During the week of May 3, 2009, Israel’s two biggest cleantech stories were about a BusinessWeek feature, which provided an overview of the sector and the attention it is drawing from the international investment community, and ZenithSolar’s technology, which Shimon Peres stated can [indirectly] “help fight terror.”
Other stories included B-Solar raising $3 million, Leviathan Energy introducing a new device to “boost wind power by up to 30%,” and Agri Projects new water conservation project to help communities in India. For more on these stories and the rest of this week’s ten headlines, check below.
Investments
1. Israel’s Clean Technology Pioneers
2. B-Solar, solar cell start-up, raises $3m from Genesis Partners
3. Solar good long-term investment bet: strategist
Wind
4. Doughnut device to boost wind power by up to 30 per cent
Solar
5. New Solar Power Farm in Israel Will ‘Help Fight Terror’
Water
7. State to begin water technology pilot programs in Detroit, Farmington Hills
8. Agri Projects Offers Liquid Know-How To India
Research
9. New Worlds: TAU research spin washes polluted soil
About the image: The above image of Mumbai, India was taken from Flickr and shared by wordcat57 under the Creative Commons license.
Author: Lisa Damast
Lisa Damast is an online marketing consultant by day and blogger of Israel technology by night. Her blog, Israel Innovation 2.0, provides news and analysis of Israeli technology companies in the enterprise software, Web 2.0 and cleantech sectors. Lisa is also a co-organizer of the Jerusalem Business Networking Forum (JBNF). JBNF helps facilitate online and offline networking among business professionals in Jerusalem, including in the cleantech industry. Lisa made aliyah in August 2007 after receiving a degree in Communication Studies from Boston University in May 2007. Lisa can be reached at lisa (at) greenprophet (dot) com.
