Talk:Solar power in Israel
 | A fact from Solar power in Israel appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 January 2009, and was viewed approximately 1,590 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
|  |
Materials
[edit]Relevant sources for this article:
—Ynhockey (Talk) 09:54, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
Moar pics
[edit]How about some pictures that show readers:
- Solar water heater installations
- Solar power plants
- Research in Negev desert
Eg. these CC by-nc-nd images of rooftop water heaters in Jerusalem. ~ Jafet•work•play•watch 06:05, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
- Those would be great! I welcome you to download them and place them on the page. --David Shankbone 02:27, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
This sentence "generate at least 2.5 megawatts per hour during peak consumption" is incorrect since a megawatt is a unit of power and not a unit of energy, so it makes no sense to measure energy production in megawatts per hour. A more sensible statement would be megawatt hours of energy produced per day or a peak output in megawatts e.g. a peak output of 2.5 megawatts. 82.41.28.31 (talk) 14:45, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
Putting the article into perspective with the hard facts
[edit]Currently, Israel does not produce any meaningful amount of electricity from solar technologies (or any other renewable energy sources)
Quoting the Hebrew wikipedia article on Israeli electricity production: "As of 2006, 70% percent is from coal, 18% from natural gas, the rest [12%] from diesel and fuel oil"
The total production capacity, as of 2009, is 10,860MW, making a 250MW solar park very minor in dimension, representing approx 2.3% of current peak demand.
Taking projected consumption growth (3.2% per year) into account, by 2025 peak demand is projected to grow by 60% to approx 17,500MW.
Another interesting fact is that it is estimated that 40% of Israeli electricity is used for air-conditioning. 77.127.62.191 (talk) 10:46, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
possibly missing factlet
[edit]I just wanted to know the ratio of current electricity consumption to *all* solar energy production. That seems like a pretty basic fact for a section like this but I couldn't find it. If it's in here somewhere, I apologize.
```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.233.28.137 (talk) 15:06, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
Same criticism here: Exactly what percentage of total Isreali electrical production comes from solar electrical production? Without basic facts like this, the article is more like a marketing presentation than an encyclopedic discourse. How about some real facts, please? 99.2.69.235 (talk) 07:58, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
Largest solar dish
[edit]A picture in the article has the following caption: "The world's largest solar energy dish is located at the Center" but it does not have any reference. According to French Wikipedia (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_solaire_d%27Odeillo) the "Forn solar d'Odelló" along with the "Physics-Sun" solar fournace in Parkent are the largest solar dishes. I do not know of a reliable source, but the images are available. Odelló fournace Parkent fournace
88.24.123.128 (talk) 13:48, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
Statement
[edit]"With an original lack of fossil fuel reserves and the country's tenuous relations with its oil-rich neighbors, the search for a stable source of energy is a national priority", Israel neither has "oil-rich neighbors", nor an "original lack of fossil fuel reserves". Any objections to removing this abusrd statement? Makeandtoss (talk) 19:15, 28 April 2018 (UTC)