Title :
The Old Man from Naharaim: how a Russian revolutionary became the electricity pioneer of Israel
Author_Institution :
Eng. Div., Israel Electr. Corp., Israel
Abstract :
The goal of this paper is to present the multilateral personality of our electricity pioneer, Pinhas Rutenberg, the founder of our electricity corporation, i.e. the father of the Israeli electricity industry and network. In 2008 we celebrated in Israel 85 years of blue-white electricity production at popular low prices here, in Israel, by our reliable national electricity corporation and this is the moment to commemorate also the personality of our electricity ldquofatherrdquo, surnamed ldquoThe Old Man from Naharaimrdquo by the volunteers building the first great power plant project - the Naharaim hydroenergetic system, a landmark in Israel´s energy history.
Keywords :
electricity; hydroelectric power stations; power markets; power plants; Israel; Naharaim hydroenergetic system; Pinhas Rutenberg; Russian revolutionary; blue-white electricity production; electricity industry; electricity network; electricity pioneer; multilateral personality; national electricity corporation; power plant project; Cities and towns; Collaborative work; Councils; Europe; History; Power system reliability; Production systems; Protection; Renewable energy resources; Strontium; Naharaim; Okhrana; Rutenberg (R.); Social Revolutionaries (SR); franchise; kibbutz; shtetl;
Conference_Titel :
EUROCON 2009, EUROCON '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
St.-Petersburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3860-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3861-7
DOI :
10.1109/EURCON.2009.5167766
