Israel installs coastal submarine power cable
Israel’s new underwater transmission line span approximately 150 km from Ashkelon to Haifa in the north. The government says the new cable may be connected to a submarine transmission line that Israel, Greece and Cyprus plan to build in the Mediterranean Sea.
Israel prepares 800 MW of pumped hydro storage
Renewables company Ellomay Capital has been forced to reduce the scale of its planned 340 MW Manara Cliff project, in the north of the country, because two rival schemes have already gobbled up a large proportion of the capacity quota currently offered by the government.
Israel’s 300 MW solar-plus-storage tender reportedly at risk
Financial newspaper Globes has reported the tender, launched only three weeks ago, is being opposed by the country’s Land Authority, which claims the project could interfere with sand-mining near Dimona.
