ISRAEL WINS LONG FIGHT FOR WIND

Israeli Company Building First Wind Turbine Farms in 30 Years; Israel’s first wind farm was built 30 years ago in the Golan Heights

September 25, 2015 (JNS News Service)

“…[Israel will see, for the first time in 30 years, new wind installations when] Afcon Holdings, a part of the Shlomo Group, [begins] building two farms that will house 25 wind turbines each…south of the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee)…[The 850 kilowatt turbines will produce 21 megawatts of electricity] and will become operational in 2016…Israel’s first wind farm was built 30 years ago in the Golan Heights…The plan for a wind farm at Ramat Sirin was approved 10 years ago after the National Planning and Building Board’s committee rejected augments by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel that the farm will damage a scenic open space…[Geographically, there are] few sites in Israel with winds strong enough to justify a wind turbine farm…Some environmental groups also oppose wind farms…” click here for more

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