Major Solar Power Plants in Israel: Vision or Reality?

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Major Solar Power Plants in Israel: Vision or Reality? David Faiman Dept. of Solar Energy & Environmental Physics Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research Ben-Gurion University Sede Boqer Campus, 84990 Israel Invited presentation at the NUMOV “Renewable Energies in Israel” information seminar, Berlin September 25, 2008

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Major Solar Power Plants in Israel: Vision

or Reality?David Faiman

Dept. of Solar Energy & Environmental Physics

Blaustein Institutes for Desert ResearchBen-Gurion University

Sede Boqer Campus, 84990 Israel

Invited presentation at the NUMOV “Renewable Energies in Israel” information seminar, Berlin September 25, 2008

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The Reality - 2008

(What works?)

1. Photovoltaic systems2. Solar-thermal trough

systems

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PV - State of the Art

Springerville, Arizona, USA

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Springerville system performance

(L.M. Moore & H.N. Post, Prog. Photovolt: Res. Appl. 2008; 16:249-259)

3.51 MWp STC rating

99.7 % availability (5-year average) 1707 kWhAC/kWp (3-year average) 9.9% AC efficiency (3-year average) 17 km2(land)/TWhAC /year