No. 6 | December 5, 2014 Innovation Industry & Science

The State of – Promoting and Securing Innovative Green Energy Solutions

Arava Power Company – Eventful Year of New Projects

Nation-E – Making Energy Cyber Security Affordable

Shikun & Binui – Green and Profitable Is Possible Green building in Israel brings home renewable energy

Green building and renewable Very quietly, without expending too much energy, hundreds of buildings are going up that are in the process of receiving green building certification. The Israeli green building standard No. 5281 validates the building’s energy efficiency. The field of green building in Israel provides opportunities for RE developers to streamline energy efficiency in buildings and turn them into energy producers. Green building and RE are two integrated fields aiming to create buildings that are healthier and more environmentally friendly. Developers, let’s build homes that produce energy themselves. www.sviva.gov.il You’re invited to take part- the future is in green building. Contents 04 Another Year and Still "Almost There…" | By Jon Cohen 08 The New Pioneers 10 Energy Cyber Security Needs to be Affordable... 19 We Seek Energy Projects with Attractive Risk/Reward Profile – Investments that “Make Sense” 24 The German-Israeli Chamber of Commerce on the Latest Trends in Making Municipal Services Greener | By Benjamin Friedländer and Gregor Schlosser * All interviews, except Shikun&Binui or if else mentioned, were conducted by Uri Schlesinger

Dear Readers, Dear Readers, Dear Convention Participants, Traditionally, there have been two sorts of Welcome to all the participants of occupation: the White-Collar workers who Dear Convention Attendees, Conference! and the Blue-Collar workers, craftsmen, Neverthe sixth a dull moment! Eilot Green The priceEnergy of usually work in offices, a clean working area, reduced, and the pace of solar Inwho the usually last years work a new outside sort ofoffices occupation in a 'dirty' has has been drastically workingGreen-Collar area. workers who are employed projects being installed all over emerged, namely, the the world is increasing rapidly, though in Israel the regulator has not in occupations and endeavors that are related to protecting the released quotas that will allow Israel to meet its goal of 10% renewable environment. This new area of occupation requires low- as well as energy by 2020. hi-tech skills. As such, it can offer occupational opportunities for True, challenges exist such as storage, regular 24/7 supply of electricity both young beginners and experienced 'gray haired' professionals Israeland development with so much of sunshine, “smart networks”-- we should bemethods able to ofreach electricity the point flow of who could equally be men or women. management -- but these continue to develop. And in a country like The world is changing… The internet and communication technologies as well as the cheap mass production, especially from producing all the electricity required during the day and lower power the Far East, are changing the market’s demand for occupations. loads at peak hours. Some occupations are vanishing and others, such as green-collar At present, about 700 MW of solar energy have been installed in Israel; 64 ones, are created. MW in the Arava. In another one to two years, we should reach production Analysis of the employment data in Israel reveals that unemployed increaseof 150 MW daytime in the solarArava production during daylight and partially hours, which divert is it equal for afternoon to 100% adults at the age of 45 and above are facing huge difficulties trying of Eilat and Arava daytime consumption. Our next big challenge is to to return to the labor market. After a time, many of them are giving up, dropping out completely from the labor force and sliding into and evening use, thus achieving full energy independence in the area. Thepoverty. "How In is the life hi-tech 2013" industry,report published reemployment by the OECD chances showed for those that At Eilat Eilot, we have advanced the Capital Nature Technology Center, aged 45-plus are far lower compared to the whole population. and today eight start-up companies are operating in the Arava. We have completed Stage 1 of an innovative laboratory center for research and the percentage of Israeli women living below the poverty line is technology companies, and we have established a Test and Validation the highest among the OECD countries. The percentage of men is Site for unconnected Internet technologies for Third World and disaster- Thesethe second days highest. the Israeli Furthermore, Knesset the Members report revealed and Ministers that 30% are of affected areas. women and 25% of men in Israel are living below the poverty line. In addition, we have turned solar fields into open tourist sites, creating 70 new jobs in the field and turning the area into an international training voting for the country's budget for the year of 2015. Yes, we have center. The International Youth Conference/Competition for green energy disproportional security challenges in Israel, but also an unbearable has become a byword for innovation, attracting the finest students from security budget. Security is an important necessity but not the universities the world over who come to compete and experience the essence of life and living. location and the field. Essential is to offer equal employment opportunities and Our goal for 2020 is production of 400 MW of solar energy and 400 jobs, quality of living to all the citizens of the State of Israel. so we still have a long way to go. The first step towards overcoming the security challenges At this conference you will learn about new global trends regarding smart should be primarily directed towards improving and upgrading cities and management by Internet of all aspects of energy production our relationships with our neighboring countries, or at least and usage; about the world of biofuels attempting to break through, reaching a realistic status quo with them. versus the world of standard fuels; about the world of storage, security, Furthermore, taking into consideration all the data presented above, possibilities of building modern life systems on unconnected Internet one would expect that the Israeli politicians as well as regulators systems; and, of course, all the financing options and financial models will join efforts to encourage, and not hinder, the Green Industry that can support and lead the world’s solar revolution. in Israel, and by doing so, contribute to improving the quality of We’re happy to see that you, too, have not given up and are our partners life and standard of living of the citizens of the State of Israel… in lowering greenhouse emissions, allocating profits among a wider Dipl.-Kfm. Uri Schlesinger range of investors and developers and facilitating clean and available EditorYours, & Producer - Eshel Initiating Production & Editing energy to all inhabitants of the world. Dorit Davidovich-Banet and Noam Ilan TheRegards, Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy convention urischl2@yahoo com founders and chairs Responses, suggestions, comments and enlightenments: . VP Sales & Business Deveploment: Sraya Kerner | Head of the Magazines and Cooperation Department: Advertising Production: Roi Kadosh | Graphic Design: Noa Zolty | Editor: Note: Yehuda Weiss Dipl.-Kfm. Uri Schlesinger The information in the advertisements and the write-ups is the sole responsibility of the advertisers The Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 | 3 Another Year and Still "Almost There…" A busy year for Arava Power but no new PV projects on the horizon

By Jon Cohen*

Nevertheless, an Eventful Year for to play a central role here as we continue Arava Power V remains slotted to play the Arava dominant role in Israel's renewable Power Company Theto develop Changes our PVthat pipeline. are Needed… PEnergy Mix, towards achieving the 2014 was an eventful year for the However, no developer can comfortably 10% renewable goal set by the systems were installed. Six PV at projects Ketura wereSun, government in 2009, and again in 2011, launched, and Ecoppia automatic cleaning for the year 2020. additional Ecoppia systems are now under survive a three-year freeze of the core Numbers for 2014 show that renewables already showing convincing results Five business of developing solar projects. Our are off target for the 10% goal and slipping projects are ready to go, ready to meet line,further already and further advanced behind. at substantial This is despite costs construction. The Phoenix Insurance WhatGrid Parity needs tariffto happen challenges. to transform They are"almost still the fact that dozens of PV projects are in Company replaced Siemens as the second- there"collecting to "back dust in on business" the shelves status? of the In PUA.truth, largest shareholder in Arava Power. We are very little, and all totally achievable within to developers, through to "eligibility for proud of the Phoenix decision to invest in us tariff permit"; projects capable of producing and are grateful to Siemens for five years of hundreds of megawatts of green energy partnership. Construction of Ketura Solar the first quarter of 2015. within nine months from tariff permit. (40MW) is well advanced. On October 15, 2014, the long-awaited These projects are totally stuck. Quotas, and ourWe participated portfolio and in and to wonthe theOperations Supergas Thisand crucialdecision government was the vital decision preemptor to regulation, are still not in place. Developers tender, adding numerous projects to issue PV additional quotas was passed. are now entering the third year of sitting on onthe an sidelines industry and that waiting was established for the call backa mere to and Maintenance activity of Arava to the call back to work. All that remains work. This freeze has crippling implications Power. Simultaneously, we deepened is to add content to the government’s our penetration into the new field of decision in three interdependent stages: five years ago. cogeneration and announced our intention must∎ Ongoing ensure regulation that assets needs accumulated to be published by projectsby the beginning over the past of years2015. are This maintained process

– licensing, rezoning, IEC slots, building

PV remains slotted to play the dominant role in Israel's Renewable Energy Mix, towards achieving the 10% renewable goal set by the government, in 2009, and again in 2011, for the year 2020

Ketura Sun - Ecoppia robots automatically clean panels daily 4 | The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 Ketura Sun - Ecoppia robots automatically clean panels daily Numbers for 2014 show that renewables permits, and more. Millions have been invested in these accumulated assets. The are off target for the 10% goal and are PUA must address the need to maintain slipping further and further behind willthese determine assets when whether determining the industrythe rules of conduct going forward. PUA regulation Parity Era or whether it is back to the makes a smooth transition into the Grid has been established to ensure a smooth Israel, which could have been well on its investorsStone Age, will whether remain projects active willin Israel be built or start work immediately. This committee unchanged. The solar energy industry in in 2015, whether developers and overseas numerous roadblocks, bureaucratic deadtransition ends into and Grid unnecessary Parity and to costs dismantle that way toward fulfilling the goals determined, move to more rational markets abroad. publicationis marching that in place. "There are tens of projects fundable business models that meet thatTwo have years been ago developed I stated and in are this in sameplace ∎ The Ministry of Energy must publish its distance developers from achieving updated Master Plan for Renewables now. It The industry desperately needs additional is a given that PV will be slotted to provide the challengingly low Grid Parity tariff. to receive tariff permit and financial close. hundreds of additional megawatts, beyond the 340 megawatts quotaed in the recent Developers have prepared for Grid Parity quotas that would enable the deployment government decision. It is another given that tariffs. More output, lower costs are a pre- of hundreds of megawatts of green energy these additional hundreds of megawatts condition to survival at Grid Parity. The to the national grid." must achieve financial close by 2018 to correct regulation, the announcement of PV Today, two years down the road, the message participate in the 10% by 2020 goal set megawatts to be quotaed over the coming is identical, and the projects defined as by the Government of Israel. Now is the Paritythree to are four all years, that is and needed pro-active to ensure measures that "ready to go" are the same projects in exactly time to make order, to announce PV quotas to ensure a smooth transition into Grid the same predicament. for the next three to four years to ensure that the goals are met and to ensure that the 2020 goals are met, and far beyond in * CEOPlease of Arava visit ourPower website: Company. PV fulfills its role in meeting these goals. the following decade, with a substantial and www.aravapower.com Marchingmeasurable benefitin Place to the national economy. ∎ Thirdly, the Director Generals' Committee, Basically, the situation has remained proposed by Kandel, confirmed by government decision last month, must

Ketura Solar – 40 MW field under construction at Ketura Solar - Substation Ketura Solar – First panels – October 2014 Ketura: Clearing and leveling the site

The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 | 5 Israel’s Energiya Global Greens Africa’s Power Implementing the spirit of the Start-Up Nation paradigm for changing the world

By Sara Halevi Managing Director Chaim Motzen put two years of sweat equity into the project

fossil fuels becomes increasingly more costly, both financially and environmentally. While we sit today on the precipice beyond which climate change will be irreversible, a significant re-thinking of energy generation and oil-dependency is paramount.

