After 6 long years of operation , the 40-megawatt Jerusalem Solar Field in Israel has started supplying electricity into the country 's national grid . The field contains 140,343 solar panels which span over 133.4 acres of land in the southern Arava Valley . Israel is also planning to begin operations on two additional solar fields , which have a combined outage of 105-megawatts , as the country pushes to achieve its national goal of supplying 10 % of the country 's electricity through renewable sources .
After 6 long years of preparation, the 40-megawatt Ketura Solar Field in Israel has started flowing electricity into the country's national grid. The field contains 140,343 solar panels which span over 133.4 acres of land in the southern Arava Valley. Israel is also planning to begin operations on two additional solar fields, which have a combined outage of 105-megawatts, as the government pushes to achieve its 2020 goal of supplying 10% of the country's electricity through renewable energy.