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Evogene Castor Oil Demonstrates Suitability as Biojet Feedstock

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Biojet produced from castor varieties under development by Israel-based Evogene, Ltd. Castor oil has proven to be a viable second-generation source, and we believe it has the potential to be an important contributor to the production of aviation biofuels. The analysis was conducted by Evogene, Inc., Earlier post.).

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Syrian oil ministry announces oil shale tender

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Syria’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has announced a tender for investing in oil shale in the Khanaser area, 103 km in southeastern Aleppo, over an area of 150 km 2 divided into 14 blocks with geological reserves of 2.3 Oil shale deposits in Syria. Source: Gerjes, 2010. to 3 billion tons in each block.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Appraisal 2010 Prius Delivers Record Mileage and Accelerates. Driving range will no longer be an obstacle, because customers will be able to plug their cars into charging units in any of the 500,000 charging spots in Israel. Shai Agassi predicts that Israel will have over 100,000 electric vehicles in use by 2010.

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The Game-Changing Water Revolution: Interview with Stanley Weiner

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The current drought started in 2010, and it’s still in play. In Israel, for instance, there are contracts to build these permanent desalination plants, but now it looks like the permits aren’t going to come through. Stanley Weiner: The situation can only be described as extremely urgent. California is running out of water.

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Hawaii opts for EVs and renewable energy

Revenge of the Electric Car

Tuesday’s announcement follows earlier endorsements from Israel, Denmark, Australia, Renault-Nissan and a coalition of Northern California localities supporting the idea leading to the deployment of an electric vehicle with a range of greater than 100 miles, beginning at the end of 2010 in Israel.

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