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Iran’s First Annual International Clean Energy Conference

If you've ever wondered what's happening in cleantech in Iran, here's your event: The First International Clean Energy Conference will be held from February...

Vision Signs MoU with SolFocus for 8 CPV Solar Plants in Saudi Arabia

SolFocus CPV receivers will catch some rays in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has taken another step toward integrating solar power into its energy mix: Vision Electro...

Israeli EUREKA Chair Hosts EU Reps and Promotes Cleantech R&D

Israel chairs EUREKA this year and puts clean tech on the table. The EU-based EUREKA network is an organization that seeks to promote international, market-oriented...

BrightSource, Alstom Partner on Solar Thermal

BrightSource Energy is expected to go public in 2011. Israeli solar energy company BrightSource Energy and French power company Alstom have partnered to build...

Israel Cleantech Intelligence: Google Power and 7 More Headlines

The benefits of algae, GreenRoad's new competitor, agricultural production forecasts and more headlines related to Israeli cleantech and the environment. During the past week Google...

ZenithSolar Makes Solar Power Affordable for Everyone

Has affordable solar energy without government subsidies finally arrived? ZenithSolar, a solar energy tech company, has launched a new solar system on Kibbutz Yavne in...

Better Place Gets a “Charge” With GE Partnership

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First Transit Implements GreenRoad Technology

GreenRoad's founder and Chief of Safety Hod Fleishman is leaving the company. Is Google his next destination? Fresh off making the “Global Cleantech 100″ Guardian List,...

94% of Americans Want Solar Energy. What About Israel?

Israeli innovated BrightSource gets US Presidential nod to electrify the California desert. More than 94% of all Americans, or more than 9 out of 10...

8 Israeli Companies Make “Global Cleantech 100” Guardian List

It's no secret that Israeli cleantech companies and their products are hot commodities. Now in: the Cleantech Group just announced their global list, the...

Israel Cleantech Intelligence: Sustainable Nuclear Energy and 8 More Headlines

A possible solution to Israel's water crisis, Israel's slow adoption of renewable energy, self-sustaining nuclear energy and more headlines related to Israeli cleantech and...

Oregon’s Governor Looks for Clean Tech Opportunities in Israel

Oregon's Governor Ted Kulongoski (left) will be "fishing" for clean tech and high-tech opportunities in Israel later this month. Oregon's Governor Ted Kulongoski, a Democrat, will...

Vinod Khosla: When “Environmentalists” Get In The Way of Clean Tech Progress

They have the power to stop multi-million solar installations in the Mojave Desert and shut down coal-powered factories for a day and sometimes forever....

Israel Cleantech Intelligence: BrightSource Energy and 9 More Headlines

A new clean tech center in Israel's south, Israeli-Palestinian collaboration on clean water, investment trends and more headlines related to Israeli cleantech and the...

Israel’s SolarEdge Raises $25 Million And Keeps Its Edge

SolarEdge recently secured $25 million in VC funding that it will use to maintain its lead in the PV optimizer market despite steep competition...

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.

Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

A new collaboration between luxury brand Coach and textile reuse pioneer Bank & Vogue attempts to stitch those two worlds together: high fashion and the global textile waste stream.

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Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.

Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

A new collaboration between luxury brand Coach and textile reuse pioneer Bank & Vogue attempts to stitch those two worlds together: high fashion and the global textile waste stream.

EU startup aiming to generate energy on moon villages

Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

Jujube, the sidr tree of medicine and magic

A magic holy sidr bath to deflect the evil eye? It needs 7 powdered sidr leaves stirred into a bucket of warm water. The hadith of the Prophet Muhammad allows to repeat healing prayers and verses from the Koran to increase the water’s potency. 5 grams, or 1 tablespoon of sidr powder equals 7 leaves.

Jean-Pierre Conte: Five Principles That Guide My Philanthropic Decisions

Jean Pierre Conte is the chairman and managing director of Genstar Capital, a leading middle-market private equity firm with investments in healthcare, software, financial services and industrial technology.

Ancient Roman strategy game figured out with AI

Two thousand years ago, someone scratched a web of lines into stone in a Roman settlement on the empire’s northern edge. Soldiers, traders, or locals passing time in Coriovallum—now Heerlen in the Netherlands, moved small counters across those lines in a tactical duel of blockade and entrapment.
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