05.07.2009

The government of Israel decided that it was necessary to encourage competition in the country’s electricity sector and thus enacted legislation (Electricity Sector Law) that included means for independent power producers to obtain electricity generation licenses and hopefully produce up to 20% of the country’s electricity needs. By the end of 2008 less than 1% of electricity was generated by IPPs

Is the complement of the rate of energy independence. Rate of net energy imports to total energy consumption. Denmark for instance which is a net exporter of energy has thus a negative energy dependence rate (-37%), whilst Malta for instance has a 100% dependency rate

Preparing the economy – including all its energy related entities – to react and operate during times of emergency

Offload capacity of the pier is 20,000 cm per hour and loading capacity of 10,000 per hour. Due to good weather conditions the port is open and operative all year round. Port has 16 tanks each of a capacity of 1,200,000 cubic meters. Port has a dedicated crude oil pier

Treated wastewater. Also mixture of oil, gas, water and sand discharged from a well