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, [...]
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Today Green Prophet speaks with Eyal Hadas, managing director and head of renewable energy at Cukierman & Co. Investment House Ltd. (CIH) in Tel Aviv. We met Eyal at a renewable energy conference at Tel Aviv University several months ago (when Al Gore was in town), and were impressed by his experience in the international [...]
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Posted in Business & Politics on Aug 10th, 2008
You’d think that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in the Persian Gulf would have nothing to do with alternative energy initiatives, right? Since they have close to a quarter of the global petroleum reserves literally underfoot, you might assume that they’d try to prevent the development of alternatives, or at least not be [...]
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Posted in Science & Technology on Aug 9th, 2008
It’s kind of ironic, but good news: As the world suffers from rising fuel costs and weighs the consequences of global warming, investors and oil barons in Dubai may play a pivotal role in a swift move towards green technology and alternative energy, reports Zawya.com.
Swati Taneja, a director from the Private Equity Forum which recently [...]
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