Non drip tomatoes, latest Dead Sea trouble, Ormat in the US and more headlines related to Israeli cleantech and the environment.
Israel’s government is getting serious about ending global oil dependency by 2020. Ormat Technologies has secured funding for geothermal plants and Eilat-Eilot has been chosen to by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor to establish and operate a renewable energy technology center in Israel’s Arava region. For these stories and more, see this week’s headlines below.
Agriculture
Non drip tomatoes from Israel
Geothermal
Ormat Technologies Secures US Funds For Geothermal Plants
Renewable Energy Initiatives
Large Golan wind farm to be nat’l infrastructure priority
Israel bids to end global oil dependency by 2020
Eilat-Eilot wins concession for cleantech center
Solar
BrightSource Energy gets OK for 370-megawatt solar plant in Mojave Desert
Water
Israeli Researchers Discover Coral Reefs Deep In The Mediterranean
Irony At The Dead Sea: Too Much Water In Southern Portion
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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.
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