Congratulations to our client, Mekorot, Israel’s largest water company, for publishing the first tender for the design, finance, build and operate of a 75MW solar plant, including storage, over the Israeli National Water Carrier. This tender is the first of its kind in the novice coverage of the National Water Carrier (in Stage 1 over 1300 dunams in the Netofa area of the canal). This is the second large scale solar tender that Mekorot has initiated being in the forefront of Israeli governmental companies helping to achieve the goal of boosting the proportion of power generated from renewable sources in Israel to 30% of total power production by 2030.
Amnon Epstein, Founding Partner and head of ERM’s Energy & Infrastructure, together with Associate Tal Ishay, led the team and were assisted by interns Maya Shoshani and Roei Dayan.
For further reading, please see the article (in Hebrew)