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New Solar Power Facility Coming to Negev

Israel's Negev desert will soon host a new 80MW solar power facility with 400 MWh of battery storage, bolstering the national electricity grid.

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Jerusalem, 28 December, 2025 (TPS-IL) — The concession agreement was signed for the construction, operation and maintenance of a solar energy facility, using photovoltaic technology, combined with battery storage on the site of the of the PLOT A solar thermal power plant in Ashalim, located in the Negev south of Be’er Sheva.

The facility is expected to supply electricity to the national grid with a capacity of 80 megawatts, with the (installed) panel capacity of 150 megawatts and the storage capacity of approximately 400 megawatt hours. The facility will sell electricity to the national grid in accordance with the Electricity Authority’s market regulation for high-voltage integrated storage facilities operating in a competitive market model.

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