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This Year’s US/Israel Venture Summit: Where Capital Lifts Innovation Off The Ground

Great ideas are just that without the capital to get them off the ground. The 5th annual US/Israel Venture Summit provides opportunities for cash-strapped...

Massachusetts Governor Firms Up Ties With Israel’s Cleantech Superpowers

Governor Deval Patrick tour through Israel and the UK is aimed at fostering stronger "green" partnerships. During a ten day trip that commenced in Israel on...

“If I Die” Lets Facebook Prepare A Video Clip Launched At Death

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Were Tesla’s Solar Innovations “Buried” by Big Oil?

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Did GlassPoint Get the Glass House Idea in the Middle East?

In the deserts with the best solar insolation in the world, dust and drought are also the greatest enemy. GlassPoint is pioneering the solution...

What is the Future of MENA Solar With the Region in Chaos?

There are more reasons than ever to attend MENASOL 2011, with the current unrest raising questions One particular - and now very topical - public...

Israeli-Funded EVida Gets 50,000 Battery Order from Mia Electric

Lithium-iron-phosphate batteries being built in Israel by the two year-old battery start-up EVida will power small but practical and freeway-capable electric cars built ...

Could Saudi Arabia Become the Saudi Arabia of Solar?

Middle East to Become a $90 Billion a Year Solar Exporter? A report from international energy consultants AT Kearney, quoted in the The Saudi, said that the oil-rich Middle East has the potential to become a solar "boom center" within ten years, creating 100,000 jobs and able to export $90 billion a year from solar projects.

Leviathan and Solaris Synergy Imagine if the Water for the Shower Can Make the Energy Needed to Turn on the Light

Israel powers up a new round of EUREKA grants - two make electricity from municipal water supplies A €33 million fund to help fuel...

SolarPower for Small Portable Solar Grids Virtually Anywhere

Smaller "stand alone" solar power plants may work better than larger more costly ones One of the issues regarding the widespread use of solar energy...

Israel Cleantech Intelligence: Renewable Energy and 6 Headlines

Cleantech funding, California's interest in Israeli technology, IDE's latest desal plant deal in China, and more headlines related to Israeli cleantech and the environment. During...

Dubai Gets Frozen Air From Europe

Sustainable air conditioning made locally from the heat of the sun is perfect for Dubai.

Israel Cleantech Ventures Raising $100 Million for Energy Innovation

At a time of uncertainty in world VC funding, Israeli cleantech VC stays focused on renewable energy Israel Cleantech Ventures, the tiny but talented nation's...

Proposed California Bill Could Be Big for Israel’s Innowattech

Between 11,500 and 51,000 vehicles drive on California freeways and expressways every day. Energy Harvesting Journal posted earlier today that California Assemblyman Mike Gatto...

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Exploring Bangkok by electric bike with teenagers

With two teenagers in tow and four nights to spare, we decided to give Thailand’s capital the attention it deserved. My son had one request: he wanted to rent electric bikes. A friend of his had explored Japan this way, and he was convinced Bangkok would be just as exciting.

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Meet Seramic Materials from Abu Dhabi

Based in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, Seramic Materials was founded in 2019 by Dr. Nicolas Calvet and Dr. Jean-François Hoffmann, researchers working at the intersection of renewable energy and materials science. The company grew out of the Masdar Institute ecosystem and is supported by clean tech programs like The Catalyst, with early backing of around $150,000 and more than $2 million invested in research and development over time.

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A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency based in Abu Dhabi makes something clear that many in the industry already suspected. When solar and wind are paired with battery storage, they can deliver reliable, round the clock electricity at costs that compete with, and often beat, fossil fuels.

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