GreenTech

Breeding the agriculture of the future – Kaiima Kaiima Commercial Rapeseed Field There is an overall sense of foreboding in the world today that in the next few decades we will experience deficiencies in water, food and energy – mainly due to global warming. This concern has motivated heads of state, as well as international [...]

Breeding the agriculture of the future – Kaiima Kaiima Commercial Rapeseed Field There is an overall sense of foreboding in the world today that in the next few decades we will experience deficiencies in water, food and energy – mainly due to global warming. This concern has motivated heads of state, as well as international [...]

Breeding the agriculture of the future – Kaiima Kaiima Commercial Rapeseed Field There is an overall sense of foreboding in the world today that in the next few decades we will experience deficiencies in water, food and energy – mainly due to global warming. This concern has motivated heads of state, as well as international [...]

World Bank excited about Israel’s Cleantech companies Ruzgar Barisik Ruzgar Barisik, Senior Investment Officer at the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) spoke with Israel NewTech about his recent visit to Israel, and the IFC’s plans for Cleantech investment. “Israel is a very exciting place for us: market interest in a growing number of Israeli [...]

The Battle on Brine – Lesico Cleantech Lesico Cleantech operates in the challenging field of brine desalination and brine management, with an extensive expertise and knowledge gained from Ben Gurion University. The company has signed a contract in Australia which continues until 2016, and in Mexico it is in the midst of a commercial pilot project. A [...]

Cleantech Marathon Runners – the Ormat Success Story Ormat Geothermal turbine in Iceland From humble beginnings in a remote factory, Ormat is now number 2 in its field, overseeing an international empire. The company’s success is thanks to the persistence of its founders, Yehuda and Yehudit Bronicki, whose unrelenting perseverance can be likened to that [...]

Farming Fish in their natural habitat – at sea, by SUBflex When we think about agriculture, we tend to think about land, not about the ocean. But actually there is an area of agriculture of foremost importance, and that is oceanic agriculture, or aquaculture. Fish are considered a particularly healthy source of nutrition, but unfortunately [...]