Category: Electricity

The ability of a material to support the flow of an electrical current

A generation unit / power station that can be operated with at least two different types of fuels, such as fuel oil or coal or fuel oil and natural gas. Power stations in the natural gas era in Israel are dual fueled stations; namely they can generate electricity using both natural gas and liquid fuels. The reason for this is so that IEC can continue to produce electricity even if there should be a cut in the supply of natural gas for any reason or because of a malfunction

Buys electricity from IEC and distributes it to East Jerusalem and to the Palestinian towns in the West Bank

Such as Combined Heat and Power (CHP), which can reach efficiencies as high as 70%-80% and MicroCHP schemes which could bring about one of the more dramatic shifts in cutting consumption and reducing emissions. MicroCHP could be still more dramatic over time with such units, which replace the traditional gas-fired boiler in the home, providing around 50% of a household’s electricity needs as well as the usual heating and hot water supply. Energy efficiency from some MicroGen unit is over 90% compared to 55% from the best performing large-scale power stations. And CO2 emissions are cut by 1.5 tons per average household per year.

814 MW power station

 

25th July 2013 – Station hooked up to national electricity grid.

2nd quarter 2014 – Station came on line