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Israeli solar technology company Apollo Powers on Innov'Nation

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INNOV'NATION

Israeli solar firm showcases lightweight panel technology at major European expo

CEO Yair Amsterdam says the company's flexible solar panels weigh just over 13 pounds, allowing installations on buildings and structures unsuitable for traditional systems

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صورة ظلية لامرأة مقابل غروب الشمس مع استمرار مؤشرات الحرارة المكونة من ثلاثة أرقام في الغرب الأوسط، 20 أغسطس 2023

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Environment

Solar storm hits Earth: expectations and effects

Scientists initially expected the flare to be stronger than its recorded intensity, but its X2.9 measurement still signifies a significant event

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Solar panels placed at the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir desert in the island-country's south

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Environment

Bahrain signs solar park project deal, part of its Renewable Energy Plan

Manama seeks to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2060, with gradual incrementation

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Israeli Energy Minister Yisrael Katz (R) with his UAE counterpart H.E. Dr Sultan Al-Jaber, in Abu Dhabi.

3 min

Environment

'Water for Electricity' brings together Israel, UAE, and Jordan

The Prosperity Initiative was discussed by Israeli Energy Minister Yisrael Katz along with his Emirati and Jordanian counterparts, as well as U.S. officials

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The Ashalim solar power station in the Negev desert, southern Israel.

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Environment

Israel to allocate 10,000 extra acres of open space for solar energy sites

The Energy Ministry says the move is needed to reach 30% electricity generation from renewable sources by 2030

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Smart solar panels inside a greenhouse developed by Israeli startup Trisolar, in Kfar Kara, Israel.

3 min

Technology & Science

Israeli startup generates electricity while growing tomatoes

The technology developed by the startup could also prove beneficial for farmers, especially economically

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This combination image of photos shows a hybrid solar eclipse seen from Lautem, East Timor.

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Asia & Pacific

Thousands flock to remote Australian town for 'mind-blowing' eclipse

'There’s nothing else you can see which looks like that. It was just awesome'

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The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, south of Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

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Africa

UAE to develop mega solar power projects in Ethiopia, Zambia

Ethiopia is driving to expand and diversify its energy capacity; Zambia has been rationing electricity supply following a drop in hydropower generation

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The International Space Station.

2 min

Technology & Science

NASA astronauts conduct spacewalk outside of International Space Station

Josh Cassada, Frank Rubio tasked with installing new solar arrays to the orbiting lab

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A man sits next to a solar unit in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of Damascus, Syria.

3 min

Levant & Turkey

Syrians turn to solar power amid the war-torn country’s deep energy crisis

Syria is experiencing a power crisis compounded by a wider economic collapse triggered by the war, sanctions, and a currency meltdown

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A Bedouin boy stands under solar panels that provide electricity to the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev Desert, southern Israel.

3 min

Environment

Israel: Bedouins have important role in energy revolution

Israel aiming to shift up to 40 percent of its electricity to renewable sources by 2030

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Solar

7 min

Environment

'Agrovoltacis' in Israel's desert used to fight hunger

'The main idea is to harvest the sun twice'

Read time: 7 min.


This picture taken on October 18, 2022 shows a view of solar panels at the newly-inaugurated al-Kharsaah solar power plant in Qatar.

2 min

Technology & Science

'Unstoppable' renewables help climate, security: experts at COP27

'Renewables are not only good for the climate, jobs, GDP, but are a real way to ensure energy independence'

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Jordanian King Abdullah II, (L), and Emirati President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, (C), walk as leaders prepare themselves for a group photo at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 7, 2022.

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Diplomacy

Israel, Jordan, UAE ink 'water-for-energy' MoU

Jordan to provide Israel with 600 MW of solar in return for 200 million cubic meters of desalinated water

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This picture taken on October 18, 2022 shows a view of solar panels at the newly-inaugurated al-Kharsaah solar power plant in Qatar.

3 min

Middle East

Qatar inaugurates solar plant as World Cup approaches

Solar farm is 'one of the biggest' in the Middle East, according to Qatar's energy minister

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Solar panels installed for the village of Toula in northern Lebanon, on August 29, 2022.

2 min

Levant & Turkey

Lebanon turns to solar amid deepening energy crisis

'With the current conditions we are living in, solar energy is no longer an alternative – it’s a necessity'

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A man jogs while exercising along the Doha corniche in Qatar's capital on August 5, 2022.

2 min

Technology & Science

Qatar announces new solar mega-projects

Mesaieed and Ras Laffan plants will take Gulf state's solar output to 1.67 gigawatts by the end of 2024

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People walk past a grocery store at the Central de Abasto wholesale food market in Mexico City, Mexico, March 10, 2022.

3 min

Latin America

Massive food market in Mexico City to use sunshine for power

The almost $20m solar project will cover a market that serves half a million people daily

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Aerial view of solar panels in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, October 21, 2015.

3 min

Environment

Israeli officials debate land allocation for solar panels

'It’s like trying to solve the housing crisis only through urban renewal'

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An olive farm is pictured on February 22, 2020 in Erbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region.

3 min

Environment

Iraq: Olive farmers look to solar power for green energy

Ahmad says 'what we are now witnessing is a gradual culture shift, and a greater acceptance' of green energy

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تظهر هذه الصورة التي أتاحتها وكالة ناسا عرض لمسبار باركر الشمسي وهو يقترب من الشمس. يوم الثلاثاء الموافق ديسمبر. في 14 من عام 2021

3 min

Technology & Science

NASA probe enters the outer atmosphere of the sun

The Parker Solar spacecraft was able to provide new data about the sun's magnetic fields and particles

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Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and former Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a daily press briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 22, 2021 in Washington, DC.

3 min

Levant & Turkey

US climate envoy visits Jordan for talks on collaboration

Kerry also recently helped to broker a historic water-solar deal between Israel and Jordan

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People hold up a banner reading in Arabic "down with the gas agreement with the enemy" in protest against the water-solar deal between Jordan and Israel, in Jordan's capital Amman on November 26, 2021.

3 min

Middle East

Jordanians protest water-solar deal with Israel

Protesters called on Jordan to sever ties with Israel and scrap the water-for-energy deal

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A picture taken on May 26, 2016, shows some of the 55,000 mirrors directing sunlight toward the Ashalim solar tower which is under construction near the southern Israeli kibbutz of Ashalim in the Negev desert.

3 min

Israel

Official confirms Israel and Jordan to sign water-solar deal

Hulata says 'The Abraham Accords are the enabler of such an important agreement'

Read time: 3 min.


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