National infrastructure plan No. 43 (“the Program”) designates land and determines Building instructions for the construction of a power plant with a capacity of about 430 MW. The power station (“The Station”) will be generated by natural gas. Deciding on the location is the result of the Ministry of National Infrastructure and Environmental Protection Policy. According to the Ministry of Infrastructure’s policy, 20% of production capacity in the country will be from power plants owned by Private producers, which will be duly licensed by the state. According to the Ministry of Environment Policy, power plants will be located in areas designated for industry.

The first version of the report was submitted in September 2011. The report submitted in January 2012 has additions required by the environmental consultant’s National Infrastructure Committee. The current version is available after completing the conditions for deposit for public hearing as provided by the Environmental permits.

The station is proposed on a lot the size of approximately 60 acres in the Beer Tuvia industrial zone, tangent to road 40. The lot is situated near industrial area factories dealing with metals, food, and prefabricated construction elements. The station is fed by a natural gas pipeline at a pressure of 80 bars.

The plant is located within six KM to the east of the Block valve station “Tsafit”.

The energy will be produced using a gas turbine and steam turbine combined cycle technology. This technology uses the hot exhaust gases to create more electricity using team from residual heat without the addition of fuel. The technology allows high efficiency in relation to the burning of fuels and greenhouse gas emissions.

The station can work on dual fuel and can be operated using diesel if for any reason the gas flow will stop. According to the Electricity Authority guidelines an amount of diesel fuel that allows 100 hours of power generation, emergency backup, will be stored on site. The decision requiring emergency diesel operation is done by the authorized bodies of the state. Due to the high cost of diesel power, it is not expected to make use of this option, but in the most exceptional cases. However, the station is designed to meet all environmental standards also while running on diesel.

Such a Station is planned by the manufacturer to work a maximum volume of approximately 8200 hours a year and accordingly the planning and forecasting done in this survey. The Israel Electric administrator, which is responsible for regulating electricity generation, can choose to run the station an extended operating regime (Base Load) including hours of minimum electricity consumption.

However, the system administrator can also operate the station only in the shoulder and peak hours, an estimated volume of approximately 4500 hours per year.

The station Is designated to have one stack in the height of between 40 to 50 meters and an air cooling system (“dry cooling”) This facility is very economical compared to the water required for other cooling systems. In the southern part of the plant a switching yard is planned.

Energy transfer will be done with a 400 KV, overhead line in the length 2 km, which will be connected to the land transmitting line “Rotenberg – Tsafit” passing south of the station directed east -West. Next to the National line a switching yard may be established.

It should be noted that while this report is submitted for the Planning & Building of a power plant, another report is submitted to the National infrastructure Committee that deals with electricity transportation, by the Israeli electricity company.