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Israel and The DOE Announce $3.3 Million in Cooperative Clean Energy Projects

By Tracey de Morsella on November 24, 2009 Comments Off on Israel and The DOE Announce $3.3 Million in Cooperative Clean Energy Projects Alameda, Bala Cynwyd, bilateral BIRD Foundation Energy Executive Committee, biocatalyst, biodiesel, BIPV, BIRD Foundation, Building Integrated Photovoltaic, California, Capstone Turbine Corporation, Chatsworth, clean energy technology, cost-share, DOE, energy management system, HelioFocus Ltd, Home Area Network, Israel, Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructures, Jackson, Kfar Saba, micro-turbine, Mississippi, Motorola Israel, Ness Ziona, Pennsylvania, private sector cost-sharing, Purolite Company, Shfar-Am, smart grid, Smart Grid network management software applications, SmartSynch, solar energy, Tel Aviv, Tigo Energy, TransBiodiesel Ltd, U.S. Architectural Glass and Aluminum Co, U.S. Department of Energy

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a milestone in U.S.-Israel cooperation on clean energy technology. With financial support of DOE and the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructures, the bilateral BIRD Foundation Energy Executive Committee has selected four cooperative clean energy projects in the United States and Israel. This initiative will award up to $3.3 million in U.S.-Israel funding for these four projects.

World’s First Solar Gas Hybrid Power Plant Launched in Israel

By Chris de Morsella on June 26, 2009 5 Comments alternative energy, Aora Solar Energy Company, bio-diesel, bio-gas, co-generation, concentrated solar, EDIG Solar, heliostat, hybrid power station, Israel, kibbutz Samar, micro-turbine, Power Flower, solar energy, Solar Gas Hybrid Power Plant, solar power, solar thermal, solar tower, solar;, Spain

Aora Solar Energy Company, formerly known as EDIG Solar, an Israeli solar power startup has launched a small 100kw hybrid solar/gas turbine system that will provide power to kibbutz Samar located in the southern desert of Israel. Besides concentrated solar energy, this hybrid power station can also run on other alternative fuels, including bio-gas, bio-diesel and natural gas. By adding the flexibility to run the micro-turbine using an alternative energy source besides the sun this hybrid flexibility the power plant can continue to produce electricity when sunlight is insufficient, such as at night or when it is cloudy.