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Journalist Accuses Better Place of Contempt of Israeli Consumers

Better Place EVs are looking less and less like a good idea for Israel Haaretz writer Dan Rabinowitz claims that the Better Place pricing structure...

Jordanians Step Up Nuclear Protests

Anti-nuclear campaigners in Jordan have staged another protest against the nation's plans to build a nuclear reactor Around a month ago, Jordanians held a protest...

UAE McDonalds Greases Its 100% Biodiesel Delivery Fleet

McDonalds is poised to recycle all of its vegetable oil from UAE branches into 100% biodiesel. In conjunction with Dubai-based Neutral Fuels, LLC, McDonalds UAE...

Plans For Cleaner Zam Zam Distribution In Madinah

Saudi Arabia's Water and Electricity Minister reveals its SR700 million Zam Zam Water Project, a 42 outlet distribution plan to bottle the cleaner Zam Zam water in Madinah.

GP Exclusive Interview: Turkey Beginning to Lay Infrastructure for Hydrogen Economy

Hydrogen-fueled vehicles and power systems could be feasible in Turkey by 2020, says Mustafa Hatipoğlu, managing director of the UN's International Centre for Hydrogen...

GE Sets Green Tech Shop in Israel

GE looks to create wind, solar and smart grid technologies with Israeli engineers. Already in a number of clean technology partnership projects, including solar energy...

Egypt’s Dark Age Could End With New Caltech-Style Research Institute

Made to reflect California's leading Science and Technology institute, the Zewail City of Science and Technology in Egypt could lift the country out of...

Who Needs 11 Nuclear Plants?

Egyptian environmentalists urge officials to reconsider their plans to acquire 11 nuclear power plants. Egypt's military intends to acquire 11 nuclear power plants. This comes...

Now Even Big Oil is Getting in on the Geothermal Boom in Indonesia

Chevron is about to join Israeli geothermal pioneer Ormat in drilling for geothermal energy in what clean-energy investor Al Gore has described as the world’s...

Looks Like Desertec & Morocco’s Govt Might Join Hands

The Moroccan government may lean on Desertec to meet its renewable energy commitments. The Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII) has signed a cooperation agreement with the Moroccan...

Masdar’s 10 MW Solar Plant Takes 3,300 Cars Off the Road

Providing a progress report, Masdar City's 10 megawatt plant is already a net exporter of energy, saving 24,000 tons of CO2 emissions, an equivalent...

The (Imminent) Death Of My Laptop: E-Waste & The Middle East

It was like a scene from those rubbish action/comedy films when someone drops a precious vase. You know – everything moves in slow motion...

World’s First Integrated Renewables Combined Cycle Power Plant To Be Built in Turkey

General Electric's design integrates a traditional combined cycle plant with wind and solar energy, allowing it to generate electricity with unprecedented efficiency. Less than...

World’s Largest Solar Clock Gives Full Measure To Iraq

The world's largest solar-powered clock in Iraq will tell time sustainably! As part of the war-torn country's restoration plan, Baghdad University in Iraq commissioned the...

MENA Is Fired Up For A Solar Boom

The Middle East-North Africa region has greater potential for Concentrated Solar Power projects than in another in the world, a new World Bank study...

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