Palestine
PSEPalestine is among the world's biggest wind and solar producers and still burns fossil fuels for most of its power.
39% of its electricity is wind and solar; 61% is still fossil. Both are true at once, and that tension is the whole story of the transition.
What this grid depends on
Three measures that say more about a country than how much power it makes. Open “what this means” on any of them if the term is new.
Cleaner than 5 in 10 grids worldwide.
What this means
How much planet-warming gas is released to make one unit of electricity. Two countries can generate exactly the same amount and one of them be ten times dirtier doing it. Lower is better.
Palestine depends heavily on its neighbours for power.
What this means
The share of the electricity used here that was generated abroad and carried in over high-voltage lines. The higher it climbs, the more this country relies on a neighbour to keep its lights on.
Also true of Palestine
Palestine generates no gas electricity at all, in a region built on it.
65% of grids in Asia draw more than a tenth of their power from gas.
Palestine has about as many people as Norway, and 159 times less electricity to share between them.
5.5 million people against 5.6 million, but 180 kWh per person a year against 28,598.
Palestine brings in 88% of the electricity it uses.
Its own power stations cover the rest.
Palestine’s neighbours
JordanJordan is among the world's biggest wind and solar producers and still burns fossil fuels for most of its power.
IsraelIsrael is among the world's biggest wind and solar producers and still burns fossil fuels for most of its power.
EgyptEgypt is first in Africa for how much electricity it makes.
LebanonLebanon has cleaned up its grid faster than most people realise.
CyprusCyprus is among the world's biggest wind and solar producers and still burns fossil fuels for most of its power.
Figures are for 2024, the most recent year reported for Palestine. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.