Energy

Jordan Gets REEL About Renewables

Jordan’s nuclear industry is wildly volatile, especially when you consider it doesn’t actually exist. Arwa reported on last week’s parliamentary vote to shelve Jordan's first...

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...

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