Israel hooks solar plant to national grid
Feb 17, 2009 01:00 AM
Israel Electric Corp. (IEC) has approved its first connection of a photovoltaic solar power plant to the national
grid. IEC will connect Arava Power Co.'s 80-MW solar power plant to its national grid.
The $ 400 mm plant is owned by Kibbutz Ketura, with a 40 % stake, and a group of US investors led by Yosef
Abramowitz.
Arava Power already has received a license from the Electricity Public Utilities Authority to build a 5-MW substation
as part of the plant.
IEC hopes to approve and build a 161-kW high-tension power line in Arava to transmit the power within four years.
