EIB supports one of the largest desalination projects – Israel The project marks a milestone in the desalination industry with cutting edge technology to improve energy consumption and carbon emissions. Through the financing of this project, the EU bank supports a high priority water supply infrastructure in one of the world’s most water-stressed regions. It will allow meeting growing domestic demand while increasing regional water transfers. EIB supports one of the largest desalination projects – IsraelHIWI042020-06-16T15:40:53+02:00
How meeting water challenges spurred a dynamic export industry – Israel … Israel’s strategy has been long in the making, and relies on a complex framework of public finance, technology, policies, and institutions. Beginning in the 1960s, the Israeli government invested in state-owned enterprises focused on reducing irrigation water use, the single biggest consumer of water. One of these firms, Netafim, was a pioneer in drip irrigation, which improves the efficiency of irrigation to 95%, as compared to 50% using traditional flood irrigation. State investment, including long-term financing arrangements produced by the Ministry of Finance, has also been critical to the expansion of desalination, which now provides some 80% of […] How meeting water challenges spurred a dynamic export industry – IsraelDME GmbH2017-10-28T05:08:44+02:00