Buriej WWTP solar PV plant handed over as operation and maintenance begins

MACC has handed over Contract 4, the 3.5 MWp solar PV plant at the Buriej Wastewater Treatment Plant, to CMWU and has begun the three-year operation and maintenance phase under the KfW-funded Gaza Central Wastewater Project.

MACC has handed over Contract 4 of the Gaza Central Wastewater Project: the solar PV plant serving the Buriej Wastewater Treatment Plant on the eastern edge of the Gaza Strip. Taking-over certificates for both project sites were issued by the Engineer, Dorsch International Consultants, and the three-year operation and maintenance phase runs from August 2020.

The Buriej plant has a capacity of about 3.5 MWp (3,544 kWp DC, 3,000 kWac) from about 9,450 Risen 375 Wp monocrystalline modules and 50 Huawei 60 kW string inverters, connected at 22 kV. Together with the 1.2 MWp plant at the Sheikh Ajleen WWTP, Contract 4 totals 4.7 MWp, funded by KfW for the Coastal Municipalities Water Utility.

Fuel-save controllers synchronise the PV with the GEDCO grid and the treatment plant's diesel and biogas generators, reducing fuel use. In its first year the Buriej plant generated 5,938 MWh at a performance ratio of 94.5%. MACC now operates and maintains both plants with annual performance reporting.