Green Options » yavne kibbutz http://greenoptions.com/tag/yavne-kibbutz Posts tagged 'yavne kibbutz' Sun, 03 May 2009 17:54:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en New Solar Power Farm in Israel Will ‘Help Fight Terror’ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/05/03/new-solar-power-farm-in-israel-will-help-fight-terror/ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/05/03/new-solar-power-farm-in-israel-will-help-fight-terror/#comments Sun, 03 May 2009 17:54:46 +0000 Jake Richardson http://cleantechnica.com/2009/05/03/new-solar-power-farm-in-israel-will-help-fight-terror/ solar powerShimon Peres, the President of Israel helped launch a new solar farm at Kibbutz Yavne this week. The farm uses concentrating solar power to generate electricity and hot water. President Peres said at the launching ceremony, “It is a natural way to fight terror because the oil-producing countries of Iran and Venezuela destroy our lives by terror.” He also called solar power democratic because sunlight is available to everyone.

No government aid was required for the project. It was funded entirely by Israeli venture capitalists. The cost of the electricity generated is approximately 8 cents per kilowatt hour. This price is slightly less than the cost for electricity provided by the main power supplier in Israel, the Israeli Electric Corporation.

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