Energy

Jordan Suspends Its Nuclear Plans Amid Controversy

Jordan has supported a parliamentary committee recommendation to suspend Jordan's projected nuclear programme It's certainly been a busy week for Khaled Toukan who is commissioner...

Turkey’s Early Hydroelectric Dams Featured in Exhibit

The first hydroelectric dam built in Ankara, Turkey's capital city, the Çubuk Dam was promoted as "Ankara's Bosphorus". A new exhibit at Istanbul's avant-garde SALT...

Could America’s 250 Percent Tariff on Chinese PVs Help the Mideast?

The United States Department of Commerce ruled yesterday that Chinese photovoltaic panel prices were below production costs and therefore their sale constituted dumping.   Proposed...

3000 Foot Downdraft Energy Tower Planned by Israeli Professors on Mexico-US Border

Can the Energy Tower slated for US Mexico border create clean power and mitigate climate change? If Americans put Man on the moon,...

Ayoub Abu-Dayyeh is Jordan’s Environmental Champion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hh0-lxNqoo Earlier this month, Japan ended its love affair with nuclear power. Does Jordan begin where Japan left off? Environmentalists applaud the shutdown of Japan's last...

Aqaba’s Got Norwegian Wood — Isn’t it Good?

Greenhouses will sprout in Aqaba’s desert under a pilot called The Sahara Forest Project - led by Norway. 

14,000 Turkish Homes To Be Powered By World’s Most Efficient 1.5-MW Wind Turbines

With a rotor diameter of 100 meters and hub heights of 80 meters, GE's 1.6-100 MW turbines have the highest power production capacity of...

Solar War Flares Up in Israel

Two solar energy companies are part of a larger conflict and dilemma in Israel: should solar panels be installed on limited open space or on rooftops? There...

Carbon Offsetting Saudi Arabia

Who doesn’t want to jump onto the carbon offset bandwagon when you see Coldplay advocating it? I mean come on, that’s a cool bunch...

Despite Current Gas Shortages, Israel Prepares To Export Natural Gas

Oil refinery in the Haifa Port. Though Israeli electricity prices rose nearly 9 percent at the end of last month due to reported natural gas...

Solar to Light Our Nights Gets Hotter

Able to store enough heat to generate power that can last well into the night, Masdar's Gemasolar, built in Spain last year was state of...

Saudis to Make Desert Sands into Solar Polysilicon

Saudi Arabia has lots of open land, and lots of sand which is rich in silicon; which is needed to make polysilicon for the...

Solar Cucumbers and Airdrop Irrigation are Two Wet and Wild Ideas

We showcase two wet clean tech ideas, have any more? Fresh water constitutes less than 3 percent of the world’s water, yet supplies have been...

What Recycled Paper Products from Poo Looks Like

Poo paper produced by Applied Clean Tech.   Tafline likes toilet talk, products and innovation that comes from human waste. See her round up...

An Israel Alone, Dependant On Natural Gas

With Israeli electricity prices set to rise nearly 9%, government officials are trying to plan for the long-term, at least until the next energy crisis.

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AI data centers are triggering panic, instead of cleantech opportunities

AI may unintentionally become the economic engine that finally modernizes America’s aging grid. California is experiencing a massive AI data center boom, ranking 3rd in the U.S. with 227 operating centers and 54 more in development as of April 2026, according to Stanford.

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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24 7 renewable energy: how solar, wind, batteries and AI SaaS replace fossil fuels

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.

A summer of sugar wax or time for laser treatments? The environmental answer

Green Prophet readers know we write a lot about hair. We have covered the halal and the haram sides of hair removal for Muslims. We have written about sugar waxing, Persian sugaring, threading, and the beauty secrets that came out of the Middle East long before salons started calling them trends. Our articles on sugar wax broke the internet a few times. 

Make paper mache with flowers to create stunning vase

There’s something quietly beautiful about what Rebloom Studio is doing, and it starts with waste. At wholesale flower markets, mountains of unsold blooms are tossed out at the end of each cycle. Perfect flowers, just not sold in time. Most of them are burned or dumped. Rebloom takes that moment and turns it into something else.
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