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Israel Aims Big For PV Plant
Israel is about to embark on one of the world’s biggest PV projects
According to Israeli media the Israel Electric Company has approved a plan to build an 80 megawatts (MW) photovoltaic power plant. Arava Power, a joint venture of Kibbutz Ketura and foreign investors, plans to build the power plant at a cost of about $400 million. Currently the world's largest photovoltaic system is a 40 MW array in Germany.
The solar panels will be erected on roughly 1500 dunams of kibbutz land which will be re-zoned for power production use. The company recently announced an exclusive agreement with 15 kibbutzim in the Negev and Arava to use their land for solar fields. Arava Power announced the IEC approval in the run-up to the Eilat-Eilot International Renewable Energy Conference.
The solar panels will be erected on roughly 1500 dunams of kibbutz land which will be re-zoned for power production use. The company recently announced an exclusive agreement with 15 kibbutzim in the Negev and Arava to use their land for solar fields. Arava Power announced the IEC approval in the run-up to the Eilat-Eilot International Renewable Energy Conference.
