Sunday, December 7
The tours will take place between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
In parallel:
- Investor meeting between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m in Akaba
- Trip from Tel Aviv to Eilat, including stops at solar stations in the Negev and in the Arava
Passive Cooling Tower at Neot Semadar | Demonstration Field at Ketura |
Energy Laboratory Center
Departing from Eilat, 11:00 a.m. Returning 4:00 p.m.
- Passive Cooling Tower at Neot Semadar
The great uniqueness in the desert construction at Neot Semadar is that the residents themselves were the principal planners and builders, in keeping with their overall worldview. The residents tried to work as independently as possible, developing their own skills as builders. Two chief elements of construction stand out at Neot Semadar:
- Thermal Mass: To stabilize the temperature, particularly thick walls were built (approx. 60 cm) out of mud bricks and straw, which help in the structure’s cooling during the day and heating during the night.
- Cooling Tower: The purpose of the tower is to cool the structure passively, without pollution and noise, and with very little electricity consumed. The tower operates on the following principles:
- Cooling by water evaporation: When air touches water, the air cools; and a little of the water evaporates, making the air moister. Spraying the air with thin jets of water absorbs most of the heat from the air.
- Sinking of cold air, which has a higher specific gravity than warm air. Accordingly, a downdraft gathers speed inside the tower. The speed enables the cooled air to pass through tunnels into the buildings and push out, through vents, the warm air that has accumulated beneath their ceilings. Thus the buildings can stay cool, without the use of blowers, even when there is no wind.
- Ventilation by natural wind: Desert temperatures differ greatly between night and day, so a building can be intensively ventilated during the hours when it is empty of people, without needing its windows opened and closed
- Demonstration Field at Ketura
- A Village of Off-Grid Solutions: At the initiative of the Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy project, a new center for off-grid solutions, named the EE Hub, was founded at Kibbutz Ketura. The purpose of the EE Hub is to bring off-grid technology into developing markets by means of strategic partnerships in the target countries. The center is suited to established companies and start-ups with energy and water products, with off-grid products, and with products aimed at the developing market. The center offers space for experiments; demonstrations; exposure, including integration with other solutions, entry support into the target market (links to local distributors, aid organizations, and more); and help in raising capital from international funding organizations. The center will be launched during the 2014 Eilat-Eilot Conference.
Presenting Companies:
PowerPractical
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A U.S based company that manufactures equipment that transfers heat energy into electricty
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Energy
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Homebiogas
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Sophisticated and efficient biogas system, deal with organic waste and returned it to biogas- saving costs and contributing the environment
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Energy
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Ulysses
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A product for management of minigrid - provides online data on energy use from any corner of the world
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Energy
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Karnaf
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Locks for solar panels - unique simple and strong solutions against theft of panels
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Security
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EWB
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Engineers Without Borders Israel will be presenting their projects in Africa during the tour in the village
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- Ketura Solar Field: The field covers 80 dunams (approximately 20 acres) and generates 4.95 megawatts of green, clean electricity. The field consists of 18,500 photovoltaic panels that together produce approximately 9 million kilowatt-hours per year. Over the next twenty years, the field is projected to save 125,000 tons of carbon dioxide from being produced - an accomplishment comparable to the effect of planting 180,000 trees. In the past two years, seven additional solar fields have been set up in the Arava, and another power station in the 40-megawatt range is currently being built at Ketura.
- Eccopia, Robotic Cleaning of Solar Panels: The Ketura field uses innovative cleaning of solar panels, the first of its kind - remote-controlled, self-powering robots. The panel cleaning is accomplished by means of microfibers and a gentle flow of air, with not a drop of water.
- Energy Laboratory Center
The center for labs and for R&D is under partnership of the Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Company, Capital Nature, and the Dead-Sea & Arava Science Center. Phase 1 of the center is to open in December 2014. The center will include 18 laboratories, 16 offices, workrooms, an auditorium, a visitors’ center, and classrooms. The visit will include a presentation about the activities of start-ups that are breaking new ground with their developmental and technological work in renewable energy.
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Demonstration Field at Ketura | Energy Laboratory Center |
Field for Experiments in the Region’s Center | Solar Tower at Samar
Departing from Eilat, 11:00 a.m. Returning 3:00 p.m.
- Demonstration Field at Ketura
- A Village of Off-Grid Solutions: At the initiative of the Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy project, a new center for off-grid solutions, named the EE Hub, was founded at Kibbutz Ketura. The purpose of the EE Hub is to bring off-grid technology into developing markets by means of strategic partnerships in the target countries. The center is suited to established companies and start-ups with energy and water products, with off-grid products, and with products aimed at the developing market. The center offers space for experiments; demonstrations; exposure, including integration with other solutions, entry support into the target market (links to local distributors, aid organizations, and more); and help in raising capital from international funding organizations. The center will be launched during the 2014 Eilat-Eilot Conference.
