energy sources that renew themselves within a short time or are permanently available. Energy from hydropower is only partly a renewable energy. This is certainly the case with river or tidal power plants. Otherwise, numerous dams or reservoirs also produce mixed forms, e.g. by pumping water into their reservoirs at night and recovering energy from them during the day when there is an increased demand for electricity. Since it is not possible to clearly determine the amount of generated energy, all energies from hydropower are displayed separately.

In 2015, renewable energies accounted for around 34.4 percent of actual total consumption .inCountry().. The following chart shows the percentage share from 1990 to 2015: