With natural gas set to fuel 80% of Israel's power production by 2020 following the discovery, in 2009, of two large fields off its Mediterranean Sea coast, the country now is pushing to expand storage and transportation infrastructure, both offshore and on land. Despite environmental opposition, billions are set to be invested.
Israel's National Planning Commission on Nov. 11 cleared two projects in central and northern Israel to build new infrastructure and receiving terminals on 50-acre sites to treat gas from the Tamar and Leviathan fields.