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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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Yandex, Uber spin off self-driving vehicles business from joint venture

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Simultaneously with the spin-off transaction, Yandex will invest $150 million into Yandex SDG, $100 million of which will be in the form of equity and the remaining $50 million in the form of a convertible loan. Recently, Yandex launched Yandex.Rover commercial operations in the Russian tech hub of Skolkovo.

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Better Place Opens First EV Demonstration Center; Dor Alon to Deploy Battery Switch Stations in Israel

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Better Place announced the grand opening of the company’s first electric vehicle (EV) battery switch demonstration center in Israel. In the near future, the Better Place Center will have the Renault Fluence ZE for demonstrations, which will be available in Israel in 2011. Earlier post.). The Center, which includes 1 1.5-km

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Better Place Launches Switchable-Battery Electric Taxi Project in Tokyo; Converted Crossovers with A123 Systems Packs

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The project marks the next major milestone leading up to a complete system test of all components of the company’s electric vehicle solution in Israel before year-end. By year-end, Better Place will test all components of its solution in Israel as the company continues to gear up for commercial launch in Israel and Denmark in late 2011.

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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. NewCO2Fuels was founded in 2011 to commercialize a technology developed by Prof. The mixture of CO and H 2 —i.e.,

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Primus Green Energy to produce biojet fuel

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Israel Corp. a US subsidiary of Israel Corporation’s renewable energy unit IC Green Energy Ltd., has developed a gasification-based process to convert agricultural biomass into standard automotive fuels at a competitive production cost compared with the price of oil. unit reports biomass fuel breakthrough Globes.

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BGU researchers developing more efficient process for hydrogenation of CO2 to synthetic crude

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BGU has filed the patents and we are ready to demonstrate and commercialize it. Moti Herskowitz is the Israel Cohen Chair in Chemical Engineering and the vice president and dean of research and development at BGU. This project is partially supported by I-SAEF (Israel Strategic Alternative Energy Foundation). — BGU’s Prof.

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