New Solar Power Farm in Israel Will 'Help Fight Terror'

May 3rd, 2009 by Jake Richardson

Shimon 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.

Zenith Solar provided the technology for the system. They have a patented CSP device which they say can use a great deal of the sun’s energy: “ZenithSolar utilizes the heat generated at the solar cell receiver to provide usable hot water heating, improving overall solar power conversion efficiency to 75% “. Each of the mirrored solar collecting dishes at the site has 110 square feet of surface area.

A vineyard will be planted between the rows of solar cells. Kibbutz Yavne has 1,500 acres of land for growing field crops, fruit, poultry and dairy. It is the site of the largest chicken hatchery in Israel. About 1,100 people live there.

For more information see the video produced by Israeli National News.

Image Credit: Public Domain (Note: The dish pictured above is not from Israel. An actual Yavne dish photo legally available could not be found in a timely manner).

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Tags: CSP, israel, shimon peres, solar hot water heater, terrorism, yavne kibbutz

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stiven

Thanks Steve, I thought I had over reacted with my comment (before yours) but then you go ahead a completely prove my point. You really do believe all that Israeli financed propaganda (FOX&CNN)… and it really does fuel your racism and hatred towards people with real families just like yours…
stiven

Thanks Steve, I thought I had over reacted with my comment (before yours) but then you go ahead a completely prove my point. You really do believe all that Israeli financed propaganda (FOX&CNN)… and it really does fuel your racism and hatred towards people with real families just like yours…
Steve

“A Palestinian boy defending his family with a home made rocket” That made me lol. All of you who are anti “Israeli aggression” must live in the region and have seen first hand atrocities committed by Israel. From my point of view, Ive heard so called Palestinian leaders calling for the destruction of Israel, Ive heard of Palestinian suicide bombers blowing up Israelis. No doubt its a bad situation over there for the Palestinians. Maybe one day they can learn to be civilized and learn that peace is the answer, not hopelessly firing homemade rockets trying to kill civilians. Anybody ever see videos of a bunch of Palestinians wearing bombs and doing there chanting mumbo jumbo. If I could I would blow all of them up and you guys would cry about killing civilians. Pathetic.
Steve

“A Palestinian boy defending his family with a home made rocket” That made me lol. All of you who are anti “Israeli aggression” must live in the region and have seen first hand atrocities committed by Israel. From my point of view, Ive heard so called Palestinian leaders calling for the destruction of Israel, Ive heard of Palestinian suicide bombers blowing up Israelis. No doubt its a bad situation over there for the Palestinians. Maybe one day they can learn to be civilized and learn that peace is the answer, not hopelessly firing homemade rockets trying to kill civilians. Anybody ever see videos of a bunch of Palestinians wearing bombs and doing there chanting mumbo jumbo. If I could I would blow all of them up and you guys would cry about killing civilians. Pathetic.
http://www.esustentable.com stiven

Great, finally a way to stop those “terror” makers in Venezuela an Iran… what about Cuban’s (oh wait they cant be terrorist because they don’t have anything we want from them).

This article and the quote from MR. Peres is simply embarrassing. And the worst part of all is that it represents the point of view of many in the US and Israel.

A palestinian boy defending his family with a home made rocket is terror but a full on assault on innocent civilians from the worlds best equipped armed force is freedom fighting….right???

How the poor Venezuelans fit into this is beyond educated thought.
http://www.esustentable.com stiven

Great, finally a way to stop those “terror” makers in Venezuela an Iran… what about Cuban’s (oh wait they cant be terrorist because they don’t have anything we want from them).

This article and the quote from MR. Peres is simply embarrassing. And the worst part of all is that it represents the point of view of many in the US and Israel.

A palestinian boy defending his family with a home made rocket is terror but a full on assault on innocent civilians from the worlds best equipped armed force is freedom fighting….right???

How the poor Venezuelans fit into this is beyond educated thought.
doug

Wait: If sunlight is democratic and “available to everyone,” why did this project require venture capitalist support? One can just hold out their hands on a sunny day and magically convert it into electricity for the people! It requires no money or investment. I suppose these capitalists will be democratically distributing the returns on their investment as well, yeah?

