EDF Renewables has won the Israeli government’s tender to build and operate the country’s largest solar power plant.
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Israel: EDF Renewablesa subsidiary of the French group EDF, has won the Israeli government’s recent tender to build and operate the country’s largest solar power plant. 300MW The project is to be located in the Negev desert near the southern city Dimona.
The company submitted a bid of just under ILS 0.07 ($0.019)/kWh, 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 in terms of electricity prices, strengthens the country’s energy independence and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. We will continue to promote national projects under the public-private partnership (PPP) method in order to provide the greatest possible benefit to electricity consumers and ensure the necessary security in building a national infrastructure in line with the needs of the economy,” said the Accountant General of 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 0.07 ILS per kWh shows the significant progress in solar technology and underlines the potential of solar energy to strengthen the electricity grid by diversifying energy sources and decentralizing power generation sites, while offering very attractive energy prices to the electricity market,” commented Energy Minister Yossi Dagan.
Source: pv magazine
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