The Rwanda field, also a flagship project of the US Government’s Power Africa initiative, brought together an international consortium of financing partners. Debt was provided by FMO (Netherlands Development Finance Company) and EAIF (Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund); mezzanine debt provided by Norfund (The Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries); equity from Scatec Solar ASA (who also served as EPC contractor and serves as O&M provider), Norfund and KLP Norfund Investments (a vehicle jointly owned by KLP, the largest pension fund in Norway, and Norfund). Grants were received from the United States government via the OPIC’s ACEF Grant and from EEP. Norton Rose Fulbright served as international legal counsel. Rwanda’s President Kagame and Start-Up Nation guru Saul Singer greeting co-founderhe Yosef Rwanda Abramowitz Green Power Initiative

The field will earn a healthy return and is a strong model for impact Twenty eight thousands solar panels, on trackers, follow investment for institutions and private equity investors to follow. Tthe sun on sloping, green hills at the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Chaim Motzen, co-founder of Energiya Global said about the Rwanda Village, located about 60 kilometers east of Kigali, Rwanda’s thisproject, initiative “We hope serves that as oura catalyst project for proves many themore viability future ofsustainable financing capital. The commercial-scale solar field, the first of its kind in East and building large-scale solar fields in sub-Saharan Africa. And that Africa, increases the country’s generation capacity by about six percent and heralds what could be a new era in power generation Start-Upenergy projects Nation in theand region.” Social Responsibility for the continent. Arava Power CompanyThis new initiativeChaim Motzen,to launch Managing solar fields Director in Africa ofand Energiya throughout Global the anddeveloping of Gigawatt world Global comes from the founders of Israel’s Energiya Global embodies the Start-Up Nation paradigm that actively . exports the expertise in technological advances that Israel is known , shepherded the groundbreaking 8.5 MW for to every country in the world. project from concept to completion in record time. The solar field At Energiya Global we believe the time has come for the Start-Up provides a quadruple bottom line: a steady double-digit return to Nation to grow into a superpower for social responsibility. Through investors over 25 years, an environmental benefit, a humanitarian impact investment and the development of industries of goodness benefit“The human (fees from race 25-yearbears a moralland lease and arepractical going imperativeto the orphan to providevillage), we can utilize our vast resources to change the world. and the initiative strengthens Israel’s offering to African countries. , CEO of Energiya Globalpower for all, while also transitioning from burning fossil fuels to harnessing renewables,” said and one of the pioneers of the solar industry in Israel. “Israel can be a leader in providing renewable solutions and we are pleased to partner with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) of the American government and other multilaterals to provide 100% financing for these initiatives.” Abramowitz has been named as one of the six leading Green Pioneers worldwide by CNN, and received the “Person of the Year” award from the Israel National Energy and Business Conference. Over 1.3 billion people around the world live without electricity; 600 million of these people live in Africa. While the demand for The final product sits proudly on a hillside — a testament to progressive energy grows exponentially, the price of burning diesel, coal and thought and good will 6 | The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 Harnessing the Sun to Produce Alternative Energy Megalim will use BrightSource cutting-edge technology to efficiently harness solar energy

BrightSource, Alstomery soon, and heavy the construction Noy Infrastructure equipment Fund will start to prepare the 3.15 square km. land near Ashalim for one of Israel's most innovative energy endeavors. Three partners -- Vestablished Megalim Solar Power Ltd., -- have won the government tender to produce 121 MW by using concentrated solar power [CSP] technology. For this purpose, the three partners which will plan, finance, build, operate and maintain the power plant throughout a concession period of 28 years and then transfer the ownership back to the State of WeIsrael. met The with project, Eran whichGartner combines, the newly BrightSource’s appointed CEO advanced of Megalim solar field, to learnand power more tower technology with Alstom’s experience in turnkey power plants and key power equipment, is scheduled to come online in 2017. about this unique and Eran Gartner, CEO of Megalim promising project. Could you describe the process of What will your contribution be to the harnessing the sun? electricity economy in Israel? facilities and produce clean, cheap and The steam then flows to conventional energy

The Megalim project in Ashalim will feature The Megalim power station represents Asreliable a green energy. project, what is being done BrightSource’s concentrated solar power about 1% of Israel's installed capacity of to preserve the ecosystem? tower technology similar to that used at the theover electricity 13,000 MW. needs The of Solar more Thermal than 120,000 power Much effort has already been made at the Ivanpah project at the Nevada/ California station will generate enough power to meet border. More than 50,000 computer- controlled heliostats (mirrors) will track homes. The station will be connected to the planning stages to take all environmental the sun in two axes and reflect sunlight onto national grid, and our main customer will aspects into account, be it preserving wildlife boiler,a boiler it at heats the top water of a in240-meter the boiler high to createtower. be the Israel Electric Corporation. As such, or the natural landscape. Instead of the When the concentrated sunlight strikes the we will help in reaching the 10% target of extensive land grading and concrete pads and pressure steam is then piped from supplying the country's electricity production used by other competing solar technologies, thesuperheated boiler to steam. a steam This turbine high-temperature to produce Whatfrom renewable will such sources a project by contribute2020. to BrightSource is installing mirrors on poles electricity. national employment? naturalthat are contours placed directly of the land into and the indirect ground areas and The project will provide hundreds of allow the construction of a solar field by the

peak time of the construction phase, it of sensitive vegetation. This design also allows new jobs in the area. During the Couldfor vegetation You to describe exist alongside the the tower'ssolar field. architecture? will provide approx. 1,500 new jobs for engineers, technicians and other workers. permanentDuring the operational staff, but itphase, will continuethe number to A significant architectural competition was will be substantially reduced to about 45 held for the design of the 240-meter tower. and offer the usual multiplier of economic It will be a monument that is designed to provide employment positions in the region reflect its own surroundings. The materials chosen for the tower will reflect light from Whatopportunities is unique that such about projects thebring solarabout. the sky or, if you go closer to the tower, the technology used by Megalim? color of the sand and the rocks. It's going to Tobe likesummarize, a natural sculpture.what is the uniqueness RenderingHow will of the such solar fielda large project be of this project and what is planned financed? BrightSource's technology produces energy next? and the European Investment similar to traditional energy facilities fuels-- by orcreating nuclear a power high-temperature to create the steam,steam Both of these entities have supported the turbine. However, instead of using fossil One of the elements is its large scale. Another Bank are the leading lenders to the project. unique point is that we are bringing Israeli BrightSource utilizes the sun's energy. technology together with international Theproject costs throughout of the whole its development project are estimated and now BrightSource uses advanced software to technology back to Israel. The next phase of into the realization phase. heateroperate at a the field top of of mirrors, a tower, called which heliostats, produces theCSP project,will include on energythe development storage. BrightSource of such a which reflect the sunlight onto a solar water solutionand Alstom. are working, in tandem with to be around NIS 3 billion, including the construction and 25 years of operation. steam at high temperature and high pressure. The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 | 7 The New Pioneers Shikun & Binui Renewable Energy is realizing innovative national projects that assist Israel get closer on the road of being energy independent Yaron Szilas, CEO of Shikun & Binui Renewable Energy (Photography: Rami Zarnegar) uilding the Future…

Shikun & Binui Renewable Energy Bhas taken on the challenge presented by the Government of Israel and is taking part in implementing the targets set by the Israeli Government - to increase the portion of clean electricity generated The Company, from whichrenewable is part energy of the to Shikun 10% of & the Binui electricity Group generated in Israel, by 2020.

is a leading player in the Israeli solar market. continents,Currently, Shikun in a wide & varietyBinui Group of construction is active in approximately 20 countries, on 4

and infrastructure projects, including the construction of hydro-electric power plants in Guatemala, and large scale Leadingroads and in bridge Renewable projects Energy across Africa. Yaron Szilas, CEO of Shikun & Binui Renewable Energy Realizing Ben- Gurion’s dream in the Negev Sde-Boker, which was

Hatzerim and Timna, and additional projects at: NevatimThe photo-voltaic and Ein-Hashlosha field at explains "Shikun & connected to the national electricity grid in February, 2014. Similar projects are already operating at Binui Renewable Energy engages in initiating, are under construction. planning, constructing and operating facilities (Photography: Eagle Aerial Photography) for generating electricity and holds and operates a wide range of solar projects in Israel and Spain. Our professional teams possess extended knowledge and complex appliedtechnological in commercial capabilities, projects including and future both technologies that are currently being

andtechnologies operated thata demonstration are being explored. facility, whichIn the thermo-solar field, the CompanyArdom constructed Industrial Zone, adjacent to Yotveta is the first if its kind, in the . Concurrently, the KibbutzCompany Tzeelim is progressing, and the other with adjacent two mega to Moshavthermo-solar Ashalim projects, one adjacent to the

in the Negev." In the photo-voltaic (PV) field, the Company publicis advancing and projectsbusiness that institutions generate electricity and on using solar system on industrial buildings,

