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EcoBasalt’s Volcanic Rock Fabric to Clean Oil Spills

Volcanic basalt is a rock which can be turned into oil-absorbent fibers. A company named EcoBasalt was founded in Israel in February of 2012.  Its...

Algeria Solicits Bids for Wind and Solar Plants

Finally poised to embrace renewable energy generation, little-known Algeria is accepting tender bids from solar and wind energy producers. Along with Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia,...

Israel’s Water-free Miracle Toilet Wins a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant

Flush toilets create a real stink in slum communities. Not only do they require often non-existent sewage connections for safe disposal of waste, but...

EU Upgrades Relations with Israel, Energy Over Politics

In advance of the annual EU-Israel Association Council meeting on Tuesday, the European Union stated it will offer Israel upgraded trade and diplomatic relations...

New Green OLED Lights Could be Printed on Plastic

An Israeli is part of a team to invent a new kind of "green" LED light called the OLED. If brought from theory to...

Meteo-Logic Gives Predictive Power to Wind Farm Weather Stations

Already working on wind farms in Israel, this company launches a full scale solution for wind farms worldwide Meteo-Logic, a software provider of custom-made accurate...

China’s Trina Solar Wants to Spend $200 Million in Jordan

The disruption to Jordan's natural gas supply from Egypt has finally awoken a sleeping giant: renewable energy. Long focused on oil shale and nuclear...

Better Air Cleans Sick Buildings With Probiotics

Turn sick buildings healthy with a probiotic air filter from Israel. Above, dust mites. Better Air of Rishon LeZion, Israel is using a new approach...

Biofuel from Plastic for this Young Egyptian Scientist from Alexandria

Azza Abdel Hamid Faiad was the winner of the 2011 European Union Contest for Young Scientists for finding a new way of turning plastic into biofuel. A sixteen-year-old...

Arothron’s Underwater Compressed Air Storage Could Fill Gaps in the Grid

Israel's Arothron gets inspired by the pufferfish for a novel type of underwater energy storage system using compressed air. Arothron was established in 2011 as...

Apple Admits Dropping EPEAT Eco Standard Was a Mistake

Apple product releases are  delayed in the Mideast shortening the supported product life in this part of the world. Apple also practices planned obsolescence. In an...

Marine drone cleans plastic

Marine drone, by Elie Ahovi Industrial design, cleans the sea of plastic

Japan Wants Israel Clean Tech Experts to Rebuild Fukushima

Japan is seeking Israeli clean tech experts to help rebuild Fukushima, which was devastated by both an earthquake and a tsunami last year. The Japanese...

OP ED: Does Higgs Boson Particle Discovery Mean We’re too Close to God?

Crab or "Eye of God" nebula: NASA photo archives Does the discovery of the "God Particle" mean that mankind is coming too close to...

Test Driving a Better Place Electric Car

Better Place driving guide Ronit hooks up ZE car after test drive In the six month period since Better Place put its first 100 Renault...

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