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Solar Power Plant Opens in Israel Posted By Bridgette Meinhold
On June 15, 2009 @ 5:00 am In Renewable Energy,Solar Power | 12
Comments Concentrating Solar Power  (CSP) plants are an amazing,
wonderful, renewable energy technology, as long as the sun is
shining. However solar power alone cannot provide on-demand
power, especially in the case of off-grid applications. Aora
Solar , out of Yavne, Israel, is almost complete with the
world’s first ever solar hybrid plant, which will combine
concentrated solar power with a hybrid-microturbine to generate
power 24 hours a day. This technology could help provide off-
grid communities the necessary power without having to run miles
of costly transmission lines. Installation of the new hybrid
system is less than 10 days away from being completed at the
Kibbutz Sammar in Israel . Once up and running on June 24th, the
plant will generate 100 kW of on