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Topic: solar energy

May 22, 2013
4:22 am

A photovoltaic field in the Negev (Photo credit: Courtesy Enerpoint)

$20 million deal seen as key to Israel’s solar revival

Large photovoltaic fields in the Negev could save 13,000 tons of coal annually

By David Shamah

April 29, 2013
4:59 am

Shani Keysar (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Israeli startup powers the sensors that power agriculture

Sensor-based innovations are helping farmers grow more food, and Sol-Chip’s technology is helping them do it more efficiently

By David Shamah

April 15, 2013
5:24 am

Illustration from the new book 'Tiny Dynamo,' which promotes the most important and interesting innovations to emerge from Israel. (photo credit: Courtesy Megan Flood)

65 years of innovation, from Rummikub to the ‘God Particle’

A timeline chronicling vital, fascinating breakthroughs produced by Israelis in the lifespan of the modern state

By Marcella Rosen

March 12, 2013
10:24 am

BGU signs MoU with University of Michigan on Thursday

Ben-Gurion, Michigan universities to run joint projects

Impressed with what he’s seen in Israel, a top official at the University of Michigan spearheads a renewable technology development project with BGU

By David Shamah

December 17, 2012
12:28 am

A solar project in the Negev using Suntech PV panels (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Grid parity and net metering hot subjects for Israel’s solar industry

From the web NTD: The recent Eilat-Eilot conference on alternative energy is making waves in the international community

December 2, 2012
11:19 pm

At the opening of the new National Technology and Renewable Energy Center in at Kibbutz Yotvata. Pictured left to right: Avi Feldman, CEO Capital Nature; Dr Uzi Landau, Minister of Energy and Water; Shalom Simhon, Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor; Dr. Stuart Wenham, Suntech’s Chief Technology Officer (Photo credit: Courtesy)

The great solar tech laboratory that is the Negev

Deserts are a great place to set up large solar arrays for electrical production – but is the equipment up to the task? A new evaluation center in Israel’s south may provide some answers

By David Shamah

November 29, 2012
8:27 am

Abramowitz (left) and youthful residents of the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village hold a solar panel (photo credit: Courtesy)

Israel’s solar ‘revolutionaries’ aim to bring light — and peace — to Africa

Entrepreneur Yosef Abramowitz wants to bring more power to a billion people in the developing world — with all its attendant benefits

By David Shamah

November 26, 2012
12:59 pm

A view of a portion of Israel’s largest solar field, the 4.95MW Ketura Sun project at Kibbutz Ketura in the Negev (Photo credit: Courtesy Suntech)

Israel’s alternative energy ‘brain trust’ to show off latest technologies

The Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Conference will feature innovative Israeli-developed renewable energy ideas — and show policymakers why solar and other alternative energies are still better than natural gas

By David Shamah

October 31, 2012
11:34 am

Shaul Tzemach, Directory General of the Ministry of Energy and Water, looks on as Dr. Amit Mor, Co-CEO of Eco Energy, presents Yosef Abramowitz, President of Arava Power Company, the 2012 Energy and Business Convention Person of the Year Award for the accomplishments of the Arava Power team in developing the solar power industry in Israel. (Photo credit: Hannah Schafer)Arava Power-Energy & Business Convention

Sun may be setting on Israeli solar industry, says pioneer Abramowitz

Yosef Abramowitz, Energy Industry Person of the Year, has some dire predictions for the future of the renewable energy industry in Israel

By David Shamah

October 29, 2012
5:18 am

Aerial view of the Ivanpah solar plant (Photo credit: courtesy)

BrightSource gets $80 million more for California solar plant

The Ivanpah solar power plant, being built using technology developed in Israel, will be the largest in the world

October 23, 2012
12:28 pm

Part of the Ketura Sun Project (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Israel missing out on bargain prices for solar energy, say experts

Solar panels for photovoltaic arrays, made by companies like Suntech, are significantly less expensive now

By David Shamah

August 23, 2012
7:26 am

Photo voltaic solar panels atop a cow shed on Kfar Vitkin. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)

In sunny Israel, solar energy proves a surprisingly hard sell

Israel likely won’t meet its target for alternative energy production, unless a major revolution takes place

By David Shamah

August 10, 2012
4:49 am

Computer model of the Israeli entry to the Solar Decathlon contest (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Israeli ‘green dream team’ hopes to sweep ‘environmental Olympics’

Academics from Israel will build a house which produces more energy than it consumes as their project in next year’s Solar Decathlon

By David Shamah

August 6, 2012
12:02 pm

Head in the clouds and feet in the desert, Yosef Abramowitz dreams of Israeli solar power

Quirky American-born activist is jumping through hoops of red tape to ensure the Jewish state’s energy future

By Ben Sales

July 13, 2012
12:04 am

A home in Tzur Hadassah with a solar photovoltaic energy system installed on the roof (Photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Israeli solar pioneer now a CNN ‘Green Pioneer’

From the web Green Prophet: American oleh Yosef Abramowitz produces hundreds of megawatts of electricity from the sun, and now he is to be featured on American TV for his efforts

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