EDF has commissioned a 40 MW solar power project in Ashalim, a small community located in southern Israel’s Negev Desert. The facility is the fourth PV project built by the French company in the area, with the other projects completed in 2018.
The newly commissioned solar farm will provide energy to the grid at a rate of (US$0.0223)/kWh, the cheapest cost paid for energy and solar power in the country so far. Currently, 312 MW of operating solar capacity is being hosted by the Ashalim community. In May 2023, The Israel Land Authority introduced a tender for the renting of 28,000 acres (11,331 ha) of land in the Negev Desert for the construction of large-scale solar power plants.
The country has already installed about 5 GW of PV to improve its production capacity, and the goal is to generate 20% of its output through renewables by 2025 and 30% by 2030. Israel is mainly dependent on solar energy to achieve these targets, as evident by the proposed large-scale solar power plant deployment in the Negev desert.
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June 09, 2023
Enlight to supply power to Amdocs Park in Ra'anana
Enlight Renewable Energy has entered into a 12-year corporate power purchase agreement with Amdocs to supply green energy to power the software giant’s new office campus in Israel. The agreemen...
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September 15, 2022
JA Solar, S'ENERGY complete installation of 10.705 MW Israeli floating solar PV project
JA Solar has announced the installation of the 10.705 MW Tel Yitzhak Reservoir floating solar photovoltaic (PV) power project in Israel. The installation of a floating PV farm permits the full utiliz...
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February 28, 2022
Eco Wave commences installation at 100 kW EWP-EDF One wave energy project
Eco Wave Power Global AB has finalized the production of all floaters required for the EWP-EDF One Project, and commenced installation of the floaters to the sea wall in the Port of Jaffa, Israel. Th...
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January 18, 2022
Eco Wave Power progresses toward the final stages of Wave Energy Converter Project in the Port of Jaffa
Eco Wave Power Global AB has announced that the first set of floaters and supporting structures for Eco Wave Power’s grid-connected EWP-EDF One project have been delivered to the Jaffa Port proj...
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August 25, 2021
Israel shortlists 11 bidders for 300 MW solar with energy storage project near Dimona
The Government of Israel has shortlisted 11 bidders for the development of a 300 MW solar photovoltaic farm with a battery energy storage project located in the Negev desert. The groups that su...
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