Negev building solar energy plants in the Negev. As director of Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center, he operates one of the largest solar dishes in the world. Technically, however, the Arava is a separate desert with its own unique climate and ecology. A 250 MW solar park in Ashalim, an area in the northern Negev, was in the planning stages for over five years, but it is not expected to produce power before 2013. In 2008 construction began on three solar power plants near the city; two thermal and one photovoltaic. The Rotem Industrial Complex outside of Dimona, Israel, has dozens
Trouble Will Find Me emotional connection, much of "Trouble Will Find Me" sounds oddly on autopilot." Jesse Cataldo of "Slant Magazine" found that while the album "remains well crafted and satisfying, there's something inherently stultifying about it as well." Trouble Will Find Me made numerous "albums of the year" lists including "Pitchfork", Rolling Stone and Paste. "Trouble Will Find Me" debuted at #3 on the US Billboard 200 with 74,722 copies sold in its first week. It has sold 400,000 copies in the US alone. The album made top-ten debuts in fourteen countries other than the US. In 2014 it was awarded a double