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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Herzl Prophecy Nears Reality
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It is estimated the
construction of the canal
will take approximately
10 years. The cost of the
project, including the
construction of a hyd-
roelectric power plant at
Massada, is estimated at
$685 million (in 1980
prices).
The hydroelectric plant
will produce about 570
megawatts, or some six-
seven perc'ent of Israel's
power requirements pro-
jected for the year 2000. The
country's current generat-
ing capacity is approxi-
mately 2,600 megawatts.
When the coal-fueled Had-
era power plant (currently
under construction) goes on
stream, it will produce
1,400 megawatts, bringing
total capacity to 4,000
megawatts. The Zikim
plant (also coal-based),
which is still on the drawing
board, is to add another
1,000 megawatts. Although
the date of completion of
these projects has not yet
been set, it will undoubtedly
be long before that of the
proposed_ canal.
In addition to providing
energy, the canal will re-
plenish the water table in
the area. The level of the
Dead Sea waters has been
dropping approximately 0.5
meters a year since the
1950s, due to diversion of
the Jordan River's waters
by both Israel and Jordan
for agricultural and indust-
rial purposes.
"This project would differ
from all other hydroelectric
plants currently in opera-
tion in that its capacity
would be determined by its
downstream reservoir, the
Dead Sea, rather than its
upstream one, the Mediter-
ranean, which for all practi-
cal purposes is unlimited,"
explained Dr. Dan Weiner,
head of Dead Sea Canal
project management, and a
senior lecturer at the
Technion - Israel Institute
of Technology.
The canal's hydroelec-
tric plant is intended to
be part of a multi-
purpose energy complex.
In addition to their hyd-
roelectric function, the
diluted Mediterranean
waters would be used for
a system of solar power-
generating ponds, as well
as for the power system
that would exploit the
difference in the chemi-
cal make-up of the two
seas (functioning in much
the same way as a bat-
tery).
While the chemical-based
power system-is not yet
competitive with conven-
tional power generating
facilities, Dr. Weiner thinks
the solar pond project has
good prospects for success,
according to the results ob-
tained so far from a pilot
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plant at Ein Bokek. The
maximum capacity of the
projected overall solar pond
system (comprising various
ponds) is estimated at more
than 1,500 megawatts —
should it prove technologi-
cally feasible.
The canal would also
make it possible to con-
struct in the Negev conven-
tional power plants which
need huge quantities of
water for their cooling sys-
tems (including coal and
nuclear facilities).
Despite the benefits the
canal would bring, a
number of complications
exist. Questions concerning
the economic feasibility of
the canal project as a whole
have arisen. In addition,
some engineers are skepti-
cal that the solar pond idea
will ever live up to the high
hopes attached to it.
Opposition to the project
has also been heard abroad.
Egypt objects to the canal's
originating in Gaza, while
Jordan fears possible ill ef-
fects to its own potash
works, located at the south-
ern end of the Dead Sea.
Despite all the inherent
problems, however, the
Dead Sea canal project, with
all its energy-related side
benefits, may prove to be at
last a partial solution to Is-
rael's energy problems.
(This article was re-
printed from the Israel
Economist.)
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