The pioneering thermo-solar facility at Ardom to Yotveta designated lands. To date, the Company has – The facility that was inaugurated in 2012 adjacent whichconstructed have beensmall connectedand medium to photo-voltaic the national is intended to demonstrate improved thermo-solar technology that was developed by Shikun facilities, in a scope of approximately 30 MW, & Binui Renewable Energy. (Photography: Rami Zarnegar) 8 | The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 In the framework of the project hundreds understand that it is important to preserve the natural resources, everywhere in the worlds MWgrid, atand Ein it isHashlosha currently and constructing Nevatim facilities – because the impact on the environment and with an additional scope of approximately 23 of employeesdirect employees shall be employed will be employedduring the . three years of construction, and dozens "Alongside the activity in the photo-voltaic on our quality of life is global. We at Shikun projects and the thermo-solar energy field, throughout the duration of the facility. & Binui Renewable Energy are proud to be we are currently examining additional fields The first circle of employees will include part of a group of new pioneers, in the Negev, of renewable energy, and aiming to continue engineers, technological staff and operators, Businessin Israel and with around Values… the world." initiating projects in Israel and around the "Weto be believesubsequently that the surrounded impact of by the additional Ashalim Dr. Navot Bar, VP Business Development, Ashalim:world." A Green Power Plant in the project,circles of as suppliers well as andadditional service projectsproviders." we Shikun & Binui Renewable Energy says, Negev Ashalim, in in Kibbutzim and Moshavim Ramat Hanegev internationalare advancing and and local examining partners, will in contribute the area, "The State of Israel’s decision to redistribute The thermo-solar power plant at , along with sustainabilitythe sources ofvision energy and withand ourto promote business , is the first BOT (Build Operate to the development of infrastructures, and renewable energy taking projects the environment coincides with into our Transfer) project of its kind in Israel for the to the acceleration of the regional development, consideration is not philanthropy – it is construction of a thermo-solar power plant partgoals. of For our us, business activity Theusing facility, the parabolic which trough has a totaltechnology, production and it to economic growth and prosperity, all in on a daily basis, that it is possible to be both is one of the largest of its kind in the world. addition to and alongside the direct benefits . We prove, Newof generating Pioneers green in Israel and andclean Around electricity." the capacity of approximately 110 MW, will World 'green' and profitable." provide approximately one percent of Israel’s "Creating and maintaining a dialog with electricity consumption. David Ben Gurion foresaw the Jewish ofstakeholders sustainability i.e.: and partners, of our activity,authorities, and In June, 2013, Negev Energy, a company owned In his “Significance of the Negev” speech, in residents, and others, is a guiding value in equal parts by Shikun & Binui Renewable 1955, advance our projects, and contributes to Energy and Abengoa from Spain, won the ingenuity, science and research skills that helps us reach understandings that tender to finance, construct, operate and windswould maketo create it possible electric to “utilize force”, the as Negev’swell as as we turn dry barren land into a source of maintain the power plant, following tender vast solar energy”, “utilize the force of the thriving partnerships with local entities, beproceedings sold in its thatentirety lasted to severalthe Israeli years. Electric The and “prevent waste of the small amounts of the stakeholders is environmental both electricity that is generated at the facility will to “desalinize the seawater inexpensively” life and energy. The attitude of involving The project, with a projected investment of Szilas perspective, as it is important to us that Company, through a 25-year agreement. rainwater in the dry desert”. ecologically and from a human-social says, "Ben Gurion was a man of vision, approximately 1.1 billion dollars, is expected and today, 60 years later, most of us already everyone benefits." to be constructed by 2017. The construction of the project is being handled by the EPC division of ShikunAshalim & Binui Solel Boneh, along with its Spanish partner. entrepreneur,Szilas says, "The builder and project operator exemplifies – we all of our strengths and advantages as an are taking part throughout the entire course of the project, including the design and the financing. The technology which shall be used Ardomin the project is similar to the parabolic trough "Thetechnology project which is currently we demonstrated in the midst at the of Electricity from solar energy – Imaging of a solar panel field facility." – The first BOT project in Israel of a parabolic trough thermo-solar power plant. The project is carried out in cooperation with Abengoa, the financialAshalim closing stage, and preliminary Spain, a leading company in the global thermo-solar field. (Imaging) works have begun concurrently on site. I expect the project will significantly contribute to the development of the Negev.

A Stakeholders involvement meeting at Ein Hashlosha

– Members and children of the Kibbutz where the Company is constructing a solar project were invited to a session together with Company personnel Dr. Navot Bar, VP Business Development, Shikun & Binui to discuss the impact of the project on the lives of the residents. Creating and maintaining a dialog with Renewable Energy (Photography: Rami Zarnegar) all of the stakeholders is part of the principles of sustainability. (Photography: PR) The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 | 9 Energy Cyber Security Needs to be Affordable... Our motto is to complete and not to compete – we are opening doors to all integration possibilities with the big IT infrastructure companies

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As solutions of those companies goal concerning andenergy that we and... which we believe Ourintegrate motto is to complete and notenergy to compete never to compete will enable us to offer updated and better products infrastructure Onbig the contrary, to. open doors to all learning improving undergo possibilities with the IT infrastructure -- companies How Do You Expect to Compete with Cheap. Products against I see itexisting, our software must be. a part of an IT infrastructure from the Far East? Itintegration should make software bigbetter, more and safely. I personally have a vast industrial and , and so As the level of cyberexisting security into it of. do the other in the company We are competition, this with the existing product , efficient, state of the art and I think that competition is backgroundI think that it is experience for our people integrate andhighest, most importantenergy, price sensitivity for our customers. 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The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 |11 Company Profile Founded in 2000, Millennium Electric T.O.U. Ltd. is a PV manufacturer and world leader in the field of PV and PVT solar technologies. The company provides EPC service – building, operation and maintenance of solar PV/PVT power stations and has installed about 68 MW worldwide. Millennium has an annual PV production capacity of 400 megawatts for PV mono/poly crystalline high-efficiency panels

Technology

30% more Millennium Electric T.O.U. Ltd. has developed three uniquefour to PVfive technologies: times more thermal energy as water. ∎ The MSS (Multi Solar System) - PVT (PV & Thermal) collector, which enables up to PV electrical productionTwice than thethe outputusual PV for system the same and $/w investment. ∎ The MSS Co-Generation Power Station – combines solar PVT electricity with steam electric turbine from the PVT collectors. •~30% less panel production cost •~26% reduction∎ Light foldable in fully PV installed panels, 100-500 system WATT, cost •~40% with 19% less to in 22% installation-related efficiency using graphite costs. bus and laser -- carved light lamination-coated cells glued on light sheet Key Projects Around the World: Total 68 Megawatts Installed Atari 1 Mega Schneider Electric, Italy

∎ Installation of 31 PVT systems in Mitzpe Klil, Israel – 1992. The largest and first PVT in the world. Still working perfectly after 22 years!!! ∎ Installation and supply of 1.2MW, 600 homes in Germany – 2005. ∎ Installation of 30KW PVT systems in Stuttgart, Germany – 2005. ∎ Installation of 200KW roof system for a packaging plant in Battipaglia, Italy. ∎ Installation of 500KW in Benevento (Motefalcone), Italy –2007. ∎ Installation and supply of 21MW to D.Engineering station in Pusan, Korea. ∎ Installation of 50KW PVT grid-connected power station at Kibbutz Yakum, Israel and 400 small systems of 30-600 KW, with Arch solar, all over Israel. ∎ Installation of 30KW MSS PVT grid-connected power station for Kibbutz Ma’agan Michael, Israel – 2010. ∎ 34KW MSS PVT grid-connected power station for , Israel and 50 KW MSS PVT for Kibbutz Malcia. ∎ Supply and EPC of 13MW to Italy, last quarter of 2010: Rome 705KW; Sardinia 2,500KW; Livorno 900KW; Piacenza 1,000KW; Verona 1,000KW; Milan 1,170KW; Caserta 1,000KW; San Marino 1,000KW; Cascina 994KW; Genoa 1,102KW; Syracuse 1,356KW. ∎ EPC for 3 MW station together with Schneider Electric in Italy.

Korea 21 Megawatt Maagan MSS PVT System Yakum MSS PVT System Kelil Village 31 Families MSS PVT System

Company Financials and Manpower 179 Namir Ave., ∎ P.O.BOX 48466, Israel 6148401 www.millenniumsolar.com ∎ [email protected] Revenue: $10 million -- $250 million. Employees: 5 – 1,000 outsourcing per project. 12 | The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 Millennium Projects World Wide

The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 |13 Thinking Out of the Box – Saving Electricity Unique and creative solutions for saving electricity; Looking for strategic partners to distribute MILA’s products in target areas

Moshe Frumberg, at the MILA he modest office located in south Tel electrical systems on location. These systems Currently inFrumberg Development: Ltd. offices Electricity Aviv does not reveal the knowledge, and the way they operate are examined, Systems in Supermarkets Tto MILAcreativity, Frumberg capabilities Ltd. and rangeMoshe of along with the amount of energy used at all Frumberg,electricity the company's saving solutions CEO, has offered been a possible nodes. We asses the overall picture a supermarket near his home and felt a cold client's. of the existing systems and then we suggest Frumberg describes how one day he entered where electricity-saving improvements can renowned expert in the field of electricity and Whenbe made. possible, The solutions systems previously offered to developed the client blast of air from air conditioners. These solutionselectronics that since deal 1964. mainly Over with the the years, operation he has byare thetailored company to what will we've be seen adapted onsite." and were operating at full power and were set andgained control extensive of electronic experience systems, in developing as well as to 16 degrees. He suddenly had the idea the ability to provide solutions that meet the controllerof developing will a raisesystem. the When temperature the system or deployed. If not possible, a new system will identifies a small number of people, the Significantbe developed. Electricity Savings in the Uniquespecial needs Aspects of his of customers. the Company Israeli Air Force disconnect some of the air conditioners. Every degree, stresses Frumberg, equals savings of 5% in electricity consumption. The company's name is MILA, Frumberg Frumberg says, "The Israeli Air Force uses The system is in its final stages of development forexplains, development which of is electronics an acronym (in Hebrew: of the systems that produce a 400 Hz frequency and is currently being tested in couple of Ma’abadacompany's Israelit main expertise: le'pituah Israeli electronica laboratory needed for ignition of fighter jet engines or Thesupermarket Company's shops Clients in Israel. examination of equipment. Production of ).The the required frequency is done by an electric company's uniqueness is attributed to its engine that operates a generator. Systems "Our clients," says Frumberg, "are large non-schematic approach and its bespoke must be available 24/7 despite the fact that institutions such as the IAF, IDF, Israel Police, "Ifsolutions it is impossible adapted to tocustomers' adapt a systemneeds and to actual use is only about three hours per day. Ministry of Construction and Housing, Ministry requirements. Thus during most of the day, the systems of Defense, Migdal Capital Markets, the Open operate needlessly, using a great deal of University, Union Bank, the Association the customer's needs or to a special site, disconnectsenergy and causingthe system damage half anto thehour power after for the Wellbeing of Israeli Soldiers, etc." I'll develop a new system that meets the network as well. The solution I designed These clients operate out of large office requirements. All solutions offered by the saves millions of shekels in electricity costs, buildings with a large number of rooms and company are tailor made, like a made-to- butcessation it also preventsof activity. the This mechanical method wear not only and air conditioners. Consequently, any amount of measure suit for a specific person," says savings is financially significant. For example, IdentifyingFrumberg. the Needs and received many letters of appreciation from the installation of detectors in one of Union Characteristics of the Clients tear on the generator. Over the years, I have Bank's management buildings led to 40% Strategicsavings in electricity Partnerships usage. the IAF for my contribution to electricity Frumberg says, "Upon receiving an order Potentialsaving and system Savings optimization." in Underground from a client, we take a tour of the client's site Parking Lots and Hotels "Based on our extensive experience with and perform an examination of all existing large institutional clients in Israel, we invite large organizations abroad to contact us so According to Frumberg, it is possible to that they too can benefit from significant save up to 85% of the electricity saving electricity savings. In addition, we're looking in underground parking lots in which Eastfor strategic to distribute partners our for products target areas and provide such as 200 to 300 light fixtures are installed, by Europe, North America, Africa, and the Far installing presence detectors combined with controllers. The same with hotels and guest serviceFor further in those information,locations," says the CEO. allowhouses, systems where guests to disconnect forget to whenturn off no lights one contact Moshe Frumberg at and air conditioning. Presence detectors [email protected]

