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Sunday Solar to Build Large Solar Array on "Damaged" Negev Land

Maurice Picow
By Maurice Picow
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Israeli solar energy innovator Sunday Energy has been chosen to construct a solar energy panel array in a section of the country’s Negev desert region, according to an article in Globes financial news.

The 5 mw installation will be constructed together with Moshav Yad Natan in a 120 dunam (42.5 acre) area where the land as been designated as “damaged” or non-usable due to either extensive agricultural use or from erosion. Cost of the project is estimated to be around $26.3 million and will include photovoltaic (PV) solar panel arrays, engineering facilities and water reservoirs to supply the water needed to supply steam for the turbines that will generate the electricity.

Sunday has been mentioned several times by Green Prophet, including the company’s involvement in projects such as its innovative solar energy idea to “boost power output on water” as well as its teaming up with another Israeli clean tech company, Ormat Industries, to construct solar energy projects valued at more than $195 million, which will include solar energy systems with a capacity of as much as 37 mw.

These projects, along with the news one noted by Globes, clearly indicate a bright future for this company as an innovator and supplier of PV solar energy systems.

The use of non arable land for these types of projects is a good idea as it enables such land to be put to good use and frees arable land for agriculture use. A similar project by Sunday has also been slated at another Negev settlement, Kibbutz Zeelim, which will also entail a 5 mw solar panel array at a similar cost. A considerable portion of Israel’s Negev desert region is considered as non-arable; and solar energy projects such as these may eventually be able to supply a sizable portion of the country’s electricity needs.

This need for “going solar” was asked recently by the UN Environment Program to Israel to use  more solar energy for domestic use rather than merely exporting the technology abroad. It makes sense that solar energy power plants produced by companies like Sunday will be in use more and more in a country that has little natural resources other than this very common one – the sun.

:: Globes

More on Sunday Energy and Israeli solar energy:
The U.N. Asks Israel to Use More Solar Power
Sunday Energy Helping to Produce Israel’s First Solar Powered Wine
Ormat and Sunday Solar Power Up in $195 Million Deal

Maurice Picow
Maurice Picowhttps://www.greenprophet.com/
Maurice Picow grew up in Oklahoma City, U.S.A., where he received a B.S. Degree in Business Administration. Following graduation, Maurice embarked on a career as a real estate broker before making the decision to move to Israel. After arriving in Israel, he came involved in the insurance agency business and later in the moving and international relocation fields. Maurice became interested in writing news and commentary articles in the late 1990’s, and now writes feature articles for the The Jerusalem Post as well as being a regular contributor to Green Prophet. He has also written a non-fiction study on Islam, a two volume adventure novel, and is completing a romance novel about a forbidden love affair. Writing topics of particular interest for Green Prophet are those dealing with global warming and climate change, as well as clean technology - particularly electric cars.

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20 COMMENTS

  6. […] The sun makes us old and wrinkly, but in Israel getting some “sun” through your pension plan can make you green. Without the possibility of buying green bonds, many Israelis wonder how they can invest in solar energy (it’s a question I’ve asked to people in the government), and now by subscribing to Migdal, a major insurance broker and holding company, some of your pension plan will be diverted to making good energy: Migdal just invested $30 million in Sunday Energy.  […]

  9. This is a great example of companies being smart about developing solar power. Using land that can't be used for anything else to build solar “farms” is a good idea. My only concern is that the article mentioned that some of the land wasn't usable because of erosion. Would this affect the solar arrays?

  10. This is a great example of companies being smart about developing solar power. Using land that can't be used for anything else to build solar “farms” is a good idea. My only concern is that the article mentioned that some of the land wasn't usable because of erosion. Would this affect the solar arrays?

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