Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
Posted in Energy - GProfits on Nov 17th, 2008
Prophecy: Help convert developing countries into 100% Integrated Clean Energy via building and operating sea wave power plants in any interested country.
Prophet: Shmuel Ovadia - Managing Director
Site: www.sde.co.il
Posted in Business & Politics on Nov 17th, 2008
The Jerusalem-based solar company 3GSolar (formerly known as OrionSolar) is preparing go public in Canada. This would make 3GSolar the first Israeli company to ever go public in Canada.
Founded by Dr. Jonathan Goldstein, a former Luz scientist, 3GSolar technology is based on a wine-colored dye that serves as a low-cost alternative to silicon.
Cost is only [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Nov 14th, 2008
An undisclosed Muslim state in Africa has signed a deal with Israel’s SDE Energy & Desalination for a 100 megawatt power station that will harness the power of waves as electricity.
SDE head Shmuel Ovadia says the $100 million facility is expected to bring in $1 billion worth of revenue over the contract’s 25-year term.
The company [...]
Posted in Science & Technology on Nov 11th, 2008
Thanks to a local Qatari blog, Qatar Visitor, Green Prophet recently learned about potential desert seawater greenhouse construction in Qatar.
What exactly is a desert seawater greenhouse, you might ask? We had to look it up, too.
According to the Seawater Greenhouse Company’s website: “Seawater Greenhouse is a unique concept which combines natural processes, simple construction techniques [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Nov 9th, 2008
Biotech companies in Israel are announcing layoffs. Global financial woes will no doubt filter through to the clean tech industry as well.
Atlantium, when I covered the company for ISRAEL21c last year they seemed so hopeful about the future… has also announced layoffs recently. Fifteen people were let go.
CEO Ilan Wilf said in Globes, [...]
Posted in Science & Technology on Nov 5th, 2008
Besides the wonderful team of people I get to work with, one of the best aspects of working with the newservice ISRAEL21c is that they “let” me report on environment news and breakthroughs. Their support of the environment started about 5 years ago, when not a single paper in Israel was covering the beat. One [...]
Posted in Science & Technology on Oct 26th, 2008
Industrial and municipal waste doesn’t go away when we flush it down the drain. It takes an enormous amount of energy for treatment plants to process it, while massive environmental and financial costs go into disposing of the leftover sludge.
Now, two Israelis are about to change the way we look at wastewater, by turning its [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Oct 10th, 2008
Ernst & Young has announced Clean Tech investment is at record levels as a new investment fund is looking to focus on Israel’s clean tech.
International accounting firm Ernst & Young estimates fully 11% of global venture capital funding will go to clean technology in 2008, up from just 1.6% of VC investments five years ago.
The [...]
Posted in Waste - GProfits on Oct 2nd, 2008
Prophecy: Stamp-Test’s “Lab in a Stamp” technology gives manufacturers, as well as home users a simple and trustworthy method for detecting and verifying the presence of hazardous substances in a variety of products and applications, such as toys, paint, electronics and much more.
Prophet: Raanan Novik, Natan Muskal - Founders
Site: www.stamp-test.com
Posted in Waste - GProfits on Oct 2nd, 2008
Prophecy: Offe Technologies has led the field of Safety and Environment solutions for Hazardous materials and waste in the industry for over 8 years, including Drum storage, Containment Systems, Spill Control ,Flammable cabinets , means of Absorption, Personal Protective Equipment, and Emergency measures for people working with Hazardous Materials.
Site: www.offe.co.il
Join our fan club!