is in the room, enabling electricity savings of about 80% in air conditioning and about A system developed for a customer 40% in lighting. 14 | The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 Mevo Carmel Industrial Park: A Unique Location with Quality of Life The new Mevo Carmel Industrial Park is designed and managed according to values that are consistent with environmental protection; It offers cleantech and hi-tech innovators and industrialists from Israel and abroad the opportunity to take part in the park’s entrepreneurial spirit and enjoy a range of residential options in the area Nissim Efraim, CEO of Mevo Carmel Industrial Park

he science and industrial park Mevo Carmel is located at the northern cleantechprotection, and bringing local substantialand international added value real to industrial plants, hi-tech industries, Ttip of , in the , near Tut Junction. estate developers. The park is a joint initiative of four neighboring preferredRecently, the conditions area was todesignated developers as anwho A authorities: the Megiddo Regional Council, class national priority area, which grants the YokneamNissim Illit Efraim, Municipality, CEO of Mevo the Carmel Daliat as refunds on investments, reduced company Industrialal-Carmel Local Park Council and the Local meet the Investment Center’s criteria, such Council. The park and its location offers diverse , explains that the park’s Advantagestaxes and tax benefits. of Mevo Carmel Park station and nearby towns. unique ownership structure integrates the The park is conveniently located at the ∎ rural, urban and minority sectors. quality of life residential options for developers area,Another the distinctive park is a aspect short of distance the park fromis its ∎ and employees in surrounding areas such developmentlocation. Developed centers, specifically academic and in aresearch central intersection of Highway 6 and Highway as Megiddo, which is a UNESCO-recognized 70 (five km. east of Yokneam), making it biosphere reserve, the city of Yokneam, the located halfway between Central Israel and accessible nationwide from north to south. Thekibbutzim Design as wellConcept as the moshavim. institutions, health centers and hospitals. It is ∎ The park is within commuting distance of many areas: five minutes from Yokneam, the . The completion of Highway 6’s 30 minutes from Haifa, 40 minutes from the ∎ The park offers plots from 4 to 15 dunams infrastructure, as well as the Haifa-Beit She’an Krayot, 45 minutes from Tel Aviv, 50 minutes for industry, hi-tech complexes and start-ups. railway, will strengthen the accessibility to the from , 60 minutes from and ∎ The park will include a 35-dunam park, which is now in the advanced stages of 35 minutes from . commercial The park avenuewill comprise for shopping, open employmentpublic areas infrastructure development. ∎ The park is accessible from Ben-Gurion and businesses. plotsThe park’s have areaalready slated been for soldindustry to local includes and Airport (45 minutes away) and from Haifa Port ∎ 550 dunams and 45 plots. Of these, 22 (30 minutes away).The Emek railway from and green belts around the facilities and Haifa via Beit She’an and up to the Jordanian roadways. During work hours, the park will international companies and developers. border The park crossing is close increase to development, opportunities academic for serve as an industrial park. After hours, it will Efraim estimates that initial building permits transporting merchandise to Arab countries. be an entertainment area for the surrounding will be allocated towards the middle of 2015, ∎ towns that are partners in its establishment. and the first facilities will be functioning in and health centers. Plans include playgrounds, bicycle trails and 2016. The remaining 23 plots will be up ∎ The park and Its location enable's the more. for sale at the beginning of next year. Plots accessibility of green energy sources. The environment∎ Building and that environmental will impress management local and will be sold via tenders of the Israel Land Israel Electric Corporation’s Hagit power overseasplans ensure clients businesses with its acontemporary unique work Administration in conjunction with Mevo plant which operates on natural gas is its Carmel, the company that manages and main energy source. The natural gas pipeline administrationdevelops the park. allows only industries that are that passes in proximity to the park will enable design and ability to blend in with its natural committedA strategic to decision environmental made protectionby the park’s and connection to a clean and inexpensive source surroundings.Contact information: of energy. Tel: +972-4-689-9131 ∎ The park’s central location makes a [email protected] protection of the quality of life of surrounding wide range of high-quality and inexpensive totowns international to be established standards inof environmentalthe park. This workersmanpower is plannedavailable tofor and hi-tech, from as the well train as means that the park is designed according traditional industries. Transportation for

The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 |15 The Challenge of Securing Critical Infrastructures “Check Point’s primary activity is to protect from cyber threats: We are working with our customers to prepare for the next generation of attacks”

Development Alon Kantor, VP Business Check Point are control systems, water treatment systems, located on a side street in the center layered, based on several layers of security, he campus and HQ of assumption that they were not vulnerable security solutions. A solution should be multi and factories -- were designed under the Tof Tel Aviv. The modest appearanceCEO, Gil starting from the network base until the end Shwed, ofand the his building fellow founders does not committed reveal the or targets for cyber attacks. So security was Thispoints. is to ensure that the employees and enormous task that the company's either minor or entirely neglected. Most of operatorsEducation are is also aware an importantof the risks part and ofknow security. how fences,the security as well was as physical only physical separation security. between The themselves to 20 years ago. Namely, to location was physically secured: guards, protect and secure the world’s cyber traffic Since cyber attacks on such sites have been to securely operate the site. We know that the sitesfrom anyknown malicious as critical cyber attack.infrastructures, One of the perpetrated,a site’s operational we now and see production an increase areas. in Whathuman Kind factor of is Specialcritical for Products any security Have failure. You more demanding challenges is to protect awareness and a fundamental need for cyber Developed for Such a Special Challenge? To learn more about the state of critical In the past few years we have developed such as power generation facilities. to protect such facilities, we met with Alon security to correspond to the physical security. Kantor,infrastructure VP Business attacks andDevelopment what is being, who done is theySmart are Grid spread and Internet all over, ofand Things physical create security more many products that are specifically designed complex security aspects because by nature for critical infrastructures; for example, many SCADA [supervisory control and data Whatan expert Are in this Some field. Damaging Critical is different for such devices. They are much acquisition] protocols that are used in critical Infrastructure Attacks? criticalinfrastructures. infrastructures We have which also are developedfocused on IPS signatures for intrusion prevention on

The most damaging attack on critical vulnerabilities that are relevant for a specific attackinfrastructure affected is the known operational as the 'stuxnet' ability ofvirus, the area. In addition to this, we provide network which occurred in Iran a few years ago. This segmentation at a specific network layer as well. We also hardened our devices to an centrifuges and was aimed directly at the industrial grade, which allows our product critical infrastructure facility. The attack didn't to work under rough environmental conditions softwareaffect the malware IT surroundings can compromise like a usual the malware physical What– e.g., in Isthe Unique desert and about manufacturing Check rooms.Point does. This attack demonstrated how cyber and Powermore vulnerable station (INGIMAGE/ASAP) to all kinds of attacks because Solutions for Critical Infrastructure? We are world leaders in cyber security and Furthermore,infrastructure, this and attack that affecteddamage networks is not limited that shouldto computers have been and entirely data as separated one might from assume. each the end devices -- i.e., the smart meters -- are customers that have critical infrastructure other and probably surprised the operators of installed in the homes and are spread all over. It offer comprehensive protection to our global Howis not possible Should to put aEntities guard on each Prepare end device. the most sophisticated attacks, and we track Themselves, and What Is the Role of informationentities. At Check about Point, vulnerabilities, we monitor as well events as all of those networks, who thought such an attack Check Point? kinds of cyber attacks all over the world as they aroundwas not possible. the world As aabout result theof this importance attack, we see of an increase in understanding and awareness solutions on our vast database of information I think the first and most important thing is materialize. We base our developments and Concerningsecurity for critical Critical infrastructures. Infrastructure awareness. Awareness of the risks and the Security, What Shift of Mindset Has criticalimplications infrastructure of cyber security. activity Awareness and then leads to that is updated on a continuing basis. Been Seen in the Last Years Regarding to preparing a risk assessment concerning Our critical infrastructure offering is based on Old Facilities, as well as Smart Grid and ofthis developers extensive experience that add more and on protocols feedback thatand Internet of Things? Weweighing have thea service risks and that deciding is called on Securitya plan of we get from our customers. We have a team Most of the critical infrastructure sites Checkup,how to implement where we such map cyber security security. issues and added dynamically to the products, and our more signatures every day. These are being. and devices – e.g., power stations, traffic risks and then provide suggestions for relevant customers benefit from the ongoing updates

16 | The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 Revolutionizing Bulk Energy Storage Seeking strategic partners in the Far East

CEO and cofounder, Arnon Blum PhD., and CFO, Ori Shachar e met EnStorage’s , at the company's HQ. The Woffice doesn’t reveal the revolution taking place behind these walls. Blum and Shachar agreed to share with us theirWhat insights Is a Flow and Batteryplans. and How Is it Unique?

This technology enables the separation between the Power and Energy EnStorage’s Commercial System elements of the battery. Power could be compared to the engine of Have You Already Installed Your Commercial Product? a car and energy to the fuel tank. In a normal battery those two are packaged together. A flow battery decouples these elements enabling customization based on customers' needs, e.g., for a given power how We are currently in the process of building our first commercial systems. much energy, or working hours, is needed. Hence, flow batteries fit Our first system is being built in France and is the product of a Whereusage profiles Was theof cases Technology where many Developed hours of storage and at are What needed. Stage commercialized agreement with AREVA and Schneider Electric to Is it Today? deploy the FlowBox, a 150KW/900KWH module. A second sister system is being built in the US to be deployed in Texas. WhereThis endeavor and What is supported Kind of by Strategic the American Partners BIRD Are Foundation. You Looking The core technology was developed at Tel-Aviv University. The core for? technology employs hydrogen bromine. Over the years EnStorage scaled up the technology from a lab trial to a commercial product. EnStorage’s system consists of an electrochemical energy conversion device and Having secured either deployment Financial Partners partners for Europe and the US, our two storage tanks. The power rating (kW) of the system is based on the current focus is the Faror East, Technical especially Partners India that and would China. manufactureEnStorage is energy conversion device’s size, and the energy rating (kWh) is based looking for that would finance projects or Whaton the storage Is the Advantagetanks’ size. 9 patents of Your protect Flow the Battery accumulated Over know-how. Other storage infrastructure Storage Solutions? the system in the Far East based on our core technology. They would also deploy the system and provide the O&M services. Such strategic partners should have a solid financial base and proven technological The main advantage is cost. EnStorage targets bulk energy storage Whatand engineering Is Your Long skills. Term Challenge? projects, mostly by renewable energy developers. These developers are sensitive to energy production costs as they have to compete with the traditional energy producers. We provide a cost-effective energy Our main challenge is the constant drive to lower costs and increase storage solution which enables them to maintain a balanced supply efficiency. Lowering costs and increasing efficiency enables our Couldin low production You Estimate hours. the Current World Market for Energy customers to compete successfully and us to increase our volumes. Storage?