Presenting Companies:
PowerPractical
|
A U.S based company that manufactures equipment that transfers heat energy into electricty
|
|
Energy
|
Homebiogas
|
Sophisticated and efficient biogas system, deal with organic waste and returned it to biogas- saving costs and contributing the environment
|
|
Energy
|
Ulysses
|
A product for management of minigrid - provides online data on energy use from any corner of the world
|
|
Energy
|
Karnaf
|
Locks for solar panels - unique simple and strong solutions against theft of panels
|
|
Security
|
EWB
|
Engineers Without Borders Israel will be presenting their projects in Africa during the tour in the village
|
|
|
- Ketura Solar Field: The field covers 80 dunams (approximately 20 acres) and generates 4.95 megawatts of green, clean electricity. The field consists of 18,500 photovoltaic panels that together produce approximately 9 million kilowatt-hours per year. Over the next twenty years, the field is projected to save 125,000 tons of carbon dioxide from being produced - an accomplishment comparable to the effect of planting 180,000 trees. In the past two years, seven additional solar fields have been set up in the Arava, and another power station in the 40-megawatt range is currently being built at Ketura.
- Eccopia, Robotic Cleaning of Solar Panels: The Ketura field uses innovative cleaning of solar panels, the first of its kind - remote-controlled, self-powering robots. The panel cleaning is accomplished by means of microfibers and a gentle flow of air, with not a drop of water.
- Energy Laboratory Center
The center for labs and for R&D is under partnership of the Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Company, Capital Nature, and the Dead-Sea & Arava Science Center. Phase 1 of the center is to open in December 2014. The center will include 18 laboratories, 16 offices, workrooms, an auditorium, a visitors’ center, and classrooms. The visit will include a presentation about the activities of start-ups that are breaking new ground with their developmental and technological work in renewable energy.
- Field for Experiments in the Region’s Center
Capital Nature is an investment company that operates the Israel National Center for Renewable Energy in the southern Arava. The company invests in start-ups that own unusual technology in the field of renewable energy. The space for experiments is large, and a number of companies are currently active: Shikun & Binui, with a thermo-cellular pilot; Matalon Energy, with a pilot for a technologically unique tracking system; Augwind, an energy start-up; and more.
- Solar Tower at Samar
This thermo-solar installation, from the EDIG/Aora Company, consists of a 30-meter solar tower commanding a field of 30 heliostatic mirrors (mirrors that follow the sun) for concentrating sunlight toward the top of the tower and heating the air there to 1000°C to run turbines that yield 100 kilowatts of electricity and 170 kilowatts of heat. The tower is Israel’s first thermo-solar station to furnish electricity from solar energy directly to the national electric grid.
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Demonstration Field at Ketura | Energy Laboratory Center
Departing from Eilat, 11:00 a.m. Returning 2:00 p.m.
- Demonstration Field at Ketura
- A Village of Off-Grid Solutions: At the initiative of the Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy project, a new center for off-grid solutions, named the EE Hub, was founded at Kibbutz Ketura. The purpose of the EE Hub is to bring off-grid technology into developing markets by means of strategic partnerships in the target countries. The center is suited to established companies and start-ups with energy and water products, with off-grid products, and with products aimed at the developing market. The center offers space for experiments; demonstrations; exposure, including integration with other solutions, entry support into the target market (links to local distributors, aid organizations, and more); and help in raising capital from international funding organizations. The center will be launched during the 2014 Eilat-Eilot Conference.
Presenting Companies:
PowerPractical
|
A U.S based company that manufactures equipment that transfers heat energy into electricty
|
|
Energy
|
Homebiogas
|
Sophisticated and efficient biogas system, deal with organic waste and returned it to biogas- saving costs and contributing the environment
|
|
Energy
|
Ulysses
|
A product for management of minigrid - provides online data on energy use from any corner of the world
|
|
Energy
|
Karnaf
|
Locks for solar panels - unique simple and strong solutions against theft of panels
|
|
Security
|
EWB
|
Engineers Without Borders Israel will be presenting their projects in Africa during the tour in the village
|
|
|
- Ketura Solar Field: The field covers 80 dunams (approximately 20 acres) and generates 4.95 megawatts of green, clean electricity. The field consists of 18,500 photovoltaic panels that together produce approximately 9 million kilowatt-hours per year. Over the next twenty years, the field is projected to save 125,000 tons of carbon dioxide from being produced - an accomplishment comparable to the effect of planting 180,000 trees. In the past two years, seven additional solar fields have been set up in the Arava, and another power station in the 40-megawatt range is currently being built at Ketura.
- Eccopia, Robotic Cleaning of Solar Panels: The Ketura field uses innovative cleaning of solar panels, the first of its kind - remote-controlled, self-powering robots. The panel cleaning is accomplished by means of microfibers and a gentle flow of air, with not a drop of water.
