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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 million for five newly selected energy projects as part of the Binational Industrial Research and Development ( BIRD ) Energy program. Rehovot, Israel) and ALD NanoSolutions Inc.

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MIT study cautions smaller nations on rushing to develop their natural gas resources; Cyprus as model

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The study is a part of of a larger report that will further take into account the changing dynamics of the regional and global gas markets, giving a comprehensive view of the implications for the long-term development of natural gas in Cyprus and other like nations. —Sergey Paltsev. Click to enlarge. Background. Earlier post.).

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The Strange Story of the Teens Behind the Mirai Botnet

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Paras was furious that Rutgers chose Incapsula , a small cybersecurity firm based in Massachusetts, as its DDoS-mitigation provider. The VDoS gang members had been only 14 years old when they started to offer DDoS services from Israel in 2012. On the same day, the Israeli police arrested the VDoS founders in Israel.

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Proposed Federal CEDA Designed to Help Risky Breakthrough Technologies Cross the Valley of Death; Working with $10+ Billion Fund

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The vision is that the advisory council will develop a methodology for assessing the technologies based upon our three part clean energy definition: Improved energy efficiency in use, distribution, or transmission. Proposed by Representatives: Henry Waxman (D-California), Edward Markey (D-Massachusetts) Passed in House 29 June 09.

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