In any country, at the end of the proverbial day, both energy utilities and consumers are finally interested in the technologies that generate a kilowatt of electricity most inexpensively, all other considerations aside. Accordingly, all countries involved in solar energy are optimists, but nascent industrial efforts to generate power on a commercial scale from [...]
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The BIRD Foundation will invest $3.1M in four clean energy cooperative projects, between U.S. and Israeli companies, under its “BIRD Energy” program. “BIRD Energy” was established following an agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy/EERE and the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructure (MNI) to promote U.S.-Israel cooperation in clean/renewable energy technologies. The U.S. – Israel [...]
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today highlighted a milestone in U.S.-Israel cooperation on clean energy technology. DOE and the Ministry of National Infrastructures of Israel (MNI) have selected four projects in California, Pennsylvania, and Washington to receive $3.1 million under the 2011 Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program. Each of the cooperative [...]
Here is a very interesting technology from ZenithSolar that offers the best of both solar technologies in a sun-tracking hybrid dish configuration that is very scalable to any size application. The increase in conversion efficiency afforded by this hybrid arrangement provides more overall power per square meter of dish and the possibility of thermal storage. [...]
The Israeli company Pythagoras Solar makes solar-power windows that harness the sun to reduce cut energy costs (NTD Television). Jerusalem- “Harnessing the sun” is what Gonen Fink, CEO of Pythagoras Solar, calls his company’s revolutionary clean-energy breakthrough: solar power windows. Pythagoras Solar “reinvents Building Integrated Photovoltaics for clean, energy efficient, self-powered buildings,” according to the [...]
While reducing the solar field size needed by 30%, it presents the best performance, installation & environmental efficiencies, offering the lowest LCOE provides today in CSP industry HelioFocus, the Israeli thermo-solar developer, is proud to present its Dish technology – HelioBooster™ – at InterSolar North America. This technology is physically proven as the most effective [...]
Israeli Solar Combined Heat and Power Provider Signs Landmark Agreement with Chinese Government
Israeli Cabinet Approves Streamlined Plans For Solar Plant Construction Israel’s government cabinet has approved a plan that is designed to speed and simplify the processes under which solar power installations are approved and constructed in the country. The goal of the plan is to have 10% of Israel’s electricity generated by renewable sources by 2010.
Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:ORA), announced today that following the announcement of September 13 ,2010, its subsidiary, Ormat Systems Ltd. (“Ormat”), in accordance with its business partner Solar Millennium AG, has resolved not to submit a bid for the Solar Thermal tender at Ashalim, Israel. This mutually agreed decision is a result of both companies examination [...]
Milwaukee based A. O. Smith Corporation has entered into a strategic cooperative agreement with Chromagen, a leading global manufacturer of solar water heating solutions located in Sha’ar Ha’amakim, Israel, to develop advanced solar technology for water heating applications. Under the terms of the agreement, Chromagen will offer A. O. Smith exclusive marketing and distribution rights [...]
Zhejiang Sanhua signed an agreement on Tuesday to invest $10.5 million in solar thermal systems developer HelioFocus, marking the first direct investment by a Chinese company in an Israeli firm. HelioFocus Chief Executive Uri Zik said Sanhua, a producer of components and control parts for air-conditioning systems, would be not just a financial investor in [...]
Siemens invests USD 15 million in Israeli solar company Arava Power First solar farms for Israel – green technologies dynamically expanding at Siemens Siemens is investing USD 15 million in Arava Power, the Israeli market leader in developing solar power plants. An agreement was signed at Kibbutz Ketura in the Arava today, securing Siemens a [...]
An Isreali company has developed what I believe is a very innovative and technically interesting product. It is also very encouraging as it may have far reaching implications for developing countries that do not have an infrastructure of centrally generated electrical power. The company is AORA-Solar and they have developed a hybrid solar power station that [...]