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Israel cancels 4.9 GW of gas-fired power projects

The Israeli Ministry of Energy has requested the National Planning and Building Council to cancel four gas-fired power plant projects with a total capacity of 4,860 MW. The four planned stations to be abandoned are Mevo’ot Gilboa (Gilboa Foothills, 1,160 MW) south of the northern city of Afula, Sagi 2000 (1,160 MW, located west of Afula), Zvaim (800 MW, near Beit She’an in the northern Jordan Valley), and Hartuv (1,740 MW, located in the Beit Shemesh area, northwest of Jerusalem). Plans to develop several gas-fired power plants are still under consideration.

Israel plans to add more than 12,000 MW of capacity from renewable and 2,200 MW of storage by 2030. In addition, the authorities plan to develop 4,000 MW of new gas-fired capacity, with the aim that only 1,400 MW will actually be needed. By 2030, 30% of Israel’s electricity is expected to be produced from renewables, while the remaining 70% coming from natural gas; in 2019, nearly 66% of the power generation came from gas, and less than 3% from renewables (over 30% from coal).

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