Ireland, AFD, World Bank finance Gaza solar power plant

Ireland is to provide €8.8 million to help finance - along with France's AFD and the World Bank - the construction of a 7.5MW solar power plant in Northern Gaza. The plant will provide clean, reliable energy to the NGEST wastewater treatment plant.

"We're going to spend almost €9 million building one of the largest solar projects across the Middle East. It's going to be eight hectares of solar panels powering a water purification and a sewerage treatment plant which is going to improve the quality of people's water in Gaza city significantly and it's badly needed," said Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney.

The total project will cost over €67 million.