Energy

Cyprus gets new desalination plant with Mekorot Israel’s know-how

Fresh water shortage issues are virtually normal now in the Eastern Mediterranean, especially in Cyprus, which has worse water shortage problems than Israel, Syria...

Sushi nukes? Watch what imported Japanese fish you eat

Do you like to eat imported sea fish, especially those like supposedly banned Bluefin tuna? Following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown disaster, many...

Ormat adds another geothermal power plant to America

Ormat Technologies, one of the world's leading geothermal green energy power plant companies, has already tapped the earth's geothermal energy sources in Europe,  the...

Enlightened Kuwait boycots IRENA energy event over Israel

In another "interesting' move for the planet, Kuwait decided to boycott an international energy event in Abu Dhabi because Israelis would be there. This...

Abu Dhabi gives 6 rural communities $41m for off grid power anywhere

The international renewable energy group IRENA announced the first six recipients of concessional loans for off grid renewable energy projects that are "ready for the...

Green Prophet hits IRENA and the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi

This is the second year that Masdar has hosted Green Prophet at the World Future Energy Summit (WFES). Last year we visited Shams I,...

Israel’s first natural gas customers to be Palestinians

Israel's Leviathan Partners natural gas production consortium has signed its first gas export agreement with a Palestinian power company. The agreement, signed last Sunday in...

Green jobs in the Middle East: find them at Masdar’s World Future Energy Summit

Do you dream about working towards a greener future in the Middle East but simply don't know where the good jobs are? If so,...

Israel’s environmental revolution starts with greening the Knesset

Last year, Israel's parliament announced plans to run entirely off solar energy by the end of 2014, but it turns out the Knesset is...

The Nile River and who’s giving a “dam” over its future

Egypt has been in danger of losing a part of its water lifeline the Nile River. Ethiopia is dead set on constructing a giant dam...

Palestinians make epic Volvo “Split” video to highlight Gaza energy crisis [video]

You've probably seen the Volvo video where a zen-looking Jean Claude van Damme does the splits. Now in a hilarious parody from the Gaza...

GE investing $5 billion in Turkey’s wind market, with turbine factory

The environmentalists trying to protect the birds might not be happy, but as Turkey continues to be the address for investments for some of...

Experts at US-Arab Policy Conference debate Mideast’s future as global energy supplier

How relevant will OPEC be 10 years from now? Does the rapid expansion of new technologies like fracking threaten the future of eco-friendly energy...

Soaring Solar Updraft Towers Are New CSP Tech Coming to the Middle East

EnviroMission's unique solar energy generation technology is picking up steam and the Middle East will be one of the first regions to give the...

Tafila Wind Farm in Jordan

With no appreciable amounts of oil or natural gas, Jordan, like Syria is a Middle East anomaly when it comes to its fossil fuel...

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Adidas wanted to sell one shoe. Then it stepped into a global culture war

Adidas Israel featured amputee runner Shalev Biton in its Single Shoe campaign, designed to let people who need only one shoe buy one instead of a pair. The local campaign has since sparked international boycott calls and an apology from Adidas.

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