Category Archives: Biomass fuels

using organic waste and ethanol

Israel produces energy from waste

600 Million Shekels Allocated for Waste Recycling and Waste to Energy Facilities in Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection http://www.environment.gov.il Updated: 12/07/2011 In November 2011, the Ministry of Environmental Protection granted 250 million shekels to private entrepreneurs and local authorities for … Continue reading

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Innovative energy from Israel

GE and Partners Invest in Israeli Water Tech Company Sivan 28, 5771, 30 June 11 12:23 by Elad Benari (Israelnationalnews.com) An American company will help fund an Israeli company that uses microbial fuel cells to turn waste water into an … Continue reading

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US and Israel partner on renewable energy

BIRD Energy Grant Awarded to Virent, HCL CleanTech Posted by Joanna Schroeder – January 4th, 2011 Reprinted from Domesticfuel.com A $900,000 BIRD Energy grant has been awarded to Madison, Wisconsin-based Virent Energy Systems, Inc. and Isreal-based HCL CleanTech from the … Continue reading

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Israel leads in renewable energy

Tom Ridge: Israel’s renewable energy know-how among world’s best “In order to ensure that sustainable and safe technologies are developed in Israel, it’s necessary to maintain a suitable balance between the state and the market.” 9 August 10 16:18, Merav … Continue reading

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Biofuel from Israel

Algae Into Biofuel a “Greener” Story In Joint Israeli and Chinese Project Posted By Maurice Picow On December 6, 2009  In Cleantech, Science & Technology | A Seambiotic algae farm grows biofuel Seambiotic’s been teaming up with NASA [1] to … Continue reading

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Ford promotes renewable energy

Ford plant to become renewable manufacturing park One of the car maker’s oldest and largest plants is being converted to house clean tech companies Andrew Donoghue, BusinessGreen 11 Sep 2009 A Ford car plant which was recently shut down as … Continue reading

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Electricity from biomass

Up North utilities are giving more of their attention to renewable energy BY TINA LAM FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER, May 31, 2009 In downtown L’Anse in the Upper Peninsula, a dormant 50-year-old coal plant smokestack is operating again. Instead of … Continue reading

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Biofuels instead of gasoline

The need for biofuels — By Daniel Gorelick, Science Planet, 22 April 2009 Guest Blogger Chaitan Khosla and Harmit Vora Stanford University Fossil fuels account for 95 percent of world energy usage. Consumption of coal, petroleum, and natural gas has … Continue reading

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