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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

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MENA’s Top Five Ideal Countries For Solar Energy Generation

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Sunflower Sustainable Investments Continues to Blossom in Italy

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

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

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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...

Fossil Fuels Skyrocket In The Middle East

Until recently, much of the attention regarding amplified energy use has been directed towards China and India, but new data from GE indicates the Middle East is experiencing greater energy demands than any other nation. Why is this?

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A last hurrah for the age of oil as Saudis look to build the Gazl gas guzzler. History, if there is any, will not look...

World Bank to Fund Massive Grid Expansion To Link Desertec Region and the Arab World

A gigantic electricity network would link electric grids throughout the Middle East and extend them much further in a massive infrastructure investment in a...

Abu Dhabi Pioneers Concentrated Solar Thermal A/C With Chromasun

Breakthrough sustainable clean energy technology gets a field test in forward-thinking Abu Dhabi

Leviathan Gas Discovery Could be The Mother of All Resource Curses

Today's announcement from Noble Energy of its gigantic Leviathan gas find in disputed territory will exacerbate tensions in region They say that fossil fuel riches...

Six Finalists Chosen for Masdar’s Zayed Future Energy Prize

The annual Zayed Future Energy Prize, named for Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder of modern Abu Dhabi who died in 2004,...

SolarEdge Solar Co. Lip Dubs “Shine On” For New Year Cheer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP7AkDLONZI Even though the Jewish New Year was a few months ago, and the Muslim New Year the first week of December, SolarEdge, the Israeli...

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