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During the week of August 9, 2009, talk continued about plans to revive the ailing Dead Sea. Tigo Energy became a finalist for two R&D grants from the US Department of Energy and a conceptual plan for a Globe Ecological Hub in Modiin was recently proposed. For these stories and more, check below for this week’s 8 Israel-related cleantech headlines.
Solar
1. Tigo Energy finalist in two US gov’t tenders
Electric Car
2. Shai Agassi, Israel’s Homegrown Electric Car Pioneer: On the Road to Oil Independence
Fuel-efficient Cars
3. Firing up his engine between hot and cold
Dead Sea
4. Plans to revive the Dead Sea
5. Global Warming Effects in India Hit Jordan and Israel’s Dead Sea Potash
Inside Israel
6. Globe Ecological Hub Recently Proposed for Israeli City of Modiin
7. Pioneering Israeli environmentalist, former MK Yosef Tamir, dies at 94
8. Your Taxes: Privileged-enterprise tax breaks for renewable-energy projects
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.