Enlight Renewable Energy has secured financing for a 189 MW wind project in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, at the border with Syria and Lebanon. A consortium of banks and financial institutions led by Bank Hapoalim will lend ILS1.05bn (US$308m) to the…
Israeli population-based study supports research showing that vitamin D supplements could help people avoid serious respiratory effects of Covid-19. A low level of vitamin D in blood plasma appears to be an independent risk factor for Covid-19 infection and hospitalization,…
While we all try to understand the new reality imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, many look to the past for historical precedents such as the Spanish flu of 1918 and the Black Plague of the 14th century. The first historically attested…
Newsight Imaging, an Israeli startup from Ness Ziona announced today that it has received Sheba Medical Center’s IRB Ethics (“Helsinki”) Committee approval to conduct a pilot program for rapid COVID-19 detection tests. The tests will be conducted using Newsight’s revolutionary…
Israeli startup BlueGreen Water Technologies, ltd. (“BlueGreen”) has just helped Ohio’s Chippewa Lake, plagued by toxic cyanobacteria (blue green algae) for years, to celebrate one hell of a milestone: 1-year toxic algae-free. Eyal Harel CEO, BlueGreen Water Technologies What makes the milestone…
The Electricity Market Regulatory Authority of Israel, which had pre-qualified 15 bidders proposing 45 projects (465 MW) for its solar-plus-storage tender, has selected 11 projects proposed by three developers and totalling 168 MW. Israeli project developers Doral Energy and Enlight Renewable…
A team of researchers from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology has observed branched flow of light for the very first time. The findings are published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature and are presented on the cover of the…
BGU researchers report that is it possible to extract private information from collage images of meeting participants posted on Instagram and Twitter. They used image processing text recognition tools as well as social network analysis to explore the dataset of more…
The Israeli government has presented an ILS80bn (US$23bn) plan to increase the share of solar in the power generation to 30% by 2030, when solar power should cover more than 80% of the country’s electricity needs at peak hours. Most…
In view of the climate crisis: The Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Bank of Israel are holding a joint expert workshop to discuss global warming, its potential effect on the Israeli economy, and possible mechanisms for reducing greenhouse gas…
