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Why Solar Cookers Should Spread Like Satellites in Morocco

Women in rural Morocco are often responsible for the grueling task of trekking miles to collect fuel for cooking, which requires not only energy...

Israeli Military Uses Biomimicry to Design Butterfly Drone

Biomimicry is one of the smartest contemporary approaches to design, so it was inevitable that Israeli researchers would apply this science to their military...

Panoramic Power Opens Window To Energy Cloud and Supply Chain

Shining a light on energy consumption. What if industrial building managers could see exactly how much energy their building is using, where in the building...

KarmSolar Prize Could Avail Solar-Powered Water Pump to Rural Egypt

 A dynamic young Egyptian firm has won an $11,000 innovation prize for an off-grid, solar-powered water pump. Judges of the first HCT-Wharton Innovation Tournament...

Biodegradable plastic alternative to replace juice boxes

Two Israeli women founded TIPA - the first company in Israel to offer 100% biodegradable and recyclable beverage packaging, as an alternative to plastics....

Date Palms, Palmaculture and Greening the Middle East (INTERVIEW)

Palmaculture is a new name for an old concept – one which helped green the Middle East with traditional palm gardens called bustans For centuries...

Heliofocus Solar Technology Dish Unveiled in Israel

Israel and China seem to be agreeing on more and more these days. On Tuesday, investors from the two countries announced they would be jointly...

The Red Sea is Filled With Tiny Treasures – Saudi Researchers Intent on Discovery

The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, has featured several times in Green Prophet for developing cleaner chemical derivatives, research...

Masdar Puts Nearly Half of its Green Future in Emirati Control

Twelve new UAE graduates have been employed to work with the Masdar Institute. In 2010, Emiratis made up only 13% of their own country's population....

Netafim’s Drip Irrigation Pipes are Compostable

Researchers in Israel have developed a new green plastic for irrigation pipes Drip irrigation is currently  one of the most effective ways for farmers...

Lebanon’s Largest Solar Project Lights up a Green Highway

Like Egypt, Israel, and Jordan, Lebanon has been beset with energy shortages recently -  a crisis that will escalate as demand grows alongside an...

14,000 Turkish Homes To Be Powered By World’s Most Efficient 1.5-MW Wind Turbines

With a rotor diameter of 100 meters and hub heights of 80 meters, GE's 1.6-100 MW turbines have the highest power production capacity of...

Robot Sex the CleanTech Future of Tourism?

Are android sex workers the future of tourism or an absurd use of clean technology? People will soon be having sex with robots as the...

Meet 22,000 Megawatts of Clean Energy in Algeria this May

The 6th electro, automation & energy event in Algiers is happening May 5 to 8. Interested in knowing more about renewable energy opportunities in...

World’s Largest (Gargantuan) Solar Thermal Plant Opens in Saudi Arabia

The world's largest solar thermal plant - nearly double the size of the original largest in Denmark - is now online in Saudi Arabia,...

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