Introduction

Welcome to the new Ministry of Foreign Affairs Clean-Tech newsletter. In the 1950's Israel developed the household solar water heater, making Israel the leading country in household usage of sunlight for heating.

In the 1980's the Luz Company installed the first solar power plant in California's Mohave Desert. This green-energy heritage together with scarce natural resources and a very strong hi-tech industry have made Clean-Tech a focal point in Israel's economic and environmental agenda.

Links

• Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Ministry of Environmental Protection
• Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labor
• The Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute
• MASHAV – Israel's Center for International Cooperation

American Monsanto Company and Israeli Evogene Ltd. have entered a five-year research and development collaboration to identify key plant genes related to yield, environmental stress and fertilizer utilization. The agreement is intended to enhance research efforts to discover and deliver novel yield-enhancing technologies at a time of increasing global demand for grain.
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PRS Neoweb™ Cellular Confinement System is a ‘soil stabilization’ solution based on innovative honeycombed geocells. It confines, stabilizes and reinforces soft soils in road construction as well as in slope and earth stabilization. This unique polymer based solution, originally developed by the US Military and utilized by American troops in the Gulf War – has been both enhanced by Israeli PRS for long term use in civil engineering and construction projects.
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The city of Los Angeles signed an agreement with Kinrot Incubator, a company located on the shores of the Sea of Galilee that helps entrepreneurs and researchers with water-based technological innovations.
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American LeFleur Transportation, developer of a comprehensive human service transportation system, has announced that it is about to add Israeli GreenRoad Technologies’ Safety Center to its entire fleet of more than 300 vehicles. GreenRoad’s Safety Center will increase the safety of LeFleur’s fleet, improve the quality of its services, strengthen the level of driver training - all while reducing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
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