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1.Paz mulls solar energy play (www.globes.co.il)
The fuel company is in talks to join a consortium bidding on a Negev solar plant.
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2.Can Israel Find the Water It Needs? (www.nytimes.com)
The chief scientist in the environment ministry, Yeshayahu Bar-Or, was quoted in The Economist in June as predicting that global warming would cause 35 percent less rainfall, contamination of underground water sources and pollution of the Sea of Galilee, this nation’s largest source of fresh water.
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3.Golan Heights wind energy venture gathers momentum (www.globes.co.il)
The Public Utilities Authority (Electricity) has granted a conditional license to Mei Golan Wind Energy Development (1988) Ltd. to build a $500 million 400-megawatt wind farm spread over 140 kilometers on the Golan Heights' north-south axis.
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4.Tahal obtains financing for €41m Ghana water project (www.globes.co.il)
The Dutch government will provide the Ghanaian Finance Ministry long-term loan via a commercial bank.
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5.Solar field unveiled in Negev (www.ynetnews.com)
Field to test new technology BrightSource Energy plans to use in massive solar power plants in California next year
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6.Blooming Deserts Turn Israeli Water Industry Into Money Magnet (www.bloomberg.com)
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7.Nearly Waterless Washing Machine to Debut in 2009 (www.physorg.com)
When doing a load of wash, users throw their clothes in like a normal washing machine. Then a cartridge in the back of the machine adds plastic chips - about 45 pounds (20 kg) of them - to the load. Next, a cup of water containing the detergent is added. After the water dissolves the dirt, the chips absorb the water, without the need for a rinse or spin cycle. When finished, a grill at the bottom of the machine opens to collect the chips.
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8.Agassi would aim to convince Pickens electric vehicles are the way (earth2tech.com)
Pickens’s call for natural gas vehicles to provide a third of the U.S. transportation is somewhat at odds with Agassi’s attempts to build the electrification of the world’s transportation.
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