Arava Power Company

Arava Power Company
IndustrySolar fields
Founded2006
FounderDavid Rosenblatt, Ketura through Ed Hofland, Yosef Abramowitz (active until 2010)
HeadquartersArava, Negev,
Ketura
,
Israel
Websitewww.aravapower.com

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. As Arava Power installs solar fields only on land zoned solely for agricultural or industrial use.

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.

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