Israel Electric Corporation
| Israel Electric Corporation Ltd. Chevrat ha-Chaschmal |
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|---|---|
| legal form | Limited |
| Seat |
Haifa , Israel
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| management | Ofer Bloch |
| sales | 23 billion shekels (5.8 billion euros ) |
| Branch | Electricity supplier |
| Website | www.iec.co.il |
| As of December 31, 2015 | |
The Israel Electric Corporation Ltd. ( Hebrew חֶבְרַת הָחַשְׁמָל לְיִשְׂרָאֵל Chevrat ha-Chaschmal lə-Jisra'el , abbreviation: IEC) is a power generation and utility company in Israel . The head office has been located in the IEC Tower in Haifa since 2003 .
history
Founded on March 29, 1923 under the direction of Pinchas Ruthenberg , the company is the largest electricity company producing, transmitting and distributing electricity in Israel. The State of Israel is the majority shareholder of the company with 99.85%. IEC employs around 12,968 people nationwide, including 2,383 permanent and 210 temporary workers (as of December 31, 2013) at IEC's power plants (generation segment).
The IEC is one of the largest industrial companies in Israel, along with the nationwide power distribution network and 30 power plant locations, including the five large thermal power plants. At the end of 2013, the IEC power transmission network had a total length of around 5,200 km and comprises 13 transformation stations and around 190 transformation substations. The IEC distribution network consists of lines for high voltages of 33 kV , 22 kV and 6.3 kV to 12.6 kV and low-voltage networks . The network is almost exclusively owned by the IEC. The exception are internal distribution networks in smaller towns that obtain electricity from IEC and distribute and bill them themselves within their area. The star voltage customary in Israeli low- voltage networks is 230 V and a network frequency of 50 Hz, the same as in Europe.
The total generation capacity is around 13.6 GW . In 2011, electricity generation in Israel was 59,465 GWh, household electricity consumption was 15,921 GWh and 12,015 GWh was used in industrial companies.
The base load electricity is obtained from coal and natural gas. The IEC operates ten coal-fired power generation plants with a total output of 4.84 GW. The coal plants are spread over two locations. In Orot Rabin in Hadera six plants with a total capacity of 2.59 GW in operation, while four other plants with a total capacity of 2.25 GW in the Rutenberg Power Station in Ashkelon are.
Since 2013, the Israeli IEC has been purchasing natural gas from local deposits such as the Tamar gas field . Thanks to this, a massive shift in electricity generation to natural gas has been initiated, although coal remains important. Heavy oil, on the other hand, hardly plays a role anymore.
Raw material supply
coal
The IEC has been the sole owner of the Israel National Coal Company Ltd. since 2003 . The subsidiary has the task of ensuring the coal imports and is also responsible for quality assurance and standards that are set by the government. The coal supply of the IEC power plants comes from different countries of origin, such as Australia , South Africa , Colombia and Russia . Around 40,000 tons of coal are burned every day in the power plants in Ashkelon and Hadera alone. In 2013, the share of coal in electricity generation was around 53%, around 10% less than in the previous year. By 2020, the coal share is expected to drop to 19%. Even then, coal will still remain an important energy source in the Israeli electricity industry. Last but not least, coal storage is much easier and cheaper than natural gas. Coal is therefore of great importance for the security of supply of the Israeli energy industry.
| year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amount of imported coal (in millions of tons) | 13.18 | 14.36 | 11.71 |
| Number of annual ship arrivals | 88 | 109 | 94 |
In 2000 the coal terminal in Ashdod was closed and the coal shift was transferred to the port of Ashkelon.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Company Management
- ^ Hedy Cohen: Israel Electric profit fell 53% in 2015. In: Globes English. March 22, 2016, accessed November 14, 2016 .
- ↑ Mordecai Naor: Eretz Israel. The 20th century. Könemann, Cologne, 1998, ISBN 3-89508-594-4 , p. 123.
- ↑ Annual report IEC 2013
- ↑ Financial Reports For The Year Ended December 31, 2015
- ↑ Israel's energy policy relies on natural gas and sun on gtai.de, accessed October 19, 2014.
- ^ Website Israel National Coal Company