Author Archives: Sara
MASHAV participants learn what’s next in energy at Energiya’s office
MASHAV, the Israeli agency for International Development Cooperation works to improve lives and living conditions across the developing world. For more than fifty years MASHAV has been bringing new and innovative Israeli technologies to countries who could benefit from improvements in … Continue reading
Energiya Global CEO Yosef Abramowitz Takes Home Bonei Tzion Prize for Significant Contribution to the State of Israel
Jerusalem, Israel, May 15, 2014 — In a ceremony at the Knesset, attended by Israeli dignitaries as well as friends and family of this year’s seven prize winners, Yosef Abramowitz, 50, accepted the Bonei Tzion prize in the category of … Continue reading
Yosef Abramowitz Receives Bonei Tzion Award
Last week Yosef accepted the Bonei Tzion award, sponsored by Nefesh B’Nefesh, for extraordinary contribution in the field of technology by an immigrant. The awards ceremony took place at the Knesset and was attended by Speaker of the Knesset Yuli … Continue reading
Business Students Get A Look at Solar Energy
30 students from Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia visited Energiya Global’s Jerusalem office today to learn about Israeli innovations at work.
Robots Clean Solar Panels Without Water
Israeli innovator Ecoppia has developed a solar powered robot that cleans PV panels without water. The microfiber technology has been in use for a year now at Ketura Sun in the Arava desert and has increased the energy efficiency by … Continue reading
Fossil Fuels as Clear and Present Danger
Courtesy of the Huffington Post Last weekend I had the opportunity to participate in the 2014 Truman National Security Project Conference where several impressive speakers offered a reminder that many of our country’s groundbreaking advances have come out of The Pentagon. The … Continue reading
Climate Change is Here!
U.S. Climate Has Already Changed, Study Finds, Citing Heat and Floods By JUSTIN GILLISMAY 6, 2014 The effects of human-induced climate change are being felt in every corner of the United States, scientists reported Tuesday, with water growing scarcer in dry … Continue reading
$100m renewables fund for sub-Saharan Africa
The African Renewable Energy Fund closed its first round of capital raising with $100 million in the bank. The fund hopes to double the amount available for 5-50 MW schemes within 12 months. Read more: http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/100m-renewables-fund-for-sub-saharan-africa_100014514/#ixzz2xiIFBuDr
Israeli For-Profit Solar Developer with a Non-Profit Soul Increases the Light During Hanukah and Year-Round
by Kit Kennedy Courtesy of NRDC http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kkennedy/for-profit_solar_developer_wit.html#.UynWz18N4qM.email With Hanukah candles being lit in homes around the world—mine included—starting tonight, you might be interested to know about an early rabbinic debate that has great relevance for our world today. In celebrating Hanukah, these … Continue reading
Scientists Sound Alarm on Climate
By Justin Gillis New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/18/science/scientists-sound-alarm-on-climate.html?_r=0 Early in his career, a scientist named Mario J. Molina was pulled into seemingly obscure research about strange chemicals being spewed into the atmosphere. Within a year, he had helped discover a global environmental emergency, … Continue reading
