I am sure that many of us have seen solar panels on roofs in our own neighborhoods. It looks like solar might be the way to go to conserve energy.
Solar power makes a big jump with new Negev project
Israelās most ambitious renewable energy project will supply electricity for businesses in Eilat and beyond, says expert
BY DAVID SHAMAH September 8, 2014, 5:19 pm 9
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Israel is pressing ahead with developing alternative power sources like solar energy, despite the prospect of cheaper electricity rates, an expected benefit of the huge natural gas finds off the countryās shore. On Monday, a tender for the development and operation of the first phase of what is set to be the largest-ever solar energy field in Israel was announced by the Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Initiative.
The tender for the construction of a new 50 megawatt photovoltaic (PV) solar tracker energy system is set to be issued in October by the Israel Lands Administration (ILA), which owns the 1,000 dunam (247 acre) plot of land on which the PV field will be built in the Arava desert, about 28 km (18 miles) north of Eilat. Itās a state of the art tracker system, which moves the PV panels in accordance with the sunās orientation, and itās expected to come on line in 2016. This is the first of three tenders that will be issued over the next several years. When completed by the end of the decade, the entire project will produce 170 mw of electricity from the sunās rays.
To lend some scale, said Dorit Davidovich-Banet, director of Eilat-Eilot, āall the industry and business in the industrial parks from Eilat to the Sedom Junction (about 150 kilometers north of Eilat) use 160 mw of electricity.ā Existing solar fields in the Negev already produce 64 mw of power, so āwe will be able to more than adequately supply the region with electricity when the entire system comes online,ā she said.
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Solar power makes a big jump with new Negev project The Times of Israel
Solar power makes a big jump with new Negev project
Israelās most ambitious renewable energy project will supply electricity for businesses in Eilat and beyond, says expert
BY DAVID SHAMAH September 8, 2014, 5:19 pm 9
WRITERS
David Shamah
RELATED TOPICS
Israel is pressing ahead with developing alternative power sources like solar energy, despite the prospect of cheaper electricity rates, an expected benefit of the huge natural gas finds off the countryās shore. On Monday, a tender for the development and operation of the first phase of what is set to be the largest-ever solar energy field in Israel was announced by the Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Initiative.
The tender for the construction of a new 50 megawatt photovoltaic (PV) solar tracker energy system is set to be issued in October by the Israel Lands Administration (ILA), which owns the 1,000 dunam (247 acre) plot of land on which the PV field will be built in the Arava desert, about 28 km (18 miles) north of Eilat. Itās a state of the art tracker system, which moves the PV panels in accordance with the sunās orientation, and itās expected to come on line in 2016. This is the first of three tenders that will be issued over the next several years. When completed by the end of the decade, the entire project will produce 170 mw of electricity from the sunās rays.
To lend some scale, said Dorit Davidovich-Banet, director of Eilat-Eilot, āall the industry and business in the industrial parks from Eilat to the Sedom Junction (about 150 kilometers north of Eilat) use 160 mw of electricity.ā Existing solar fields in the Negev already produce 64 mw of power, so āwe will be able to more than adequately supply the region with electricity when the entire system comes online,ā she said.
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Solar power makes a big jump with new Negev project The Times of Israel