The worldwide market is estimated in the billions per year with a high CAGR. California, for example, has mandated the adoption of energy storage and many states are following that example. The German government is subsidizing home owners’ energy storage. With the increase of renewable energy deployments worldwide comes the realization that these solutions will hit a glass ceiling. Creating the Couldability Youto supply Mention energy a Couple 24/7 is of a necessitySamples forWhere this industry. Energy Storage Breaks the Glass Ceiling?

EnStorage’s Technology Demonstrator There are numerous cases that reflect this, for example, storing electricity Please visit our website: www.enstorageinc.com during nighttime and using it during peak times when prices are higher. The deferral of investment in new transmission lines is another example. Building or upgrading such lines is very expensive and localized energy storage can postpone or cancel such large investments. The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 |17 Green Energy Technology Trends Capital Nature is looking for outstanding and innovative entrepreneurs in the field of Green Energy

Investments, Capital Nature By Shirley Sheffer* Shirley Sheffer, VP apital Nature is an investment

than ever Chinese delegations visiting the firm focused on incubating and Whereascountry, actively in the past and theaggressively Chinese focusedseeking Caccelerating early stage Green new technologies. Energy ventures in Israel. As such, we keep close tab on all that is happening on later stage companies with field proven in the space both in Israel and globally. products – we (at Capital Nature) now see I've selected to mention four of the major a willingness to explore and be introduced interesting trends that we expect to continue demonstratedto technologies an that interest are earlierin our portfoliostage as Electric Transportation Theover theMerge next Betweencouple of quarters. Smart Grid and several important Chinese groups have Traditional IT Technologies Energycompanies. Storage – Solar After Dark green (no chemistry/safety issues), and Israeli entrepreneurs traditionally bring has unlimited number of charge/discharge much IT innovation, along with track In 2013, in Arizona, 280MW Solana Electriccycles. Transporation record of IT success stories. Many of Generation Station, provides up to six these technologies represent some of the hours of power after the sun goes down, missing building blocks in the Smart Grid using molten-salt tanks. In Nevada, a large In 2013, we've seen an increase of over infrastructure. Technologies like cyber 110MW Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project 300% in all-electric cars on the road, led whilesecurity, traditionally big data analysis, considered computer IT, are crucial image provides 10 hours of molten-salt storage. In by Nissan Leaf and the Tesla Model S. This processing, IOT, sensors, and networking Japan, Toshiba Corp's recently announced trend continues in 2014 with BMW delivering Solview, one of our portfolio companies, 40MW lithium-ion battery project. These its first EV in Germany, and Volkswagen in new Smart Grid deployments. Whileare some the offuture the firstand economicprojects ofviability utilizing of announcing that it will introduce 14 models storage in solar deployments. of hybrids, plug-in hybrids and all-electric is a good example for companies active vehicles. BMW partners with SolarCity to give with such a solution. It is a computer storage in solar deployments is still unclear, EV buyers easy access to solar charging, and imaging company that provides canvassing many argue that their long term adoption ManyIKEA teamed other corporationsup with Nissan have and Ecotricitycommitted to capabilities for automatic rooftop energy is inevitable. At Capital Nature we tend to thisinstall year charging to collaborations stations at that all its seek U.K. to stores. vastly potential assessment based on Google agree and thus invested in Chakratec which maps and alike. The company lowers provides a kinetic energy (flywheel) storage customer acquisition costs for installers. innovativesolution for solution, renewable unlike energy others, commercial is truly grow the EV charging infrastructure in the US. Solview's solution has pilot installations with and industrial applications. Chakratec's publicThis revolution transportation, is significant and smarter, for urbangreen Chinaseveral Is of Aggressively the leading installers Addressing in the USA. the cities who are also adopting cleaner Clean Energy Game transportation devices. Capital Nature invested in Roadix, that bring to market an Environmental hazards in China created a innovative personal vehicle with a unique growing interest by the Chinese government vehiclefolding structureto be adopted yet stable by many and individualssecure ride in green and renewable energy technologies. for all audiences. We expect this type of whichLast year is more was thanthe first the wholeever that of Europe China invested $56 billion in renewable energy, and municipalities alike. Capital Nature continues to seek outstanding together. China is also taking a lead in entrepreneurs who bring viable and exciting other clean energy measures – solar PV technologies that can make a difference in manufacturing, wind turbine deployments, Solar after Dark *theVP GreenInvestments, Energy Capital space. Nature and EV innovations. And here in Israel, this year we saw more 18 | The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 We Seek Energy Projects with Attractive Risk/Reward Profile – Investments that “Make Sense” We seek projects that can substantiate a predictable and solid cash-flow and that will be considered by reputable international banks for project financing

Ellomay Team Ellomay Capital Ltd. are located in a renovated white he offices of months ago and is already preforming well. It means that we are looking for projects with Ellomay periodically raises capital through a relatively high probability of materializing Thistorical building, which was the cashproject on financinghand of about facilities 20 million or the dollarsissuance and of operationaland with a clear yet and and are a solidin a construction future flow orof Rani Fridrich,third building Ellomay in CapitalTel-Aviv Limited, and was continuouslypublic bonds in seeks Israel. additional Currently, Ellomayinvestment has developmentreturns. It could phase, be asprojects we did thatwith are Dorad, not CEOthe residence and Eran of Zupnik, the Shlush EVP family. of Business Development at Ellomay opportunities. but they will surely generate revenues. This explained what Oneis typically important not the topic character that Fridrich of a start-up and Ellomayis unique Capital in Ellomay is an Israeli and public what company kind of Zupnikcompany. mention is that all projects should be investment projects they are looking for. that is duel listed and traded in the NYSE “bankable”. It means that a reputable bank MKTShlomo (ticker: ELLO)Nehama and also in the TASE . should be ready to finance such a project. The EllomayKanir Partnership is owned by two and major related shareholders. parties energy field is a field that requires substantial Mr. (37.6%) and the amounts of money. Therefore, financial institutions are needed to finance a project. (35.2%). Kanir is controlled by Hemi isEllomay closely also tied raised to the funds ability by issuingof Ellomay public to Raphael and Ran Fridrich. Together bonds in Israel. The rating of such bonds these shareholders hold about 70% of the company. The rest is held by the public. ThePV plant Profile in Italy of an Ideal Project service such bond obligations. The rating Ellomay is an energy company that in agencies typically require evidence of a solid toparticular national invest, electricity hold networks and manage or to projects private and steady flow of cash. which generate electricity that is then sold Ellomay’s management is keeping an open We at Ellomay strive to evaluate and manage mind in exploring potential opportunities. various risks such as retroactive legislation inclients. the Manara Ellomay Cliff is or also the exploring production other and We are clearly continuing to seek as already happened in the PV market in energy projects such as pumped storage opportunities that will increase our existing Italy and Spain or when a regulator changes sea as in the case of the Tanin and Karish Weportfolio will certainly in industries consider such projects as PV, also wind, in the working landscape i.e.: adding taxes, transportation of natural gas from the deep hydro, and conventional power stations. Itchanging is much harder agreements for us to evaluateor terminating innovative a such projects will likely develop into projects license. Theoil fields. Current Portfolio the early stage of development, provided In our portfolio, they describe, we have Ideally, such project will be closely tied to markettechnology forces risks will or ventureprove that capital there projects is no that produce solid cash flow of revenues. that may not materialize at all because a cumulative PV capacity of 30.5 MW the energy sector and will produce electricity Projectsdemand for Locations such product or venture. that we produce in Italy (12 plants) and or similar products (like natural gas) that Ellomay looks for suitable projects all over Spain (4 plants). The PV plants generate Thewe will Preconditions sell. for Joining annual income of about 16 million dollars. Ellomay's Portfolio Wean opinion also own to 7.5%increase of Dorad, our share Israel’s in Dorad largest to the world. Ideally we look for relatively private power station with 820 MW. We have Ellomay Capital is not a venture capital stable geographies such as Western Europe Fridrich and Zupnik are explaining that and clearly also look at projects in Israel. 9.375%. Dorad is a combined cycle natural fruitful projects that will more likely than That said, we also explore projects in Central gas operated power station with diesel as company. Ellomay is therefore looking for and South America. Generally speaking we backup source. The Dorad power station is " are less keen on investing in the Far East. the largest private electricity power plant not produce solid cash flow that eventually To summarize, we are looking for projects in Israel. It was activated only a couple of will “bring the invested capital back home . in the energy sector that make sense... The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 |19 .B. Industrial Recycling Technologies is a private, independent company involved Ain advanced environmental Avi Ben-Laish and deals with the technologies. The company was founded in 1994 by development, marketing and management of new inroads in the field of ecology in industry, as well as improving and optimizing existing activities in this field. The company is also involved in project management in the environmental field, as well as providing counseling concerning packaging and transportation of hazardous substances and used oil. It provides counseling for the Company for Environmental Services Ltd. in the waste disposal site Ramat-Hovav and marketing counseling for Dor-Gas in setting up a company for ecological services. Ben-Laish, the company's CEO, spent 30 years as urban planner and environmental manager in the public & industrial sector in Israel, Europe, Far-East and America. A.Ben Laish in Skolnik industries, Ben-Laish has been involved with innovative industries in Israel for the past 24 years and specializes Chicago/USA-trainingtransportation for in marketing advanced environment-related technologies. He is also a consultant for factories and hazardous waste packaging and companies in Israel and abroad. There are important advantages in business cooperation with A.B. Technologies: Financial Profit -

