EDF Renewables to build largest PV plant in Israel
EDF Renewables has won the Israeli government’s tender to build and operate the country’s largest solar plant.
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Israel: EDF Renewables, a unit of the French company EDF, has won the Israeli government’s latest tender to build and operate the country’s largest solar plant. The 300 MW project is set to be built in the Negev desert, near the southern city of Dimona.
The company submitted a bid of just below ILS 0.07 ($0.019)/kWh, marking the lowest price ever recorded in an energy tender in the country. Once completed, the Dimona-Ashalim region will supply 700 MW of renewable energy across six plants.
“This project is a real breakthrough regarding electricity prices, strengthening the country’s energy independence, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. We will continue to promote national projects through the public-private partnership (PPP) method to provide maximum value to electricity consumers and the necessary certainty in establishing national infrastructure according to the economy’s needs,” said the accountant general in the Israeli Ministry of Finance, Yehli Rotenberg.
“The tender is an important milestone on the way to achieving the national renewable energy target. The unprecedented price of less than ILS 0.07 per kWh demonstrates the significant progress in solar technology and highlights the potential of solar energy to strengthen the electricity grid by diversifying energy sources and decentralizing power generation sites while also offering very attractive energy prices for the electricity market,” commented Minister of Energy Yossi Dagan.
Source: pv magazine
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