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Phoebus Energy Offers A Hybrid Heating System for Hotels and Hospitals

Using heat pumps and expert data analysis, Phoebus is installing their energy saving solution at the Inbal Hotel in Jerusalem. They promise to offer...

BrightSource Breaks Ground (Finally) in California (VIDEO)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34o8RU5g8XYCheesy patriotic music and all, BrightSource breaks ground last week in California. Click on the video above to see it. It's the moment the...

Vision Signs MoU with SolFocus for 8 CPV Solar Plants in Saudi Arabia

SolFocus CPV receivers will catch some rays in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has taken another step toward integrating solar power into its energy mix: Vision Electro...

It Must be Peak Oil Driving Saudis to Solar

As oil supplies decline, Saudi Arabia's own electricity is becoming expensive. By one estimate, it's as much as 25 cents a kilowatt-hour, at wholesale....

How Oily is That Dress? 10 Tips for Reducing Petroleum Use in the Middle East

Plastic bags, however you use them, is one reason for an increase in petroleum production in Middle Eastern countries. How greasy is that outfit...

Energy Conference in Israel Becomes Arena for Debating Natural Gas Deal with Egypt

Nimrod Novik of the Merhav Group  was not pleased by the frontal attack waged by Delek's Yoram Turbowitz at an energy conference in Israel...

94% of Americans Want Solar Energy. What About Israel?

Israeli innovated BrightSource gets US Presidential nod to electrify the California desert. More than 94% of all Americans, or more than 9 out of 10...

Obama Touts Israeli-Developed Solar Company BrightSource

About to break ground later this month in California, and with an IPO in the horizon, US President lauds clean tech companies like BrightSource...

BP Deep Drilling In Libya Threatens Archeological Sites

Known for bulldozing archeology ruins into the sea, is it hello BP and bye bye Appolonia? Libya's ancient archeological sites under threat from offshore...

Can the Biolite Stove Generate Clean Cooking for the Middle East?

The Biolite stove cooks up dinner for a family of 5 using local wood and no electricity. Jonathan Cedar and his business partner, Alex Moss,...

No More Gas Exploration in Israel?

Will the sea outside Israel be calm again? Hopes and dreams of a gas bonanza in Israel came to a sudden halt as shares came...

Israel to Make Public Buildings More Energy Efficient – At No Cost to the Taxpayer

Energy will soon be used more judiciously at the Supreme Court (shown here) and other public buildings in Israel. The Israeli government has awarded...

With So Much Oil & Natural Gas, is Biofuel a Viable Mideast Fuel Option?

A prototype algae biomass farm. Will it work in the super dry Middle East? Biomass, a renewable energy source based on biological material from living...

World Bank Grants Egypt 1.2 Billion Egyptian Pounds For Wind Energy

With a little boost from the World Bank, Egypt hopes wind energy will provide 20% of energy needs by the end of the decade Although...

Ormat Geothermal Reports $1.5 Million Loss

Despite low 2nd quarter earnings, Ormat has secured $350 million in loan guarantees to develop renewable, geothermal energy plants Israeli-founded geothermal power company  Ormat Technologies...

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.

Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

A new collaboration between luxury brand Coach and textile reuse pioneer Bank & Vogue attempts to stitch those two worlds together: high fashion and the global textile waste stream.

EU startup aiming to generate energy on moon villages

Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.

Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

A new collaboration between luxury brand Coach and textile reuse pioneer Bank & Vogue attempts to stitch those two worlds together: high fashion and the global textile waste stream.

EU startup aiming to generate energy on moon villages

Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

Jujube, the sidr tree of medicine and magic

A magic holy sidr bath to deflect the evil eye? It needs 7 powdered sidr leaves stirred into a bucket of warm water. The hadith of the Prophet Muhammad allows to repeat healing prayers and verses from the Koran to increase the water’s potency. 5 grams, or 1 tablespoon of sidr powder equals 7 leaves.

Jean-Pierre Conte: Five Principles That Guide My Philanthropic Decisions

Jean Pierre Conte is the chairman and managing director of Genstar Capital, a leading middle-market private equity firm with investments in healthcare, software, financial services and industrial technology.

Ancient Roman strategy game figured out with AI

Two thousand years ago, someone scratched a web of lines into stone in a Roman settlement on the empire’s northern edge. Soldiers, traders, or locals passing time in Coriovallum—now Heerlen in the Netherlands, moved small counters across those lines in a tactical duel of blockade and entrapment.
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