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This incredible solar-powered artificial leaf that creates ice and water in Egypt's Sahara desert is well on its way to becoming a reality! We have...

Conventional Power Plants Get Hybrid Dance Partner, the Sun

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Home Kits to Capture the Sun from Roofs of Private Homes

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Green Prophet at Desertec Conference in Cairo

Desertec is a $500 billion solar project to catch Middle East and Africa sun. Tafline is currently at the Desertec Dii conference in Cairo,...

A Mixed Bag For Israel’s Cleantech

With inconsistent messages to investors and the public, Israel to create a national plan for renewable energy. Even as Israel's cabinet approved a national action...

Desertec Begins: 500 MW Moroccan Solar in 2012

"Deserts get more energy in six hours than the world's population consumes in a year" - TREC I remember when Desertec was dismissed as a...

EneR Morocco is Window to Maghreb’s Shiny Energy Potential

The free EneR event is a networking and investment platform for those interested in Morocco's renewable energy markets happening later this month in Casablanca. Morocco...

Water Hackathon in Cairo and Tel Aviv

As the dust of revolution settles in Egypt, the country is beginning to face some of its other challenges. Chief among these is a...

Find Green Prophet at the 2nd Annual DII Conference in Cairo

Green Prophet is crossing the desert in a bus to attend one of the most important renewable energy conferences on earth. Green Prophet is...

Mountains of Toxic E-Waste in Pakistan Are a Goldmine

Thousands of tons of electronic waste are dumped in Pakistan each year, creating a hazard, and a mountain of opportunities for recyclers. Nobody knows for...

World Bank Supports Turkey-Built 56.4 MW Wind Project in Pakistan

With crippling floods every year and regular power outages, a new internationally financed wind project in Pakistan is breezy green news to us. Iran,...

Nominate Your Green Prophet Eco Hero for 2011

Green Prophet launches the Green Prophet Eco Hero 11 Award for 2011. Who are your eco-heros for the Middle East and North Africa region? With...

Earth Summit Initiators Prepping in Israel Today

Israeli leaders have started hosting a preparatory meeting for the 2012 Earth Summit (Rio + 20), the UN Conference for Sustainable Development, to be...

Iran Forgets India and Keeps Pitching Peace Pipeline to Pakistan

Iran, becoming more isolated appeals to Pakistan to move ahead with natural gas "peace pipeline." Saboteurs have already had their say in the idea....

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