Energy

Were Tesla’s Solar Innovations “Buried” by Big Oil?

Free electricity from lightning? Nikola Tesla thought so. Even though I grew up in America, where many of this man's inventions were brainstormed,...

Israel Utility Envisions Territory Near Gaza Covered In Solar Fields

Israel has already issued 25 conditional licenses to companies building solar energy installations near the Gaza strip. Israel's National Public Utility Authority (PUA) has received...

Dubai Gets Frozen Air From Europe

Sustainable air conditioning made locally from the heat of the sun is perfect for Dubai.

Italian Solar Company Finds a Friend in Israel: Enerpoint Acquires Friendly Energy

Friendly Energy has installed 70 rooftop solar systems in Israel, like this one in Beersheva.  European companies continue to find interest in photovoltaic (PV) solar projects...

Israel Approves New Licenses For Mid-Sized Solar Fields, Electricity Efficiency Measures

Israel's first commercial photovoltaic field is slated to be completed at Kibbutz Ketura in May. As Susan laments in her recent post (What Holds Israeli Renewable...

Cooking With Sheep Manure In South Hebron

Yair Teller is one Arava Institute alumni who is improving quality of life for Palestinians living in Susya, South Hebron. Despite the relative luxury...

Arison Group’s Solaria Teams With Soltec To Build Solar PV Field in Israel

Solaria displays this image on its website, where it states that its vision is to "to enable every household and business in Israel to...

New Natural Gas Pipeline Offers Promise of Cleaner Air in Northern Israel

A new natural gas pipeline promises to cut air pollution in the Haifa Bay area by at least 75% by 2013. As noted in a...

Finance Ministry Freezes Incentives for Large Solar Plants in Israel

Israel's solar industry will showcase its wares next week at the Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Conference. Just a week before the 4th annual celebration of Israel's...

MENA’s Top Five Ideal Countries For Solar Energy Generation

MENA has enough sun to make everyone smile, so why aren't we using it? Until 2008, not one of the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries...

Sunflower Sustainable Investments Continues to Blossom in Italy

Bellisimo! Sunflower already produces some 24 MW of solar energy in Italy and Spain.  Israel-based Sunflower Sustainable Investments is continuing to find sunny prospects...

Do Creases Make You Cross? 10 Tips for Wrinkle-Free Clothes without Ironing

With planning and proper care you can cut back on your ironing for greener clothes. My friend finds ironing relaxing. I find it a chore,...

Enlight Signs Deals To Install Solar Units On IDF Bases and Municipal Rooftops

Enlightening! If you bought Enlight stock a year ago, your portfolio would be dazzling. Though it might be frigid in many parts of the...

All Oil And Too Much Play: Bahrain’s “Sustainability” Conference

A Ritzy venue for Bahrain's sustainability conference planned for January 27th and 28th. Because Bahrain is so small, the island state is almost easy to...

Greenpeace Activists In Jerusalem Protest Plans To Build Coal-Fired Power Plant

No it's not Spiderman and friends, just green activists trying to call attention to the environmental impact of coal-burning power plants. Greenpeace went to great...

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Ancient Jewish New Year for Animals revived with global campaign against factory farming

Jewish Vegan Life has launched a global campaign celebrating the New Year for Animals, with synchronized events in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Montreal and Jerusalem, alongside an international livestream on August 9 featuring partners including Mercy for Animals, The Good Food Institute and Freedom Farm Animal Sanctuary.

The Space Orchestra, and the search for extraterrestrial life, to eclipse celebration

The event will livestream eclipse views from Iceland and northern Spain, where the eclipse will be total, while the 35-member International Space Orchestra, made up of astronauts, scientists, engineers, and researchers—performs a new orchestral interpretation of Voyager by PJ Harvey.

Canada’s healthcare became the world’s digital health laboratory. Now Europe is taking notice

Canada's healthcare system may be under pressure, but its decades-long experience with digital transformation is becoming a model for Europe and beyond. In an interview with Nordic's Alison MacDonald, Green Prophet explores why successful AI in healthcare depends less on software than on empowering clinicians, improving workflows and building resilient systems.

Jewish Climate Network founded so innovators don’t leave their identity at the door

Rather than retreating from climate change work, the Jewish Climate Trust organization has backed a new initiative designed to strengthen both climate action and Jewish community.

The Hidden Components Powering the Renewable Energy Revolution

A rooftop solar system looks simple: panels, an inverter, a battery and a few cables. But beneath that simplicity lies a bill of materials thousands of lines long, where tiny current sensors, magnetic cores, gate drivers, capacitors and connectors quietly determine efficiency, safety and lifespan. These overlooked components—not the solar panels themselves—are why today's residential solar systems are smaller, smarter and far more reliable than those of a decade ago.

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Ancient Jewish New Year for Animals revived with global campaign against factory farming

Jewish Vegan Life has launched a global campaign celebrating the New Year for Animals, with synchronized events in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Montreal and Jerusalem, alongside an international livestream on August 9 featuring partners including Mercy for Animals, The Good Food Institute and Freedom Farm Animal Sanctuary.

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Canada’s healthcare became the world’s digital health laboratory. Now Europe is taking notice

Canada's healthcare system may be under pressure, but its decades-long experience with digital transformation is becoming a model for Europe and beyond. In an interview with Nordic's Alison MacDonald, Green Prophet explores why successful AI in healthcare depends less on software than on empowering clinicians, improving workflows and building resilient systems.

Jewish Climate Network founded so innovators don’t leave their identity at the door

Rather than retreating from climate change work, the Jewish Climate Trust organization has backed a new initiative designed to strengthen both climate action and Jewish community.

The Hidden Components Powering the Renewable Energy Revolution

A rooftop solar system looks simple: panels, an inverter, a battery and a few cables. But beneath that simplicity lies a bill of materials thousands of lines long, where tiny current sensors, magnetic cores, gate drivers, capacitors and connectors quietly determine efficiency, safety and lifespan. These overlooked components—not the solar panels themselves—are why today's residential solar systems are smaller, smarter and far more reliable than those of a decade ago.

Teen Farmerettes were Canada’s answer to Victory Gardens during wartime food shortages

It is a wake-up call to teen girls on TikTok planning their next Coachella outfit or trip to Sephora: During the Second World War, thousands of young men left family farms to enlist, but the crops still needed planting and harvesting. Ontario's government answered by recruiting high school girls, from ages 16 to 18, to spend parts of spring, summer and fall to fill in for the labor shortage. 

The Early Believers: Investors Who Backed SpaceX Long Before Its Record IPO

SpaceX’s 2026 IPO didn’t just mint billionaires—it revealed the many forms of conviction behind one of the most doubted bets in venture history.

From eco city experiment to global clean energy giant: How Masdar became the UAE’s renewable energy powerhouse

Masdar began as an ambitious eco city in the Abu Dhabi desert. Two decades later, it has become one of the world's largest renewable energy developers, financing billions of dollars in solar, wind and battery storage projects across the globe.
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