Shai Agassi is out to prove to the world that electric-vehicle battery swapping works. He’s cleared the hurdle of finding investor capital, but he still needs to convince automakers to produce cars with battery packs that can be quickly switched. Agassi is a protean character, but he’s not yet making his own cars.

Professor David Faiman, Head of the Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Research Center, is the developer of a new solar cell that can produce over one thousand times more electric power than a conventional photovoltaic or PV.

Dov Raviv has compiled a plan for energy independence for Israel by using his highly efficient solar tracker technology. His company, MST, has a  mission: to revolutionize energy by providing large-scale cost-competitive solar power plants.

Former Governor George E. Pataki and New York Congressman Steve Israel (D-NY) to Keynote Eilat-Eilot International Renewable Energy Conference iPlanet Energy Industry News Staff

An Amazon bestseller in its first week out, the new book, Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle, is already a hit in the Israeli hi-tech community, as well as worldwide. Providing the best insight into the success of entrepreneurship in the Israeli economy, it is written by Dan Senor, senior fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign [...]