∎ A.B. Technologies focuses on developing and marketing technologies that Good are financiallyPublic Relations profitable. - TheB basis for the company’scan assist the activities public is relations a business function one, and in anthe intention is to to maximize project a profits.desirable in the public eye For , a company ∎ in fuels and oils is perceivedA. . Technologies as an environmental pollutant However, when theorganization company incorporates a elementimage and includes processes. example in its activities that dealingcontribute to the environment, this will beingserve as a framework which. the company can advance the of liferecycling in Israel A.Ben Laish in ROTO, Slovenia – cooperation in Development of a Horizontal Orientation - B through has many connections with developing and marketing of bio reactors for companies in Israelquality and abroad These connections. enable it to serve as sole representative oil-water separators and∎ supplier of and innovative productsA. . Technologies in the environmental This, in turn, the diversity of products. and services that can be distributed Increase in Markettechnological Segment - B involvement with environmentalfield. issuesexpands, the diversity of its products and the it has accumulated in this. allow it∎ to steadily increase its market A. . Technologies, as well as the’ market of the companies with which it is involved knowledge field Cooperation with the Authoritiessegment - Ben has maintainedsegment relations with ministries such. as the Ministry for Environmental , the Ministry of A.Ben Laish in Chemcomex, Prague/ Czech Health∎ , the Ministry of Transportation, the Ministry-Laish of Defense and localgood authorities Republic – partnership with Chemcomex & government Affairs Teramed in developing bio-treatment for A.B. Technologies Provides the Following. cleaning Services:underground water & soil

Environmental Health and Safety ∎ Environmental Management ∎ Technical Assistance ∎ Odor Control - Biofilter, MonaFil, ∎ and Commissioning Biotrickling, MonaShell ∎ Environmental Management ∎ Landfill – Leach Treatment ∎ Agriculture – Feed Meal, Fish Meal Outsourcing Process Water service ∎ Designing, Building and Installing Production Factory, Animal Manure ∎& WastewaterEnvironmental Treatment Engineering Carbon Filters for VOC Treatment at DairyTreatment Industry Plant, Rendering Plant ∎ Power and Industrial Plants. ∎ Food industry - Snack Manufacturer, Wastewater Treatment as a ∎ B.A.T. - Vacuum Evaporators & ∎ Air Emissions Treatment Crystallizers - Zero Liquid ∎ Due Diligence ∎ Discharge (ZLD) ∎ Environmental Impact Assessment Turn-Key Pilot plans Service for Industrial in Implementation Tests ∎ Recycling Waste to Energy ∎ Solid Waste Management Planning of Engineering Solutions ∎ SoilAir & Remediation Gas Depuration ∎ Training for Environmental Awareness ∎ ∎ Biological Treatment Marketing of Environmentally Friendly ∎ Turn-Key Facilities ∎ Products --Ecolabeling Designs, supplies, and builds wastewater treatment plants using the best available technologies for wastewater minimization and Partialreuse. We List are of highly Clients: committed to adapt air emissions to the atmosphere and to the applicable laws. A.B. Industrial Recycling Technologies The IDF; vendor of USA ARMY & environmental services, vendor of NATO, Aircraft Industries; Dead Sea Works; Ambar Tel: Fax: Granot agriculture cooperation; Keter Plastic; Tadir-Gan P.O.BoxE-mail: 6300 4216102, Web ISRAEL Site Precision Products; Ortal Magnesium; Ham-Let advance 972 - 52 - 2599086 ∎ 972 - 9 - 8658597 technology; Habonim industrial valves & actuators Ltd.; PCB [email protected] ∎ : www.ben-laish.com (printed circuit board) Technologies; Efee Landfill ;Gazit-Glob Israel; Toyota; Volvo; Subaru; Strauss-Group. 20 | The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 Bringing Microalgae Promise to Life There are tremendous opportunities for producing biofuel feedstock, omega-3 and feedstock for aquafeed; Looking for investments to ramp-up the activity in Israel and abroad

The Commercial Opportunities

biomass production farm. Algal omega-3 This presents UniVerve with a tremendous purchaseand biomass of the exporters entire production, already presented which are opportunity. The biofuel market value was UniVerve with letters of intent for the $56 billion in 2012; it is expected to reach $113 billion by 2020. The omega-3 market expected to be replaced by binding off-take availabilityvalue was $25 and billion capture in of 2011; Peruvian it is expected anchovy, agreement in Q1/2015. UniVerve received to reach $35 billion by 2016, due to reduced thegreat establishment interest from of potentiala second farmoff-takers in Israel in Europe, the USA and Asia and plans to begin the major source of omega-3 oils, and the rapid growth in the volume consumed in Businessesby 2016. in the Far East Oil produced from UniVerve's biomass Asia. The biomass for feed market value was $15 billion in 2011 and is growing as farmsniVerve as feedstock Ltd. initiates for biofuel, food the the result of an increase in the quantity of UniVerve has begun business development supplementsestablishment and feed, of microalgae based on its onshore fish production. The global shortage in Asia and partnered with a strong U commodities,of feedstock (oil,so fuel, omega-3 food and and feed protein- players engineering company, United Engineers rich biomass) drives up the price of these Limited (UEL) from Singapore, as its EPC patent-pending technology. The combination partner. UniVerve, with UEL support, already of UniVerve's selected microalgae strains, are constantly searching for alternatives found leading Chinese companies from the produced,its production results system’s in an innovative efficiency production and the thesethat will materials, lower thus COGS they and present save immensehedging ofbiofuel, omega-3 and aquafeed industries commercialization of the complete biomass commercialcost. Microalgae potential are naturalas valuable producers feedstock of that are interested in becoming off-takers materials from UniVerve's future farm in process with profitability levels anticipated fundedChina, planned by its founders, to be established Ohad Zuckerman by 2017. to exceed those currently achieved by the for these industries. Since its establishment, UniVerve has been ismicroalgae scalable and industry. simple to construct, operate UniVerve’s multifaceted business UniVerve's cultivation and harvesting system development strategy includes the processesand Ra'anan in life Herzog, science who industries combine and havevast establishment of microalgae farms, singly experience in the development of innovative costand maintain.of an oil barrel Thanks as feedstockto its high-yield for biofuel and or in joint ventures, as well as technology low-energy consumption, the production licensing. Farms may be designated for proven success in building and managing revenuescombined willoil and include food/feed a combination production orof multinational companies. UniVerve is is expected to be up to $50. The ability to for food/feed production alone. UniVerve's now seeking investment to secure the profitably produce a commodity such as oil continuation of the scale-up of its farm in also makes this award-winning technology license fees, royalties, consulting fees and Israel and to strengthen its global expansion. a game changer in the production of high dividends, depending on the model chosen For further information, value/small market compounds for food, by each client. contact Ohad Zuckerman at cosmetics, pharma and more. UniVerve's UniVerve began constructing its first farm in [email protected] microalgae strain contains triglycerides that infrastructureIsrael, which is plannedsupport tosystems reach 85 for hectares biofuel 972-523-412-333. foodcan serve supplements, as feedstock and for full biofuel, protein omega-3 that can by 2019 (see picture). As the regulatory and EPA that can serve as feedstock for human in Israel are at an early stage, UniVerve’s serve as feedstock for aquafeed. first farm in Israel will be an omega-3 rich

The first stage of UniVerve's farm in Israel The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 |21 HomeBioGas™ is Going International and Is Looking for Local Partners Revolutionary home biodigester; Looking for strategic partners for the local as well as international markets

evaGas™, a family-sized anaerobic digester, is a revolutionary new T biodigester that provides biogas for cooking, heating and lighting. The company is expanding overseas and is looking for partners and distributors for Ban Ki-moon, the secretary-general eneral of the Bedouin Family in Umm Batin using TevaGas Whyits innovative Biogas? TevaGas™ home biodigester. Unitedwomen Nations, and children and Reuven die each Rivlin, year duepresident to indoor of family biodigester Well-Being and Health: Israel; inspecting TevaGas™. “More than 4 million and approved by the local Environmental smoke from open fires(*). This is just the thing 2.7 billion people they need. You should sell them to the UN! It can subsist in “off-the-grid” communities save lives.” (*) WHO Report, 2012 Protection Ministry and the Energy Ministry without access to electricity or gas. They for safety and environmental impact. cook over firewood, charcoal, trash or dry smokeBetter caused Environment by cooking over charcoal/ TevaGas is ISO compliant. Productivity:manure. Indoor smoke Families leads spend to respiratory hours wood/manure fires; The first units were installed in villages of diseases and deaths. ∎ – Treats organic Beduin families in the Negev, and additional waste locally, saving transportation impact, Environmentalunits are being delivered Protection to Beduin Minister villages Amir collecting and carrying trash and wood reducesIncreased groundwater Food Yield contamination – Produces clean, and Peretzin the Palestinian Authority. Pelegrin for burning. They have no regular light deforestation; Castello, the minister of mining and after nightfall and no opportunity for ∎ Well-Being energy, introducedin the Dominican TevaGas to Republic Environment:cottage industries or for reading and doing organic liquid fertilizer for the garden; homework. ∎ – Clean cooking fires, hot . An average family consumes Greatwater, nighttimeUser Experience lighting and labor saving. Castello initiated a pilot project, deploying 30 kg. of firewood per day, decimating It’s a DIY (Do It Yourself) Kit– Easily 50 TevaGas units in two villages in the soilforests. eroded by deforestation pollute the Dominican Republic. The prime motivation Untreated sewage, uncollected garbage and ∎ Sealed – Cover prevents odors and of the DR government is to prevent the assembled in less than three hours; local forests from being cut down for use groundwater, rivers and lakes. ∎ Above Ground Summaryas firewood for cooking and heating. Untreated organic garbage emits methane. thwarts insects and mosquitoes; 2 The Family Benefits ToUntreated Summarize methane contributes 25 times ∎ User-Friendly Interface– No digging and heavy more to global warming than CO . construction; : Clean free energy for : Anaerobic biodigesters ∎ – Dual-purpose cooking, heating and gas lighting. Indoor provide clean energy and improve the well- sink for manure or kitchen waste feeding, Theair is Communitysmoke-free, it Benefits:is labor-saving, Reduces and being of the family and at the same time built-inGas Pressure food waste – grinder, optional water provides free, clean fertilizer for the garden. Whyprotect TevaGas? the environment. tap; TevaGas™ is a new class of “Off-the-Grid” ∎ Patented gas pressure garbage, trees are saved, improved health HomeBiogas Anaerobic Digester systemManual delivers Grinder continuous gas under Theand Businesswell-being, Opportunity: cleaner groundwater and treats both food waste and animal manure, pressure; water sources, reduced global warming . TevaGas ∎ – The only home-scale HomeBioGas is biogasGas Filter system with built-in food grinder, going international and looking for partners producing clean cooking gas sufficient for improving digester efficiency by up to 300%; and distributors. 2S and water from the Contact info: three meals along with 10 liters of organic ∎ – The only system with a built- www.homebiogas.com TevaGasliquid fertilizer is a completely per day. new solution, in Sludgefilter; removes Outlet – H Convenient operational Ami Amir – Business designed for enhanced living: biogas; Development and Marketing Clean Energy ∎ +972.546.450.667 Statusoutlet for periodic sludge removal. ∎ Improved Health – Produces – Eliminates clean indoorbiogas for cooking, water heating and gas lighting; ∎ TevaGas has been thoroughly tested, certified 22 | The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 A Social View of Environmental Protection Promoting initiatives that are aimed towards improving standard of living

