China and 8 Israel-related Cleantech Headlines, Week of May 9, 2010

Better-Place-Station

Israel and China’s cleantech partnership, Better Place, Multimatrix and more headlines related to Israeli cleantech this past week.

During the week of May 9th, Israel was invited to join the OECD and its impact on the environment was explored. China’s Suntech and Israel Electric might work together and Better Place closed its $350 million round. For these stories and more, see this week’s headlines below.

Solar
China’s Suntech, Israel Electric May Team Up on Solar Power

Investments
Israel’s Erdan Sees China Market in Clean Technology (Update1)

Multimatrix Invests Millions In Israel’s Small Wind Market

Israel
Israel Joins Prestigious OECD Economic Club. What Does That Mean for the Environment?

Pythagoras Solar Announces Photovoltaic Glass Unit

CleanTech 2010 – International expo to be held in Tel Aviv

Alternative Energy
Better Place Closes Massive $350M Round

TransAlgae Seeds A Need For Green Feed

Lisa Damast
Lisa Damasthttp://www.israelinnovation20.com/
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.

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