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Ketura Sun is Israel’s first commercial solar field. Built in early 2011 by
Arava Power
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Ketura Sun is Israel’s first commercial solar field. Built in early 2011 by Arava Power Company
Arava, Aravah or Arabah may refer to:
Places
* Arava, Estonia, a village in Anija Commune, Harju County, Estonia
*Arava(h) (Hebrew) or Arabah (Arabic), a section of the Great Rift Valley between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba in Israel and Jor ...
on Kibbutz Ketura, it covers 20 acres (8.09 hectares) and is expected to produce to 4.95 megawatts. It has the first automatic solar panel cleaning system in the world.
Characteristics
The field consists of 18,500 photovoltaic panels made bySuntech
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. () is a Chinese producer of solar panels, with of annual production capacity by the end of 2011. It is headquartered in Wuxi, Jiangsu. Shunfeng International Clean Energy Limited, a HKSE listed renewable energy inv ...
, which will produce about nine million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year. In the next twenty years, the field will spare the production of some 125,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide. The field is connected to Israel’s national power grid and sends electricity to the 33,000 volt line to kibbutzim in the area.
Ketura Sun features the world's first fully automated solar panel cleaning system.
See also
*Energy in Israel
Most energy in Israel comes from fossil fuels. The country's total primary energy demand is significantly higher than its total primary energy production, relying heavily on imports to meet its energy needs. Total primary energy consumption was ...
References
External links
Arava Power
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