Government approves advancing construction of three natural gas power plants and two agro-photovoltaic facilities

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The government approved advancing the construction of three power plants that will run on natural gas, in Palmachim Park, at Kibbutz Gan Shmuel and north of the Gevat wastewater treatment plant. In the same session, two agro-photovoltaic facilities were also approved, one by Powergen and the other by Nofar, in frontline communities.

The aim is to meet rising electricity consumption, partly due to a surge in AI server farms, the shift to electric vehicles and population growth. The power plants are expected to begin operating at the start of the next decade, and the solar facilities will combine agriculture and electricity generation without harming the ecological corridor.

The Attorney General's office pointed to a possible problem with advancing the plans during a transitional government period. The authorization was approved, but it is not a final approval.