Arava Power Company
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Arava Power Company (APC) Arava Power is a utility-scale renewables Developer-IPP that pioneered Israeli utility-scale PV market. The company founded in 2006 on Ketura in the Arava Valley. On June 5, 2011, APC inaugurated Israel's first medium-sized solar field, Ketura Sun. The field stretches over 80 dunams (8 hectares or 20 acres) of land and has an installed power of 4.95MW.[1] As Arava Power installs solar fields only on land zoned solely for agricultural or industrial use.
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Industry | Solar fields |
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Founded | 2006 |
Founder | David Rosenblatt, Ketura through Ed Hofland, Yosef Abramowitz (active until 2010) |
Headquarters | Arava, Negev, Ketura , Israel |
Website | www |
In the Ketura Sun project, photovoltaic (PV) solar panel from Suntech company were used, in collaboration with Siemens Israel. Arava's mission is to supply Israel with 10% of its energy needs through clean, renewable solar energy.