After the energy crisis in the 1970s, in 1980 the Israeli Knesset passed a law requiring the installation of solar water heaters in all new homes except high towers with insufficient roof area.OverviewThe use of began in in the 1950s with the development by of a solar water heater to address the energy shortages that plagued the new country. By 1967 around 5% of water of household. . In 1949, the prime minister,, offered Harry Zvi Tabor a job on the 'physics and engineering desk' of the Research Council of Israel, which he accepted. He created an Israeli national laboratory. . On 2 June 2008, the Israeli Public Utility Authority approved a for solar plants. The tariff is limited to a total installation of 50 MW during 7 years, whichever is reached first, with a maximum of 15.
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