Cleantech and Green Living from the Land of the Prophets
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 Architecture & Urban on Oct 19th, 2008
Far be it for this Green Prophet to disavow her love of the city of Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv has almost everything - the beach, museums, great food, interesting architecture, a happening nightlife… But also, of course, traffic congestion, waste, pollution, an overdose of concrete, and the improper collection of rainwater, to name a few. [...]
Posted in Science & Technology on Oct 11th, 2008
Israelis are notorious for their love of gadgets. Well, at least Israeli men are. And Israeli kids. It’s a pretty true stereotype that Israeli elementary schoolers had their own cell phones way before cellphones were widespread in the US. Hand an Israeli kid pretty much any electronic gadget and they’ll figure it out in less [...]
Posted in Business & Politics on Sep 19th, 2008
Perhaps the next green power revolution will come out of Israeli engineering.
Hillpoint Energy CEO Ben Spitz told Green Prophet’s Tyson Herberger his company’s Israeli development team will soon unveil a one megawatt high-altitude wind turbine. They are filing for a provisional patent, and hope to officially announce the new design “in the coming weeks.”
While Dubai [...]
Posted in Science & Technology on Sep 3rd, 2008
When you were kids, did you have that cool attachment on your bike - a dynamo - that powered your bike lamp with no battery? All the kids who had them would go whirring by in the dark, the dynamo spinning against the side of the wheel, and their lights glowing brighter and brighter, the [...]
Posted in Fashion & Design on Apr 3rd, 2008
The appropriately named “Angel’s Laundromat” chain in Tel Aviv just added a new kind of service to their list of offerings. Environmentally friendly laundry service.
The service is eco-friendly because the laundromat provides a reusable cloth bag for the clothes instead of a plastic bag, uses dryers that are powered by natural gas as opposed [...]
Posted in Science & Technology on Dec 19th, 2007
Energy, we all need it for practically everything we do.
With global warming accelerating and fossil fuels expected to run out in decades, the hunt is on for alternative energy sources.
Professor Dan Zaslavsky from the Technion in Haifa has come up with a solution – the Energy Tower – which will not only reduce the [...]
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