Monthly Archives: December 2011

Chilean power company is now Israeli

Posted on December 18, 2011

Israel Corporation has bought 75% of Chilean power company Central Tierra Amarilla SA including its 155 MW power station. IC Power already owns power stations producing 3,000 megawatts in seven countries: Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Panama, El Salvador, Jamaica, and the … Continue reading →

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Biogas for The Netherlands

Posted on December 18, 2011

The Israeli engineering and energy company, Ludan, is sharing with a Dutch company, the build of a two-megawatt biogas power plant in the Netherlands. Construction will take eight months. Ludan Energy then has a 12-year franchise to operate the plant … Continue reading →

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Bridge-building in Nigeria

Posted on December 18, 2011

Israel’s Shikun u’Binui subsidiary Solel Boneh International Ltd. has won a $210 million contract to build a 2.1-kilometer bridge over Nigeria’s Benue River and build 22 km access roads for the four-lane dual carriageway in eastern Nigeria. Construction will take … Continue reading →

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Israel and Brazil expand biofuel collaboration

Posted on December 18, 2011

Israel’s Evogene and Brazil’s SLC Agricola are focused on developing advanced castor seed displaying high oil yield under rain-fed conditions and suitable for sustainable and commercial production in Brazil. Bio-diesel produced from the Evogene’s castor varieties will cost around $50 … Continue reading →

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Global law firm to open Israel office

Posted on December 18, 2011

International law firm Greenberg Traurig will open an office in Tel Aviv next month. The office is the first international full-time legal office of its kind in Israel. http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000704322&fid=1725

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Drilling at Leviathan 3 completed

Posted on December 18, 2011

An important milestone was reached in Israel’s economic plans when Nobel Energy informed its partners that exploratory drilling of the well had been completed and natural gas had been discovered. The expectations are for reserves of 19-20 TCF, compared with … Continue reading →

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Cyprus and Israel to connect

Posted on December 18, 2011

Minister of National Infrastructures Dr. Uzi Landau announced that Israel and Cyprus were in advanced discussions about linking their electricity grids in order to provide mutual backups in the event of a supply failure in either country. http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000705995&fid=1725

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New Japanese ambassador to Israel speaks Hebrew

Posted on December 18, 2011

Hideo Sato first came to Israel in 1977 as a student at Jerusalem’s Hebrew University. He addressed Israeli President Shimon Peres in fluent, flawless Hebrew, correctly pronouncing the letter “resh,” which many Japanese find difficult. New envoys from South Korea, … Continue reading →

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Israel prepares UN for Africa AIDS program

Posted on December 18, 2011

A delegation of Israeli mohels (ritual circumcisors) has just returned from a two-week trip to Africa. They prepared the UN medical team UNAIDS for their five-year program to circumcise an estimated 20 million African men in order to prevent the … Continue reading →

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Google recognises Hebrew speech

Posted on December 18, 2011

Google has launched its voice search for Apple’s iPhones and Android in Hebrew and Arabic. The upgrade is significant; until now voice identification software could not handle Hebrew, and had to cope with Hebrew-accented English. Users will be able to … Continue reading →

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