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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
