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Shekel Outperforms Emerging Markets on Growth

(Bloomberg) — The shekel is likely to outperform emerging-market currencies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa as the Israeli economy expands and the central bank raises rates, according to Bank of America Corp.-Merrill Lynch.  The CHART OF THE DAY shows the shekel has been the best performer since the start of the year versus […]

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Israel’s south could be global clean tech’s beta site

While Israel still has work ahead to develop its own clean tech, organizers of the Renewable Energy Conference in Eilat tout the country as a global beta site. With its year-round sunshine and high temperatures, Eilat and the region are a perfect location for the deployment of alternative energy projects. While Israel generates numerous headlines […]

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Simulation Ensures Green Buses can hit the Road on Time

Electronics News Report a six-strong engineering team at Dongfeng Electric Vehicle (DFEV) faced a tough challenge: design, test and verify the battery management control system for the EQ6110 hybrid electric city bus – lowering emissions and improving fuel efficiency by 30 percent – and then generate production C code for the controller, in record time. The […]

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Green energy scheme ‘a fraud’

The  Sydney Morning Herald reports that KEVIN RUDD’S environmental agenda is under attack on two fronts, with the country’s biggest private renewable energy business declaring his green power target at risk of failure. As criticism of the emissions trading scheme grows bolder after the fractured Copenhagen summit, AGL has labelled the administration of the the […]