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Keeping the energy transition afloat

With strict limits in place on the volume of Israeli land which can host solar panels – at least for now – installing modules on the nation’s reservoirs, as well as rooftops, is offering a lifeline to the PV industry, as Michael Fuhs reports from Ashdot Ya’akov Ihud.

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Michael Fuhs

09 Mar 2023

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Mountains rise on the horizon. To the left and right, bananas grow in green fields. In the middle sits a small body of water with two long sides extending 100 meters, on its surface a floating PV (FPV) plant rests, but is by no means idle.“It is the first floating installation on a water reservoir …

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