Old Jaffa port is an interesting example of how innovations coexist in harmony with antiquity. A tiny market is an example of an archaic legacy, where fishing scows bring their morning catch. Each fisherman has his own container. Despite the apparent squalor and a strong smell of fish, the owners of such containers seem to spend enough time here as they are so creative in decorating their ownership.

Find former warehouses “gentrified" into trendy seafood restaurants literally within walking distance from the market.

Looking for an example of innovations, we suggest you do not roam around the restaurants but find a float wave electric power station, also known as wave energy power system. To reach it, you should go through the entire market, turn left keep walking along the breakwater. You will see a blue double-decker container. Get to the second level. Do you see the floats? They might either be rocked by the waves or getting dry, as luck would have it.

“Swedish firm Eco Wave Power began deploying a new type of tidal power station. The developer manufactured 10 floating-type installations that automatically generate electric power and set afloat the first unit at the port of Jaffa, Israel. The next steps for Eco Wave Power are to install all ten units, run a trial run in real-world conditions and connect the platform to the urban network.”

The peculiarity of the system is that nothing but floats and pistons is offshore, while oil tanks and hydro-pneumatic equipment are all onshore. Not only does it facilitate the maintenance and repair process, but it also significantly reduces the risk of sea pollution as compared to the systems that are based entirely offshore. The equipment converts the energy of moving waves into hydrostatic pressure which drives the generator and subsequently generates electricity. The volume of one float is 20,000 liters, which ensures constant output of 90 kWh.