SAMAA is the given name to the Yabrud village community photovoltaic solar power plant. SAMAA is an Arabic word which means “sky”. The name of the project represents the infinite freedom of people and the shared sky, land and resources.
The project was initiated by one engineer from Yabrud village (Abed Taha) who is a renewable energy expert and works in the solar business since many years. He managed to secure a donation of solar panels from TEL Solar AG in Switzerland end of 2014 and mobilized over 100 contributors from Palestine, Jordan, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland to cooperate in the project with their efforts and know-how.
The main goal of SAMAA is to build a fundamental knowledge about the creation and use of renewable energy, in order to vitalize the positive development of the area which will be kept and transferred to the next generations and surrounding communities. The project is managed by SAMAA Yabrud Association (NGO), responsible for educating and transferring the gained know-how. It also aims at generating power for the village from different solar installations using the available village roof tops.
The project was initiated by one engineer from Yabrud village (Abed Taha) who is a renewable energy expert and works in the solar business since many years. He managed to secure a donation of solar panels from TEL Solar AG in Switzerland end of 2014 and mobilized over 100 contributors from Palestine, Jordan, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland to cooperate in the project with their efforts and know-how.
The main goal of SAMAA is to build a fundamental knowledge about the creation and use of renewable energy, in order to vitalize the positive development of the area which will be kept and transferred to the next generations and surrounding communities. The project is managed by SAMAA Yabrud Association (NGO), responsible for educating and transferring the gained know-how. It also aims at generating power for the village from different solar installations using the available village roof tops.
In March 2015 the village organized a small team of volunteers from the village to install the first stage at the school roof with a size of 30 Kwp.
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