- Energy Laboratory Center
The center for labs and for R&D is under partnership of the Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Company, Capital Nature, and the Dead-Sea & Arava Science Center. Phase 1 of the center is to open in December 2014. The center will include 18 laboratories, 16 offices, workrooms, an auditorium, a visitors’ center, and classrooms. The visit will include a presentation about the activities of start-ups that are breaking new ground with their developmental and technological work in renewable energy.
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Monday, December 8
VIP Tour to Ketura and Energy Laboratory Center
Demonstration Field at Ketura | Energy Laboratory Center
Departing from Eilat, 07:30 a.m. Returning 10:20 a.m.
- Demonstration Field at Ketura
- A Village of Off-Grid Solutions: At the initiative of the Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy project, a new center for off-grid solutions, named the EE Hub, was founded at Kibbutz Ketura. The purpose of the EE Hub is to bring off-grid technology into developing markets by means of strategic partnerships in the target countries. The center is suited to established companies and start-ups with energy and water products, with off-grid products, and with products aimed at the developing market. The center offers space for experiments; demonstrations; exposure, including integration with other solutions, entry support into the target market (links to local distributors, aid organizations, and more); and help in raising capital from international funding organizations. The center will be launched during the 2014 Eilat-Eilot Conference.
Presenting Companies:
PowerPractical
|
A U.S based company that manufactures equipment that transfers heat energy into electricty
|
|
Energy
|
Homebiogas
|
Sophisticated and efficient biogas system, deal with organic waste and returned it to biogas- saving costs and contributing the environment
|
|
Energy
|
Ulysses
|
A product for management of minigrid - provides online data on energy use from any corner of the world
|
|
Energy
|
Karnaf
|
Locks for solar panels - unique simple and strong solutions against theft of panels
|
|
Security
|
EWB
|
Engineers Without Borders Israel will be presenting their projects in Africa during the tour in the village
|
|
|
- Ketura Solar Field: The field covers 80 dunams (approximately 20 acres) and generates 4.95 megawatts of green, clean electricity. The field consists of 18,500 photovoltaic panels that together produce approximately 9 million kilowatt-hours per year. Over the next twenty years, the field is projected to save 125,000 tons of carbon dioxide from being produced - an accomplishment comparable to the effect of planting 180,000 trees. In the past two years, seven additional solar fields have been set up in the Arava, and another power station in the 40-megawatt range is currently being built at Ketura.
- Eccopia, Robotic Cleaning of Solar Panels: The Ketura field uses innovative cleaning of solar panels, the first of its kind - remote-controlled, self-powering robots. The panel cleaning is accomplished by means of microfibers and a gentle flow of air, with not a drop of water.
- Energy Laboratory Center
Ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new laboratory center
The center for labs and for R&D is under partnership of the Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Company, Capital Nature, and the Dead-Sea & Arava Science Center. Phase 1 of the center is to open in December 2014. The center will include 18 laboratories, 16 offices, workrooms, an auditorium, a visitors’ center, and classrooms. The visit will include a presentation about the activities of start-ups that are breaking new ground with their developmental and technological work in renewable energy.
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Wednesday, December 10
Tours for specialized groups, to the Timna tender site (for commercial companies):
A tender to build and operate Timna Solar Park, a new 50 Megawatt PV Tracker solar energy field in southern Israel: The new Timna Solar Park will be located on a 1000 dunam (247 acre) plot of land adjacent to the site of the former Timna Mines, which is approximately 28 km (18 miles) north of Eilat. The tender will be open to only PV Tracker solar systems and the cost of the bid will cover only the acquisition of the land. The tariff per installed kilowatt has already been determined by the government of Israel according to regulations established in 2012 for solar energy harvested by PV systems. The allocation of the land and project have already been approved by the Israeli Land Authority.
The tender to build and operate the Timna Solar Park is scheduled to be published on November 10, 2014. The tender is open to qualified bidders worldwide, while the Timna Industrial Zone, where the Timna Solar Park will be located, will be managed by the Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Initiative. Detailed maps of the area and a completed environmental impact report will be provided to qualified bidders as part of the bid process. Each bidder will be required to submit a detailed plan of its proposed technology and systems to the Israeli National Planning Committee for approval.
At the Eilat-Eilot Green Energy Conference, there will be a special conference session dedicated to discussing the project details and bidding process for the Timna Solar Park. This conference session is scheduled for 13:00 on December 9.
The following day at 08:00 on December 10, bidders will be taken on a tour of the Timna Solar Park site.
Potential bidders are invited to join the tour and/or request additional information by sending an email to energy@eilot.org.il
- Additional tours in the Arava (same routes as Sunday)
- Tour from Eilat to Tel Aviv (same route as Sunday, but in reverse)