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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Gaza power plant shuts down, causes blackouts
2017-07-14
Hudnas can be hell, too.
[IsraelTimes] Gazoo’s power distribution company says supplies to the territory’s 2 million residents have dropped to unprecedented lows, with blackouts lasting for more than 24 hours.

While the Paleostinian enclave needs at least 400 megawatts of power a day, only 70 are available since Gazoo’s power plant shut down late Wednesday.

Diesel fuel from neighboring Egypt had kept the station running at half capacity since June 21, but deliveries were interrupted after a deadly attack on Egyptian soldiers last week near the border.

Israel, the main provider of power to Gazoo, has cut shipments at the request of Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial...
. The Paleostinian leader is trying to put pressure on Gazoo’s Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, rulers.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  Whaaaaaa....

You reap what you sow.

So fuck off.
Posted by: DarthVader   2017-07-14 14:27  

#3  400 MW output per hour would be require a pretty significant mid-sized power station, or 280 fairly large wing turbines taking roughly 23 acres each. As the strip is just over 90,000 acres, they could put up 3,900 wind turbines and solve the middle east's energy crisis.

Yeah, that's the ticket.

The reality of the existing Gaza power station in this article can be found here.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2017-07-14 13:46  

#2  I think that the article meant 400 megawatt-hours per day. Units in the article were wrong. That translates to an average load of 16.7 megawatts. That seems more reasonable.

But the point still stands. Don't pay for electricity, no electricity for yuuuuu!!!!
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2017-07-14 10:24  

#1  Thought this was routine for Gaza.
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-07-14 09:40  

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