1.3 MWp solar PV plant completed for the Khan Younis wastewater treatment plant

MACC has completed a 1.3 MWp grid-connected solar PV plant for the Khan Younis Wastewater Treatment Plant in Al Fukhari, taken over on 17 May 2023, for UNDP with European Union funding.

MACC has completed the construction of a 1.3 MWp solar PV plant for the Khan Younis Wastewater Treatment Plant in Al Fukhari. The works, contracted by UNDP with European Union funding and supervised by EMCC, started in April 2021 and were taken over on 17 May 2023.

The plant is Phase 1 of a planned 7 MWp scheme to power the treatment works. It comprises 2,610 monocrystalline 500 W modules on fixed-tilt steel structures, 11 string inverters of 110 kW, two 1,600 kVA 22/0.4 kV transformers and 24 kV metal-clad switchgear. The PV is synchronised with the plant's three diesel generators (1,825, 1,300 and 810 kVA), which MACC relocated into a new generator building.

The scope also included a 12,654 m² compacted base under the PV field, transformer and administration buildings, a module cleaning network, lighting, a weather station, and MV, LV and fibre-optic cabling for the SCADA, CCTV and power-plant management systems.