“Here we are in July 2015, generating about 250,000 kilowatt hours a day.” 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 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 .