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In Israel, we LIVE the dream…every day
Alternative energy sources are on-line in Israel, not being dreamed about and planned in commitee…

65% of our drinking water will be coming from desalinized seawater within 3 years…

Practical electric cars go on sale in Israel this summer…

Israel plans expansion of solar power

Israel is planning an expansion of its solar-generated electricity with preparations to bring the first of more than 40 new solar plants onto the grid this summer.

Reprinted from jweekly.com

Arava Power is building the plants, including a $30 million, 20-acre Ketura Sun solar field in Israel’s scorching Negev desert, which will begin providing electricity to some 1,000 residents this summer.

Israel is pushing to become a world leader in alternative energy, with the government backing cutting-edge technologies and setting a goal to have 10 percent of its electricity generated by alternative means by 2020.

Right now, Israel depends almost entirely on imported coal and natural gas for its energy