Located in the Negev Desert, the Ashalim thermo-solar power plant is an environmentally friendly renewable energy project tha ... t serves as an important milestone in promoting Israel’s national target of generating 10% of its power from renewable energy sources by 2020. At approximately 390 hectare, Negev Energy’s thermo-solar power plant is Israel’s largest renewable energy project. With the output sold directly to Israel Electric Corporation, the state-of-the-art 121 MW facility will provide clean, renewable energy to over 60,000 households. At full capacity, the plant will help reduce ~245,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year, the equivalent of taking 50,000 vehicles off the road. read more