Israel Cleantech Intelligence: 2010 and 8 More Headlines

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2010 year in review, Israel’s new wind tariff, Israel’s driest year, and more headlines related to Israeli cleantech and the environment.

Speculation continues on what Israel’s Leviathan gas find – the world’s largest gas discovery of the decade – will mean for Israel politically and economically and the impact it will have in the Middle East and rest of the world. Israel’s HCL CleanTech and Verint Energy received a grant for the research and development of converting wood into biofuel and Gulf countries looking to implement water treatment solutions are likely to turn to Israel for its expertise. For these stories and the rest of this week’s headlines, see below.

Leviathan Gas Find
Israel’s Leviathan Gas Find Will Have Widespread Repercussions for World Power

Forgotten in the gas rush

Solar
Solar Thin Films, Greensol sign LOI to form JV

In Video: Israeli Solar Tech in 2010 and 2011

Wind
Israel Offers a Too-Low Rate For Wind Feed-in Tariff

Water
Israel Well Positioned to Meet Growing Gulf Need for New Water

Investment
Virent Energy project wins $900,000 grant

Israel General
Israel Awakening to Cleantech

2010 was hottest year in Israel’s recorded history

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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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