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Israel begins natural gas production from deepwater Tamar field in Eastern Mediterranean

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On Saturday, Israel’s Ministry of Energy & Water Resources reported that commercial natural gas production had begun from the deepwater Tamar field (c. Demand for natural gas in Israel is expected to grow strongly, notes Noble Energy, with a short-term CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 15% from 2012 – 2017. Click to enlarge.

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GE Capital, NRG Energy and ConocoPhillips form $300M JV to fund emerging energy technology

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Centennial, CO, developing technology to biochemically convert coal to methane at large scale and low cost. The joint venture’s initial investments are in: Alta Devices, Santa Clara, CA, improving the production economics of advanced materials for high-efficiency, low-cost solar energy. Ciris Energy , Inc.,

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FuturaGene to Develop Enhanced Poplar for the Chinese Biofuel and Biopower Markets

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Israel-based FuturaGene PLC, a plant genetic researcher and developer for global forestry, biofuel and agricultural markets, has entered into an agreement with the Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF) to develop new enhanced poplar variants that feature increased yield, processability and abiotic stress characteristics for the Chinese domestic market.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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Review of Forestry Carbon Standards 2008 Ford Partners to Commercialize Electric Vehicles A New "Green" Deal.Direction for the economic re. Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. Shai Agassi predicts that Israel will have over 100,000 electric vehicles in use by 2010. 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA

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Hawaii opts for EVs and renewable energy

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Clean base load energy is particularly important since that is usually generated by nukes, burning coal or, in the case of Hawaii, oil. The company plans test deployments of vehicles in 2009 and broad commercial sales in 2012. This means it is a “base load&# energy. Here’s a shot of the facility.

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