avid Leffler, Director General of Environmental Protection DavidProtection Leffler, Ministry Director AmirMinister Peretz, Former the Environmental Protection General of the Environmental Ministry told us that former DMinister Amir Peretz Amir Peretz: “environmental justice and brought a social justice are the same." new social spirit into the Ministry. We are engaged, he explained, with many projects that are aimed directly towards improving the standard of living of the citizens of the Local Activities with International ElectricityState of Israel Savings as well asProjects our neighbors. Aspects municipal waste, environmental education, environmental aspects e.g., taking care of The first one is a national project of with environmental aspects of the Jordan The initiative contains three elements. Recently we conducted a conference dealing enforcement of environmental laws, etc. Consequently, starting to close the existing decreasing greenhouse gas emissions by shareRiver. toWe the welcomed mutual efforts a big delegation to preserve from the gap of environmental standards or standard Environmentalsaving electricity Protection with a total Ministry budget has of Jordan. The Israeli side contributed its of living between the Jewish and Arab about $40 million. For this purpose, the This contribution will join the common populations. river by allocating more fresh water to it. allocated a grant for municipalities and Israel has committed itself to take care of the Municipalitiesbusinesses. The such effect as Yerohamwas very and impressive Ma’alot cleaning efforts of the river. Furthermore, Tarshihawith a return saved on an capitalimpressive of about amount 25%. of sewage along the river within its territory. It was impressive, said Leffler, to see the money by cutting electricity expenses. Such cooperation between the two countries. renewsavings this are project,meaningful possibly for small as the towns. result We of hopeThe Jordan that in River the near has future,a significant the Palestinian symbolic hope, says Leffler, that the government will side,role for which many is people responsible around for the the world. Jordan We

Thethe international second tendency to get a serious work plan for greenhouse gas emissions. River going towards the Dead Sea, will join Ministry allocated element about is $10done million together for Environmentin and cooperate and with Social Israel Justiceand Jordan. with the Israel Electric Corporation. The said that “environmental justice and social the areas surrounding the power plants Peretz is known for his social agenda. He in and for the purpose funds for the peripheral areas aimed of installing scrubbers. The project, which towardsjustice are the the weak same." populations, We therefore especially allocated was planned for execution a couple of years ago, was postponed. Peretz demanded, as compensation to the population surrounding for Arab communities. The environmental Thethese third plants, element the initiation is a project and which financing calls decision,conditions we in allocated their towns about and NIS villages 200 million are far forof anproposals electricity of municipalities efficiency to program. support behind the Jewish ones. In a governmental

For this purpose about $3 million were that will be invested in all Arab and Druse local activities of electricity efficiency. towns and villages during a period of four years. This project is planned to significantly allocated. alter their living conditions regarding vast Wind farm (INGIMAGE/ASAP) The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 |23 The German-Israeli Chamber of Commerce on the Latest Trends in Making Municipal Services Greener How remunicipalization of public services influences local sustainability in Germany: Selected trends and their impact on Israeli municipalities and business

By Benjamin Friedländer and Gregor Schlosser local authorities to obtain the mentioned becoming (again) an important partner for

energy policy objectives, which can contain Currenta significant initiatives potential underline for sustainability the mentioned in German cities and municipalities.

importance. Many public utilities already ownoffer renewable green electricity sources, from such renewables.as wind and Larger ones have already invested in their

solar energy, but also biomass and water energy. As a shining example, Munich’s public utility wants to produce enough green electricity in its own power plants by 2025 to cover all the electricity requirements of its 1.4 million inhabitants. Also in the field of water, wastewater and waste, a slight trend of reversing previously The team of AHK Israel is at your disposal to support yourA Revival internationalization of Public Services efforts to Germanyin Germany moreprivatized or less public individual services cases to municipalities like – just to public services, we are is observable. Although this trend comprises fter decades of privatizing witnessed a revival of public services in Particularly in the energy sector we have Wasserbetriebemention some andprominent Berliner examples Wasserbetriebe – the Acurrently observing that many have been established, and a lot of concessions Remunicipalization of the Potsdamer municipalities in Germany Germany. In recent years many public utilities are buying back privatized utilities and or the reorganization of waste management canceling concessions that had been have been awarded to public enterprises. in Aachen and Bergkamen (North Rhine- awarded to external private suppliers. Remunicipalization efforts in the energy Westphalia), this slight trend can become Remunicipalization is a trend of reversing sector are mainly influenced and pushed by a significant contribution to municipal previously privatized public supply and ofthe this German action Federal plan, Government’s such as reduction proposed of sustainability efforts as well. For instance, disposal services to local authorities. It energy transition. The required objectives public water utilities are solving technical onstrengthens Israeli municipalities municipal sustainability and businesses, efforts and economic problems resulting from in Germany. This, in turn, may have influence consumption,greenhouse gases, should expansion be mainly of renewable achieved demographic trends and regional disparities energies and reduction of primary energy (e.g., underutilization vs. overutilization generating new market opportunities for essence this means an enhanced development fromof public wastewater pipelines) or useby sustainable of rainwater and as futureIsraeli sustainabilitycompanies in projectsGermany’s in Israelipublic by decentralization of energy supply. In its flexible solutions such as heat recovery sector and serving as a role model for more and more public wastewater plants are of local supply. Therefore, public utilities – as drinking and process water. In addition, municipalities. decentralized suppliers and producers – are 24 | The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 using resource-saving and energy-efficient the specific requirements onsite, which – developmentan urban context further: are at fromthe focus. November 2 thetechnologies reduction to of improve pollutant energy emissions efficiency. and depending on the technology – include e.g. AHK Israel constantly helps to take the In the field of municipal waste management, number of citizens or energy demand, as well as the amount of waste in a specific region. to 6 2014, a delegation of high-ranking energy consumption, as well as waste Taking these factors into account will be officials from Israeli public authorities and recycling, is at the focus. A sustainable essential to guarantee cost efficiency, which associations traveled to Northern Germany and resource-efficient waste management in Germany is much more important due to to learn more about the integration of wind system has been requested by strict legal avoidlong-term costly contracts failures between or bad investmentslocal authorities on turbines into an existing electricity grid and rules since the 1970s (incl. Waste Disposal bothand public sides, or a privateprior assessment operators. Inof order market to the legal, social and environmental obstacles Act 1972, Waste Act 1986 and the Closed athat considerable have to be contributiontackled in this to process. cooperation Substance Cycle and Waste Management Act Other events organized by AHK Israel made 1994). Greenhouse gas emissions from waste and cooperation opportunities by German management have been reduced significantly AHKindustry Israel experts as would a Permanent be advisable. Link over the past years, especially by providing since the 1990s. This contributes substantially Between Both Countries companies in the energy efficiency industry, Newto achieving Opportunities the Kyoto climate-targets.for Israel platformdecision-makers, for mutual technical NGOs and and researcheconomic institutes from both countries a regular The conference on the topic of “Energy The presented tendencies also influence Efficiency in Local Authorities,” which was exchange. In that respect, AHK Israel is andIsraeli sustainability municipalities efforts and provides business. Israeli The inorganized November by the2013, German-Israeli has repeatedly Chamber shown acting as a permanent link between Israel companiesprocess of strengthening with new opportunities public services for of Industry and Commerce (AHK Israel) and Germany. Taking this process forward by a further extension to topics such as

Support of cooperation efforts between Germany and Israel … municipalitiescooperation and can sales be understoodin Germany. as And a role the modelsustainability not only forcommitment other European of Germany’s countries but also for Israel. Potential “spillovers” Discussing German-Israeli Networking & depend strongly on further exchanges market Chamber of Industry Cooperation between both countries’ key actors in this trends and Commerce field. Under certain conditions (see below), realistic market opportunities exist for Israeli energy, water and waste management companies in Germany – especially in the Platform for GIREC Assessing public sector. Israeli companies develop Exchange potentials and produce innovative technologies, e.g. howtechnologies and R&D for efforts generation offer a very of bio competitive and solar energy or waste and sewage treatment. Know- … in the field of sustainability & energy related topics performance and excellent standards. Israeli technologies are in demand worldwide. On andthe German public enterprisesside, sustainability already projects have in show this the amazing expertise that municipalities AHK Israel & GIREC are important partners for Israeli companies in the field of energy related topics. that Israeli municipalities are more and sustainable water, wastewater, waste, and field. This know-how is a real pull factor arefor foreignperformed investors. by municipalities In Germany, and most public of the so-called “services of general interest” Withmore ainterested number of in consultancy opportunities projects of energy and public infrastructure management would saving and a sustainable use of resources. Thedefinitely Challenge make forsense. the Future: to Anchor utilities. That is why the public sector is an Sustainability in Israeli Society important source of demand, which generates plainlyinitiatives their (e.g., role Tag-Hasviva), as a model of sustainability Israeli NGOs One of the most important (and also hundredsturnovers of and public profits companies in billions invest every millions year. attempted to show local authorities quite Large cities like Hamburg or Leipzig and their factand thatthe saving the level potential of development for public in money. Israeli environment,difficult) future resources challenges and climate in Israel not onlywill of euros in modernizing infrastructure and municipalitiesNevertheless, we differs should considerably not lose sight offrom the inbe municipalities to create more and the understanding business sector but of Someimplementing Obstacles new Existtechnologies. However, the future success of Israeli Germany. A comprehensive use of solar and also in the entire population. Sustainability wind energy, energetic renovation of public – as cohesion of ecology, economy and social technologies in Germany will probably Majorbuildings projects or a sustainable are in most wastewater cases still in and an affairs – must be firmly anchored in the Israeli depend on the question of whether these waste treatment are mostly still future topics. rolesociety. model, it should be borne in mind that technologies will meet Germany’s legal between both countries is an indispensable currentAlthough situation Germany and can framework certainly conditions serve as a requirements, such as the strict Emission early stage. Further cooperation and exchange Control Act and Waste Water Regulation. New technologies must be a real alternative prerequisite to advance the cause of in Israel are fundamentally different. These Thisto existing is possible technologies only with completelyin Germany new so sustainability in Israeli municipalities. A range from a different resources situation that they can displace existing capacities. successful example of town-twinning in security(both energy situation, and water) which through understandably a different ofthis sustainability field is the partnershipand climate protectionbetween Tel in culture and mentality to an extremely delicate advantages. In any case, economic and Aviv-Yafo and Freiburg in which the topics technical utilization should be adapted to makes sustainability a subordinate question. The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 |25 Renewable Energy – Global and Local View Renewables are here to stay and Israel should take advantage of this opportunity

