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Cleantech 2010 Shows Clean Tech Industry as Growth Engine for Israel

Israel's solar, water and other cleantech companies showcased their products this week at an exhibition in Tel Aviv. (Image via Israel Export Institute) In his...

Israel Cleantech Intelligence: A Male Birth Control Pill and 11 More Headlines

New construction in the West Bank, a national water scandal, a shift to green by kibbutzim, and more headlines related to Israeli cleantech and...

Boutique Solar Panels Fit For Mosques, Pipelines and Airports

Naps Systems Oy, a Finnish solar panel company is providing boutique solar panel services to the Middle East. They mix aesthetics, quality and service...

Arava Power Company Signs Solar Deals with Negev Bedouins

A kibbutz company in Israel leases 100 acres of land off of Bedouins in the Negev Desert to plant new solar panel project. ...

BrightView's Inline Quality Control "X-Ray" for Solar Panel Manufacturers

It's like an X-ray machine for solar panel quality control. For hybrid cars, wind power, and solar energy technology, there's more than just creative...

GreenRoad and 9 Israel-Related Headlines, Week of June 15, 2010

Natural gas in Israel, desalination plants, a new Palestinian-Israeli wind venture and more headlines related to Israeli cleantech and the environment. Image via GreenRoad. During...

New Wind Venture Seen as Bridge of Peace Across the Green Line

Representatives of Israeli and Palestinian partner companies pose after reaching agreement on joint venture for wind power.  (Courtesy photo) Cynics might say that diplomatic attempts...

Potato Power Fires Up Organic Battery

Can Mr. Potatohead outrun the Energizer Bunny? Researchers in Israel and California develop a potato battery, 50 times cheaper than the Energizer equivalent. Here's...

Clean Rivers and 8 Israel-Related Headlines, Week of June 8, 2010

Clean rivers in Israel, youth environmental projects, Israel's upcoming greenhouse gas registry and more headlines related to Israeli cleantech and the environment. Image by...

Lots of ‘Ifs’ – But Afghan Mineral Reserves Offer Hope for the War-torn Country (and for the Electric Car Industry)

Afghanistan's desolate Ghazni Province may hold the world’s largest deposits of lithium. (Image: Tyler Hicks/The New York Times) Just days after the Afghan War became...

Heat pumps and cleantech in Helsinki, Finland

Other areas for business development, partnership and expertise? Processing forest product waste (which comes from the pulp and paper industry) –– in bio-diesel, Finland’s Neste has built the biggest renewable energy plant in Singapore for certified palm oil. And st1, another company, can efficiently create bio-ethanol from the food industry with end products going to farms as feedstock.

MENA Geothermal Powers West Bank Palestine Geothermally

With a burgeoning population and no natural resources to provide energy, Palestine has found a hero in MENA Geothermal. In a world where natural...

Cycling for Peace as Israeli Arabs, Jews and Bedouins Kids Get Free Bikes and Clubs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E43mUeMB_Go&feature=player_embedded The Bedouin village of Um Bateen, just outside Beersheba in southern Israel, has no paved roads - which makes it the perfect place for...

Tigo Energy and 8 Israel-Related Headlines, Week of June 1, 2010

Alternative energy contracts with the US, Israel-Turkey relations, growing Israel-China business ties and more headlines related to Israeli cleantech. Image via Tigo...

Masdar Awards $600 Million Contract for ‘World’s Largest’ Thermal Solar Plant in UAE

The United Arab Emirates's Shams 1 project will incorporate hundreds of parabolic trough collectors. (Image via Solar Thermal Magazine) Abu Dhabi’s Masdar clean energy company has...

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