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DOE awarding $4.8M to 5 BIRD Energy projects with Israel; H2 storage, biofuel, sustainable transportation

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The Department of Energy (DOE), in partnership with Israel’s Ministry of Energy (MOE) and the Israel Innovation Authority, announced $4.8 To date, BIRD Energy awardees have attracted more than $200 million in venture capital and other follow-on funding to commercialize clean energy technologies. CelDezyner Ltd. SoftWheel Ltd.

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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. Concept of the NCF process.

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Israel-based Hybrid Solar Gas-Turbine Company Closes $5M Series A Round

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EZKlein Partners announced the closing of a $5 million Series A funding round for AORA , an Israel-based developer of a hybrid solarized gas turbine power station. The funding round, initiated by EZKlein Partners, includes L&Q Solar, a group of international solar energy investors.

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Alstom Enters Solar Market With Up to $55M Investment in BrightSource Energy

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Alstom, a global leader in equipment and services for power generation, is entering the solar market with an investment of up to $55 million in BrightSource Energy Inc., BrightSource is a specialist in designing, building and operating tower based solar thermal power plants with operations in the USA, Israel and Australia.

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

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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., Centennial, CO, developing technology to biochemically convert coal to methane at large scale and low cost.

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Graphene Flagship team develops powerful graphene-titania photocatalyst to reduce NOx

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Hopwever, there are challenges to be addressed before this can be used on a commercial scale. It is low-maintenance and environmentally friendly, as it just requires the sun’s energy and no other input. —Marco Goisis, the research coordinator at Italcementi. Cheaper methods to mass-produce graphene are needed.

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Indian Oil Corp exploring hydrogen to use as eco-friendly fuels 

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The solar electrolysers are used to break down water into basic constituents of hydrogen and oxygen in India also such projects to be expected. It has also acquired a stake in Phinergy, an Israel based startup which develops ultra-lightweight metal-air batteries for electric vehicles. Aluminium ultra-lightweight metal-air batteries .

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