Environmental Studies Dr. Miki Haran, Head of at Ono Academic College Dr. Mikilobal Haran* Perspective

and electricity production from was added in 2013 for a total of 318 GW. support achieving this goal. Therefore, it is Today, global installed capacity Throughout 2013,China renewables new renewable achieved power high not surprising that an estimated 6.5 million G capacitylevels of penetration surpassed new in some fossil countries. fuel for Forthe people worldwide are employed in "green modern renewable technologies example, In Denmark is another Reductioncollar" jobs associated in Investments with renewables. is far more significant than it was merely On the other hand, total new investment in a decade ago. Heating directly by using first time in 2013. biomass, solar, and geothermal modern example, where wind power met 33.2% of sources is also rising steadily. Technological total annual electricity demand – the highestItaly renewable power and fuels was US $ 214.4 advances, decreasing prices, determined per capita renewable energy in the world. In billion in 2013 (not including hydropower governments with clear supportive policies Spain it met 20.9% of demand and in projects), down 14% relative to 2012 and and smart financing mechanisms have made solar PV met 7.8% of total annual electricity 23% lower than the record level in 2011. renewable energy available to an increasing demand. Scotland declared that Germanyit aims for, Investments in solar PV declined nearly 22% number of consumers all over the world. 100% electricity from renewable sources by relative to 2012. In Europe the decline in In many developing countries renewables 2020 and 20 million citizens of toinvestment reductions in 2013in support was even in some greater countries - down electricityare assisting was in notproviding previously energy available security and by representing over 25% of this second most 44% from 2012. The decline is due in part providing electricity to remote areas where populous country in Europe, are already living differsin what from is known country as 100% to country, renewable there regions. are at but also due to significant reductions in creating new jobs. In developed countries Even though the penetration of renewables technology costs, especially in the solar PV renewables and energy efficiency help markets. In wind power the market was healthreduce carbonimpacts emissions, of fossil therebyfuel emissions slowing least 144 countries with renewable targets down nearly 10 GW compared to 2012 due to the process of global warming and lowering and most of them have working policies to project cancellations or downscaling, mainly new businesses and new employment from power plants, as well as generating The last Renewables 2014 Global Status Reportopportunities. published by REN211 states that the most significant growth of renewable energy in 2013 occurred in the power sector, reaching global capacity of 1,560 GW (gigawatts), more than 8% higher than in 2012. Hydropower rose by 4% to 1,000 GW and other renewables rose by 17% to atmore the than most 560 rapid GW. Outrate of and all the new renewables capacity growth, the Solar PV has continued to expand installation increased in 2013 by about 32%, reaching a record 39 GW new installations, for a total exceeding 139 GW. In wind power more1 than 35 GW of wind power capacity for the 21st century REN21: The Renewable Energy Policy Network Man installing alternative energy photovoltaic solar panels on roof (INGIMAGE/ASAP) 26 | The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 be raised in order to include externalities, promote energy efficiency and allow renewables to compete without a subsidy. isOn bound the other to raise hand, enormous because opposition of the high costOne possibilityof living in to Israel, protect a price low income hike in households electricity .

inis toaccordance apply a progressive with the amount tax on of household electricity consumedelectricity usage. and the Tax number can be ofimplemented people per

household while industries using renewables and/or introducing efficient energy would receive a discount in electricity fees. Some of the tax funds could be directed to promoting energy efficiency and support research in the field of alternative energy. In addition to research in the field of oil alternatives Wind farm (INGIMAGE/ASAP) and more efficient usage of sun and wind The conclusion from this data is that albeit Local Perspective power, energy storage is another important thein the reduction U.S. market. in investments, new countries low income households is more inelastic. notresearch only fieldfor power, that can but improve for transportation the possibility electricity consumption per household in of implementing alternatives to fossil fuels The survey shows that the average annual are joining the renewables industry and and heating as well. Adapting the electricity more companies and people are taking part Israel is relatively high, about 7,000 Kwh, grid in Israel is also an important element Avoidingin the renewables Conflicts business. compared to the average annual consumption developmentto enable high productionof renewables of electricity in Israel from can per household in Australia and Japan (about improverenewables. the abilityFurthermore, of Israeli incentives companies for to 5,000 Kwh), the Netherlands (4,000 Kwh), billionRenewables people can in also the help world prevent who conflictshave no Spain (less than 3,000 Kwh) and Chile (less over resources. There are more than 1 than 2,000Kwh). In all the above mentioned compete more successfully. countries the average price of electricity inis A motivated government policy aided by access to electricity and 2.6 billion who much higher than the price in Israel. innovative technologies and smart financing cook and heat with traditional biomass. In wereActually, also the calculated, current price such ofas electricity the price of can enable us to achieve this goal and Africa, where the growth1 of electrification Israel would be much higher if externalities take part in the growing global market of is lower than the growth in total population pollution from power plant stacks, carbon renewables. Renewable energy is a growing People(2.3 compared who have to no 3.5) access only to 43% electricity of the health expenses related to the damage of air field that poses real opportunities for Israel populationusually also haveenjoyed no access electricity to clean in 2013.water and subsidies to the Israel Electric Company at home and abroad if the right steps are suchtax for as the the emission price of the of greenhouseproperty of gassespower *Headtaken in of time. Environmental Studies at Ono Academic College as well because desalination, pumping and such a low price, it is almost impossible electricitypurification or consumespure water electricity. and the result These is forplants renewables and the transformationto compete with lines. fossil With fuel people or governments cannot pay for usually confrontations and conflicts for these electricity production without incentives. overresources natural with resources neighbors. can Itbe is avoided fair to say by Looking to the future of Israel, we can expect thethat developmentunnecessary conflicts of low priced arising sources from wars of a steady growth in the demand for electricity. This is because the rate of population growth in Israel (1.9% in 2013), which is similar to areenergy. already Renewables, available especially, and there can is no provide need rates in the poorest developing countries in solutions because cost-effective technologies the world while GDP per capita (34,770 USD theper capitashare inof 2013renewables according up to to IMF), the modest is more Pricingfor costly and infrastructure. Demands like that of a developed country. Enlarging

target of 10% in 2020 as declared by the OECDMarket households structure and2 shows pricing electricity can promote prices or government can help Israel cope with its andmitigate their the effect use of on renewables. demand in A differentsurvey of Suggestionsgrowing demand to forPromote electricity Renewables. in Israel household demand for electricity decreases withOECD the countries. price of Accordingelectricity andto the increases survey, renewables in Israel is to revisit the issue The first step to advancing the use of the price of electricity is low people spend is a debate in Israel as to whether electricity with household income (as expected). When of electricity price from fossil fuels. There income households while the demand in more on electricity, especially in higher theshould view be that taxed the and price if the of priceelectricity of electricity should 2 should be raised. World experience supports Overview from the 2011 Survey, OECD Studies on EnvironmentalOECD (2013), GreeningPolicy and Household Household Behaviour: Behaviour, Electrical towers (INGIMAGE/ASAP)

OECD Publishing The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 |27 Promoting Awareness for Green Energy Educating to understand the meaning of environmental friendly life

Children experimenting with solar power near the 'Energy Dome' in Binyamina Visitor Center he Solar Garden, an educational initiative founded in 2010, was established in order to promote technologies, as well as ideas and green why we target school groups as our most technologies that are being developed. important audience. I believe raising an T CenterEducational in Binyamina, programs consistas well ofas workshops any other environmentally-conscious generationYaniv will awareness and use of green energy and seminars that are held at the Visitor Fieldust,influence founder the development and CEO of a leading sources and environmental technologies. green energy industry in Israel." says The Solar Garden aims to stimulate people's location across Israel, spreading practical of this unique imaginations, encouraging them to think knowledge and techniques in disciplines project. about ways to live in a more environmentally- such as alternative energy sources, energy Guided tours of the facility are led by thefriendly lack of way. action Activities and promote are sustainabilitydesigned to efficiency, green building, Israeli cleantech knowledgeable and passionate instructors, raise awareness of the consequences of innovations and more. and are tailored to suit different target "One of our main goals is to encourage populations according to the nature of education programs, exposing participants youth to pursue higher education and the group, participants' ages and their to existing environmental products and conduct research in these fields, which is prior knowledge. Visitors include school

28 | The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 faculty members, environmentalists, groups, students, teachers, university foreign tourists and senior delegations, families –and Energy elected, Water officials., Green Building and ResourcesThe Visitor Center is divided into compounds

. Each compound presents the current situation and the local and global problems it creates, along with various existing technological solutions and those currently under development. For example, isin today, the Energy the downside Complex, of coal visitors power will plants be exposed to the Israeli power industry as it production, pros and cons of transition and the growing need for clean energy to natural gas and government policies therelating opportunity the adoption to take of a renewable closer look energy at the technologies. The Solar Garden presents from an old satelite dish current and future electricity generation Yaniv Fieldust, founder and CEO of The Solar Garden, concentrating the sun using a sun-cooker made systems, including , solar thermal, wind, biomass and geothermal, and provides a glimpse of leading Israeli companies in the field. sustainabilityDespite its name, asThe a Solar way Garden of life, deals while not only with energy, but also with promoting energy is a common thread in all subjects. The global water problem can be solved by using desalination technologies, but existing methods exhaust vast amounts of energy and release a tremendous amount of pollutants into the atmosphere. Consumer rawculture materials stemming from from every the continent global economic on the model of infinite growth not only draws planet, but also consumes huge amounts of everyenergy product – mining thousands resources, of the miles production around process, and transporting every part of residentsthe globe. are known as early adopters in the Yaniv added: "Israel is a small country whose parliament Yaniv Fieldust with MK Dov Lipman, chairman of 'The Lobby for Renewable Energy' in the Israeli technological world. The Solar Garden will continue to spread sustainability knowledge and values amongst the people of Israel as a first step in changing the culture and summoning the environmental revolution."

Masha Dolev teaching permaculture at The Solar Teachers from Nazareth learning about renewable energy, acquiring knowledge and learning tools to be Garden taught back at their school The Jerusalem Post | Innovation Industry & Science | 12/2014 |29 Entities Participating in the Magazine [By ABC order, left to right]:

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