After Israel’s highly successful achievements in hightech and computer-related innovations, Israeli innovators are setting there sights on the world’s next big goal — energy independence, a world free of dependence on fossil fuels. Israeli innovators are working hard to become a world leader in alternative energy and the Israel government is throwing its support behind energy-related cutting-edge [...]
Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy in the News
Eilat-Eilot wins Renewable Energy Technology Center Tender
The Office of the Chief Scientist at Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor has chosen the Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Initiative to establish and operate a renewable energy technology center.
Renewable Energy
The First Fully Operating Israeli Developed & Manufactured CPV Solar Energy System is Launched
Israeli Minister of National Infrastructure, Dr. Uzi Landau, and Arad Mayor, Tali Ploskov, together with MST Founder & CEO, Dov Raviv cut the ribbon to inaugurate the first fully operating Israeli developed & manufactured CPV solar energy system on Thursday, October 14, 2010 in Arad. This CPV solar energy system developed by MST is the first to be based on Israeli innovations that is officially connected and supplying the Israeli national electricity grid, receiving feed-in tariff (FIT) under Israel’s latest national solar energy regulation.
Renewable Energy
MST Makes a Breakthrough for Solar Energy & Israel
MST, an Israeli leader in the area of solar energy technology development and highly-efficient solar energy production, has connected its commercial CPV system to the Israeli Electricity Grid, becoming the first Israeli company to deploy such a CPV system to receive feed-in tariff (FIT) under Israel’s latest national solar energy regulation.
MST, an Israel based CPV solar energy company announced today that it has connected its commercial CPV system to the national electricity grid. This CPV system is based on MST technology and is the first of its kind in Israel. It takes its place among the few solar energy companies in the world to supply electricity from the sun based on a system of Concentrated Photo-Voltaic technology (CPV).
Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy in the News
iConsortium & Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Admin. Exhibit at CleanTech 2010 – Int’l Expo
iConsortium is a major participant in CleanTech 2010 with a large presence in the exhibition. iConsortium members in the fields of renewable energy, water technologies, green building, and green education, as well as other aspects of energy savings, are participating in conference activities. The Eilat-Eilat Renewable Energy Administration is also showcasing their efforts to make [...]
Electric Car
A green light unto the nations
“I will make with you a covenant to be a light unto the nations” Isaiah 42:6.
Roth reminds us that Jews have long been identified as divinely designated to serve as a “light unto the nations”. In fact we are reminded that democratic ideals, fidelity to justice, the rule of law, as well as the essential dignity of the human person are just a few examples of concepts that have their origins in the Jewish traditions.
Energizing Videos
Truly Amazing Advanced Solar Cell from Israel
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.
Energy Conservation
Israel Air Force aims for energy independence
A new large and significant play may soon enter Israel’s burgeoning solar energy market – not a factory, supermarket chain, or a kibbutz – but a whole branch of the IDF, the branch synonymous with the skies and clouds: the Air Force (IAF).
International Cooperation
SunPower Completes Acquisition of SunRay Renewable Energy
With its acquisition of the SunRay Renewable Energy being finalized, SunPower Corp. has enlarged its product pipeline substantially with the addition of over 1,200 MW of solar photovoltaic projects in different stages of development in Greece, the United Kingdom, Spain, Israel, France, and Italy. The project finance and power plant development team of SunRay comprises about 70 employees.
Energy Conservation
NY Governor Announces Clean Energy Project
NY Governor David A. Paterson has announced an unprecedented clean energy project that will more than quintuple the amount of solar energy currently produced in New York State, and will foster the development of solar technologies, support public sustainability efforts and stimulate the economy with new clean energy jobs throughout the State.
Energizing Videos
MST’s Dov Raviv on TV presents plan for Israel’s energy independence
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.
News
Legislation ‘To Turn Agricultural Plowshares into Solar Panels’
The Knesset is considering a bill proposed by Labor Knesset Member Amir Peretz that would grant renewable solar energy agricultural status. The proposal is expected to go to the ministerial committee for legislative affairs in the next few weeks.
Articles
Arava Power to “Electrify” the Negev Desert After Signing 15 Solar Energy Deals
Israel’s Arava Power Company (APC) one of the country’s top solar energy producers, is now working towards supplying solar powered electricity to 15 Negev Desert kibbutzes and agricultural villages.
Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy in the News
Int’l Renewable Energy Conf. Attracts Impressive Array of Dignitaries, Environmental Experts, and Cleantech Industry Leaders
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
