In this modern era where resources are limited and pollution is increasing with each passing day, the demand for renewable sources of energy is on the rise.

1. Israel building world’s tallest
solar tower

2. In this modern era where resources are limited and
pollution is increasing with each passing day, the
demand for renewable sources of energy is on the rise.

3. With the aim to introduce sustainability, increase
power supply and cut costs ,Israel is building the
world’s tallest solar tower at Negev desert.

4. Israel, which is
a nation of
eight million
people, is all
set to make
renewable
energy
account for
10% percent of
its whole
consumption
by 2020.

5. Solar power provides a clean and green
substitute to fuel- and carbon-fired
electricity plants.

6. The government of Israel has agreed to move
ahead with this technology although it is more
costly than conventional electricity production
accurately to achieve lower costs over time.

7. With the
installation of the
solar tower, Israel
will meet all its
electricity needs
by using only 4%t
of the Negev
desert which will
ultimately help to
reduce cost in the
long run.

8. Solar power
has for years
formed a part
of life in
Israel, where
rooftop
panels are
regularly
used to heat
the water
tanks of
homes.

9. A solar tower and
its field of mirrors, a
technology known
as concentrated
solar thermal, is
only lucrative as
part of a large-scale
project, unlike a
photovoltaic field,
where every panel
acts as a small
generator.

10. Key highlights of Ashalim tower
• The Ashalim tower, which is
scheduled to be completed by the
end of 2017 will stand 787 feet tall,
surpassing London’s Gherkin and
Paris’s Montparnasse Tower.

11. • The tower will be covered entirely in stainless steel
and a field of mirrors covering 740 acres will stretch
out from its base, directing sunlight toward the
tower’s peak to an area known as the boiler that
resembles an enormous light bulb.

12. • Solar requires good amount of investment, although costs
are steadily coming down. The construction, costing an
estimated 570 million will be financed by US firm General
Electric. In addition, Israeli private investment fund Noy
and France’s Alstom will also be part of the funding.

13. • The temperature of the boiler can rise up to
600 degree Celsius, thus generating steam
that is channeled towards the base of the
tower, where electricity gets produced.

14. • The tower will be providing 121
megawatts which is sufficient for
a city of 110,000 family units.
Energy from a solar tower is two
to three times more costly to
produce as compared to typical
electricity plants using carbon or
fuel.

15. Israel building world’s tallest solar tower
The tower will be equipped with 55,000
projecting mirrors, amounting to a total
reflective surface of a million square metres.

16. Like sunflowers, the mirrors will turn toward
the path of the sun. Engineers have
developed reservoirs for the task of storing
heat when the sun is not out.

17. The size of the mirrors will be
increased by three times as
compared to the earlier generation.

18. Everything is supposed to be connected
by Wi-Fi rather than cables.

19. The tower and its boiler are also
designed to decrease costs.

20. Each and
everything about
the world’s highest
solar tower reflects
sustainability and
profitability for a
long period of tine.
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