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The US subsidiary of the Israeli company lands the largest geothermal deal in New Zealand, with Maoris. Geothermal heats up in New Zealand: Ormat...

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Here Comes the Arava Sun at Kibbutz Ketura

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Protest Against Nuclear Power In Jordan

Protesters in Jordan are campaigning against the country's plans to build a nuclear reactor which they state carries more risks than positive impacts Despite the...

Arava Power Switches on Solar Power Plant at Kibbutz Ketura

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Brilliant Biomass Stoves And Sleek Solar Heaters At Project Lebanon 2011

Who says the Middle East can't be sustainable? Project Lebanon has it all: minced biofuels, wind turbines, outdoor solar lights and more. All kinds of...

NATO’s Steel Fish To Protect Med from Oil Spills

NATO's "steel fish" may not be works of art like this, but they have a very important goal: to catch oil spills. Pollution issues in...

Despite Solar Innovations, Israel Lags Far Behind Europe and the US in Results

Israeli solar energy ingenuity is involved in solar plants like this one in California, but not so much in Israel Despite being a world leader...

InnoSave Greens Big Electric Motors to Save Energy Costs

Large public escalator systems, like this one, can operate "greener" by using InnoSave's energy saving systems. Electric motors, running on both direct and alternating electrical...

Hayat Sindi: The Saudi Scientist Changing The World

Hayat Sindi holds up the postage stamp-sized invention that could save the lives of millions of people Born in Saudi Arabia, Hayat Sindi's path into...

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Ancient Jewish New Year for Animals revived with global campaign against factory farming

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Canada’s healthcare became the world’s digital health laboratory. Now Europe is taking notice

Canada's healthcare system may be under pressure, but its decades-long experience with digital transformation is becoming a model for Europe and beyond. In an interview with Nordic's Alison MacDonald, Green Prophet explores why successful AI in healthcare depends less on software than on empowering clinicians, improving workflows and building resilient systems.

Jewish Climate Network founded so innovators don’t leave their identity at the door

Rather than retreating from climate change work, the Jewish Climate Trust organization has backed a new initiative designed to strengthen both climate action and Jewish community.

The Hidden Components Powering the Renewable Energy Revolution

A rooftop solar system looks simple: panels, an inverter, a battery and a few cables. But beneath that simplicity lies a bill of materials thousands of lines long, where tiny current sensors, magnetic cores, gate drivers, capacitors and connectors quietly determine efficiency, safety and lifespan. These overlooked components—not the solar panels themselves—are why today's residential solar systems are smaller, smarter and far more reliable than those of a decade ago.

Teen Farmerettes were Canada’s answer to Victory Gardens during wartime food shortages

It is a wake-up call to teen girls on TikTok planning their next Coachella outfit or trip to Sephora: During the Second World War, thousands of young men left family farms to enlist, but the crops still needed planting and harvesting. Ontario's government answered by recruiting high school girls, from ages 16 to 18, to spend parts of spring, summer and fall to fill in for the labor shortage. 

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From eco city experiment to global clean energy giant: How Masdar became the UAE’s renewable energy powerhouse

Masdar began as an ambitious eco city in the Abu Dhabi desert. Two decades later, it has become one of the world's largest renewable energy developers, financing billions of dollars in solar, wind and battery storage projects across the globe.
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