“It is a natural way to fight terror because the oil-producing countries of Iran and Venezuela destroy our lives by terror.” Does the nonsensical logic of this statement need to be pointed out to anyone?
doug

Wait: If sunlight is democratic and “available to everyone,” why did this project require venture capitalist support? One can just hold out their hands on a sunny day and magically convert it into electricity for the people! It requires no money or investment. I suppose these capitalists will be democratically distributing the returns on their investment as well, yeah?

“It is a natural way to fight terror because the oil-producing countries of Iran and Venezuela destroy our lives by terror.” Does the nonsensical logic of this statement need to be pointed out to anyone?
http://shakageek.com William

Now this is the type of technology that we should start to incorporate in this 21st century. This is the green power that we should use to improve our life and the life of others.

This is also a great way to make a 3rd world country much less poorer, and give the less fortunate another and better chance at life.
http://shakageek.com William

Now this is the type of technology that we should start to incorporate in this 21st century. This is the green power that we should use to improve our life and the life of others.

This is also a great way to make a 3rd world country much less poorer, and give the less fortunate another and better chance at life.
Jon

Yes, Jeremy, you are right. Thin film PH can be used to line the walls of buildings to generate electricity.
Jon

Yes, Jeremy, you are right. Thin film PH can be used to line the walls of buildings to generate electricity.
Jeremy

Wow, very cool indeed, I love to hear about new clean energy projects. One question. If the CSP technology is really cheaper than the PV technology is it suitable for roof-top use? Putting aside issues of building codes / public opinion for the moment, what are the economics of this technology and how much power can be generated from a single 6 X 6 foot “dish”? Perhaps we have a technology that can make solar affordable for home/owners? Or maybe we can use this to line the roofs of the Wall-Marts / Malls / Office Buildings of the world. Is it feasible?
Jeremy

Wow, very cool indeed, I love to hear about new clean energy projects. One question. If the CSP technology is really cheaper than the PV technology is it suitable for roof-top use? Putting aside issues of building codes / public opinion for the moment, what are the economics of this technology and how much power can be generated from a single 6 X 6 foot “dish”? Perhaps we have a technology that can make solar affordable for home/owners? Or maybe we can use this to line the roofs of the Wall-Marts / Malls / Office Buildings of the world. Is it feasible?
Stephen

Will it stop Israel’s terror? No. Peres has no clue. Venezuela supports terrorism now? I think he’s getting confused with supporting terror and opposing Israel at the UN and speaking out against its aggression. The Israelis will be calling Venezuela anti-semitic next – ah they already are.
Stephen

Will it stop Israel’s terror? No. Peres has no clue. Venezuela supports terrorism now? I think he’s getting confused with supporting terror and opposing Israel at the UN and speaking out against its aggression. The Israelis will be calling Venezuela anti-semitic next – ah they already are.
user01

I think the title of the article might be wrong. I can’t see any way that this solar power is going to stop Israel terrorizing its neighbors, and as the biggest perpetrator of terror in the region, I think most people reading the title would assume that the article is talking about solar energy stopping them murdering and plundering.
user01

I think the title of the article might be wrong. I can’t see any way that this solar power is going to stop Israel terrorizing its neighbors, and as the biggest perpetrator of terror in the region, I think most people reading the title would assume that the article is talking about solar energy stopping them murdering and plundering.
http://www.solarfeeds.com scott

this is great. people need to realize that solar is not just for residential rooftops. commercial and utility projects are the future. The weekly breakthroughs in solar technology will also help bring the cost down while the efficiency goes up. here is something I found from yale research:

http://www.solarfeeds.com/yale-environment-360/6890-a-potential-breakthrough-in-harnessing-the-suns-energy.html

-Scott
http://www.solarfeeds.com scott

this is great. people need to realize that solar is not just for residential rooftops. commercial and utility projects are the future. The weekly breakthroughs in solar technology will also help bring the cost down while the efficiency goes up. here is something I found from yale research:

http://www.solarfeeds.com/yale-environment-360/6890-a-potential-breakthrough-in-harnessing-the-suns-energy.html

-Scott