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TU/ecomotive develops waste-free car with UBQ: Luca

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During the UBQ conversion process, the unsorted residual waste stream is reduced into its more basic natural components. UBQ Materials was founded in 2012 by entrepreneurs Rabbi Yehuda Pearl and Jack (Tato) Bigio. A certified B-Corp, Israel-based UBQ Materials envisions a world where finite resources are infinitely reused.

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Israeli company reports successful stage 1 testing of solar CO2-to-fuels technology

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Israel-based NewCO2Fuels (NCF), a subsidiary of GreenEarth Energy Limited in Australia, reported completion of stage 1 testing of its proof-of-concept system for the conversion of CO 2 into fuels using solar energy. Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuels Solar Solar fuels' Concept of the NCF process. Click to enlarge.

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Israel confirms 2012 electric car plans

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If you live in Israel you only have another year or so to wait. During a conversation with Globes yesterday, Israel Corporation CEO Gilad Nir commented that electric cars, in association with the Better Place venture, were on the fast track to Israel’s [.].

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Weizmann Institute solar technology to convert CO2 into fuel; targeted for brown coal use in Australia

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An Israeli-Australian venture will use solar technology developed at Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of brown coal. The venture has been recently launched in Israel by NewCO2Fuels Ltd., is now building a solar reactor for the conversion of CO 2 on an industrial scale.

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Ampal Signs Option Exercise Agreement to Acquire 25% in Ethanol Project in Colombia

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Israel-based Ampal-American Israel Corporation signed an option exercise agreement with Merhav (M.N.F) Israel-based Ampal-American Israel Corporation signed an option exercise agreement with Merhav (M.N.F) The Project encompasses approximately 10,000 hectares of land, and includes both agricultural and industrial sectors.

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Berkeley researchers integrate ABE fermentation and chemical catalysis to produce bio-hydrocarbon blend stocks from sugars at high yields

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The ABE fermentation process was discovered by the first president of Israel, chemist Chaim Weizmann, around the start of World War I in 1914, and allowed Britain to produce acetone, which was needed to manufacture cordite, used at that time as a military propellant to replace gunpowder. Source: Anbarasan et al. Click to enlarge.

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EP29LPSP: Applications in Plasma Physics, Astronomy, and Highway Engineering

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Numerical Performance Prediction of a Miniature Ramjet at Mach 4 , MS thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, 2012. Systems and methods for controlling the gas conversion in a fiber-optic gyroscope." Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. ResearchGate, doi: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04630.x. 1365-8711.2001.04630.x. Accessed 2 Aug.

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