Renewable Energy in IsraelRenewable Energy in Israel

Eyal NaorEyal Naor

Deputy Chief of MissionDeputy Chief of Mission

Embassy of Israel, SerbiaEmbassy of Israel, Serbia February 6th, 2013February 6th, 2013

Israel is a small country (Size: 22,000 Square Kilometers)

Population is around 7.7 Million, half of the land is an arid desert

Israel is also one of the leading countries in innovation, Science, Hi-Tech, Medicine, Agriculture, Water Management and more..

And so, the demand is growing..

Global oil supply can't meet global oil demand forever..

Some estimations say that by 2040, production levels may be down to around 20% of what we currently consume

The environmental aspect

Overview – Energy in Israel • Israel’s main current sources of energy are: Coal (43%) and Gas (37%)

• Israel wishes to advance to alternative resources (Its efforts were given a boost by the recent discovery of substantial offshore reserves of natural gas) 

• Renewable energy sources: only 0.1% of the total capacity..

• Today, the national grid can absorb only 5%-20% of its energy from renewable sources - due to its inability to tolerate fluctuation

• ‘Israel Electric Corporation’ (IEC) is the sole supplier of all electrical power in Israel • The political situation prevents interconnections with neighboring countries (harms future chances for large-scale exports of electricity within the region\to the EU)

Government Milestones

• A Government resolution fromA Government resolution from January 2009: January 2009: 10% 10% of the total electricity generation will come of the total electricity generation will come from from Renewable Energy by 2020 (6.43 TWh)Renewable Energy by 2020 (6.43 TWh)

• Interim target of 5% by 2014Interim target of 5% by 2014

• The total installed capacity is expected to The total installed capacity is expected to reach 2.76 GW in 2020reach 2.76 GW in 2020

Meeting the Government’s targets for electricity production from Renewable

Sources

technology roof PV land PV mid size

land PV large size

thermo solar large

wind small size

wind large size biomass TOTAL

target year 2014 2020 2014 2020 2014 2020 2014 2020 2014 2020 2014 2020 2014 2020 2014 2020

installed capacity MW 200 420 450 750 100 300 550 1350 15 60 300 1000 50 140 1665 4020

annual production in kWh 340 714 765 1275 170 510 1018 2498 39 156 750 2500 250 700 3332 8353

surface in ha 1350 2250 300 900 1540 3780 6 24 150 500 10 28 3356 7482

leading Israeli companies in Solar Technology

Cumulative installed capacity now stands at 61 MW, of which around 88% represents grid-connected systems.

Israeli Wind Technology companies

Bio FuelsA combination of computational genomics, molecular biology and advanced traditional breeding methods are used in order to improve commercial crops that can serve as resources for the mass production of bio-fuels.

•Agricultural and animal waste •Domestic waste•Jathropha•Algae

‘Better Place’ developed an electric car and infrastructure, while trying to make it more affordable, convenient and sustainable than a gasoline-powered car. Currently operates in Israel, Denmark, Australia, North America, Japan and China.

Going green, going strongIsrael was recently ranked one of the top-three nations worldwide which provide the best conditions for Clean- Technology Startup companies (“CleanTech Group” – January 2012)

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As a world leader in Clean and Renewable Technology, Israel took upon itself to become

a leader - also in the usage of Renewable Energy

Thank you!