First solar field to be launched in Arava's Kibbutz Ketura

A 4.95-megawatt field will begin providing electricity to 3 kibbutzim this summer, a power supply equivalent to 7% of Eilat’s energy needs.

Arava Power Company will inaugurate the country’s first solar field at a groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday evening – a medium-sized, 4.95- megawatt field at Ketura that this summer will begin providing electricity to three kibbutzim – Ketura, Lotan and Grofit, a power supply equivalent to 7 percent of Eilat’s energy needs, according to Abramowitz, who made aliya from Massachusetts five years ago.