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ISRAEL: A consortium led by Enlight Renewable Energy has secured funding for a 96MW wind farm to be built in the Golan Heights, northeast Israel.<\/p>\n
It has agreed a conditional power purchase price for its 96MW Emek Habacha wind farm will be ILS 358.1\/MWh ($98.70\/MWh) under a 20-year licence with the Israeli Electricity Authority.<\/p>\n
Emek Habacha will consist of thirty 3.2MW turbines, part-owner Enlight told\u00a0Windpower Monthly.<\/em><\/p>\n GE has signed a turbine supply agreement and full-service agreement with the developer, according to international newswire\u00a0Reuters<\/em>.<\/a>\u00a0However, a spokesman for Enlight would not confirm this.<\/p>\n The site is owned by Enlight\u2019s special purpose vehicle Emek Habacha Wind Energy (60%) and AA Ben-Dov Wind Energy (40%).<\/p>\n The owners expect the project\u2019s electricity output to provide between ILS 100 million ($27.5 million) and ILS 110 million ($30.3 million) in revenue per year throughout its 20-year lifespan.<\/p>\n It will be built by engineering firm Minrav Holdings and energy contractor Nextcom. Construction is expected to start in July 2018 and the project is expected to enter operations in 2021.<\/p>\n When built, Emek Habacha would be Israel\u2019s largest wind farm.<\/p>\n The country has just one 6MW project installed, according to\u00a0Windpower Intelligence<\/em><\/a>, the research and data division of\u00a0Windpower Monthly<\/em>.<\/p>\n