Ashalim Power Station

The Ashalim power station is a solar power station in the Negev desert near the kibbutz of Ashalim, south of the district city of Be'er Sheva) in Israel. It is a joint venture between Brightsource and Alstom. The station was the tallest solar power tower in the world at a height of 260 meters including the boiler[1] but was recently surpassed by the 262 meter tall solar power tower at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.[2]

The station has an installed capacity of 121 megawatts,[3], concentrating 50,600 computer-controlled heliostats enough to power 120000 homes. Electricity production commenced in September 2019[4], producing 320 GWhr of energy per year .[5] The solar tower uses molten salt to allow the plant to operate for up to 4.5 hours after sunset[4].