Ashalim power plant
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| Coordinates | 30 ° 57 '54 " N , 34 ° 43' 34" E | ||
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| power | 121 MW | ||
| Start of operations | April 1, 2019 | ||
The Aschalim power plant is a solar tower power plant near the Aschalim kibbutz south of Beersheba in the Israeli Negev desert. With an output of 121 megawatts , it is one of the largest solar thermal power plants in the world. Among other things, the world's highest solar tower with a height of 240 meters was built on site.
To concentrate the light on the absorber, thousands of computer-controlled solar mirrors that track the position of the sun are installed over an area of 3 km². The total investment amounts to 500 million euros. The US company General Electric and the French company Alstom are involved in the financing . Thanks to the storage of thermal energy in a salt storage facility , the plant can produce energy for up to 18 hours a day.
The electricity generated is sufficient to supply 120,000 households.
The power plant went online in April 2019 and feeds electrical energy into the public power grid. The share of renewable energies in the Israeli electricity mix is currently just 2.5%. The Israeli government wants to increase the percentage to 10% by 2020.
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- ↑ a b One of the largest renewable energy projects in the world, the sprawling Negev complex will produce 300 megawatts of clean electricity every day. www.israel21c.org, November 28, 2017, accessed July 30, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c In Israeli desert, world's highest solar tower looks to future. The Times Of Israel, June 19, 2016, accessed July 30, 2018 .
- ↑ Israel to build world's tallest solar tower in symbol of renewable energy ambition. Independent, January 5, 2017, accessed July 30, 2018 .
- ↑ GE Renewable Energy Power Station Ashalim, Israel
- ↑ DER SPIEGEL: Negev: The tallest solar tower in the world is growing in Israel's desert - DER SPIEGEL - Science. Der Spiegel, June 18, 2016, accessed on March 16, 2020 .