Israel has already issued 25 conditional licenses to companies building solar energy installations near the Gaza strip.
Israel’s National Public Utility Authority (PUA) has received numerous requests to build solar facilities along the edge of the Gaza strip, according to Xinhua News Agency. Two out of the eleven companies would provide 180MW of electricity generated by solar-thermal technology, while the remaining nine will generated an additional 500MW with photovoltaics.
The PUA has already issued conditional licenses for 25 medium-sized plants that will account for almost 50% of the region’s electricity output. “We expected to see the entire south of the country covered in solar fields,” PUA licensing chief Moshe Sheetrit told the paper.
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Author: Tafline Laylin
As a tour leader who led “eco-friendly” camping trips throughout North America, Tafline soon realized that she was instead leaving behind a trail of gas fumes, plastic bottles and Pringles. In fact, wherever she traveled – whether it was Viet Nam or South Africa or England – it became clear how inefficiently the mandate to re-think our consumer culture is reaching the general public. Born in Iran, raised in South Africa and the United States, she currently splits her time between Africa and the Middle East. Tafline can be reached at tafline (at) greenprophet (dot) com.
Solar panels are expensive. I wonder what kind of insurance these companies would need, with Gaza and the rockets just over the fence.