green technology

BrightSource and Luz II Create World's First Solar Thermal Field Pilot in Israel

Karin Kloosterman | June 23rd, 2008 | 2 Comments

The Israel cleantech world is buzzing over BrightSource and its subsidiary Luz II. The companies recently invited the press to visit the world’s first operating solar thermal field in the Negev Desert, for creating clean and efficient solar energy. The…

Zenith Solar’s Light of a Thousand Suns

Green Prophet | December 16th, 2007 | 2 Comments

Deep in the heart of the Negev Desert, there is but one natural resource: the sun. David Faiman from Ben Gurion University has found a way to use solar energy to concentrate the light of a 1,000 suns. Using reflective…