At 130MW, the first phase of the 250MW Ashalim complex — being built by French industrial giant Alstom and US manufacturer BrightSource — will be Israel’s biggest solar plant and one of the world’s largest CSP complexes. It is a rare bright spot for a technology that has been struggling to compete against cut-price PV in recent years.
“Ashalim is hugely important for many reasons, not least that it is another project in the CSP landscape, which is significant because it will help to drive the market for concentrating solar power forward.
