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7-year deal to cut pollution and save energy

Israel’s Brenmiller Energy (see here previously) has signed a seven-year, $3.55 million project with Wolfson Medical Center in Holon to replace its old, costly, polluting diesel boilers with Brenmiller’s crushed rock clean energy storage system. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-green-thermal-storage-company-signs-7-year-deal-with-wolfson-hospital/

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Best inventions of 2023

TIME Magazine’s 2023 list of 200 Best Inventions includes six Israeli startups. Beewise (BeeHome4), Wiliot, Salignostics (Salistick), Lumen, UBQ, and Brenmiller (bGen Zero). Another – Sensibo (AirPro) received a special mention. https://nocamels.com/2023/10/six-israeli-startups-make-time-magazines-annual-best-inventions/ https://time.com/collection/best-inventions-2023/

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Cutting hospital emissions

Israel’s Finance Ministry has allocated NIS 14 million for Israel’s Brenmiller (see here previously) to build a Thermal Energy system for the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon. The aim is to cut carbon emissions by 3,900 tons and reduce energy … Continue reading

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Thermal storage factory opens

Israel’s Brenmiller Energy (see here previously) has opened its first production plant in the southern Israeli city of Dimona. The factory, built with the help of EU funds, aims to produce storage systems capable of holding four gigawatts of energy … Continue reading

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Cleantech award in the UAE

Brenmiller Energy (see here previously) is the first Israeli company to win a World CleanTech Award from the CleanTech Business Club – a group of industry, government, and investment leaders from 36 countries. CEO Avi Brenmiller received the outstanding startup … Continue reading

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Hot water project to save fuel

Israel’s Brenmiller Energy (reported here previously) is piloting a new water heating system to save 36,000 liters of diesel and reduce pollutant emissions at Israeli army outposts. Residual heat from the base’s power generators is stored in crushed rocks and … Continue reading

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Five new US-Israeli clean energy projects

The US-Israel Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program has granted $4.8 million for five newly selected clean energy projects. The Israeli companies involved are Brenmiller, CelDezyner, QDM, SoftWheel and TerraGenic. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bird-energy-to-invest-48-million-in-cooperative-israel-us-clean-energy-projects-300549880.html

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Another power plant for South Africa

Israel’s Rioglass Solar has won a 70 million-shekels contract to provide receivers for a 100MW thermo-solar power plant to be built in South Africa.  It is Rioglass’s 3rd power plant project in South Africa.  Israel’s Brenmiller won a 4th project … Continue reading

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Israeli solar tech for South African power plant

Israel’s Brenmiller Energy has teamed up with Spanish company Isolux in a tender for construction of a 150-megawatt solar power station in South Africa.  Brenmiller’s energy storage systems will account for half of the project’s estimated $500 million overall cost. … Continue reading

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Solar power both day and night

Tel Aviv-based Brenmiller Energy will establish a 10-megawatt solar power station in Dimona, capable of generating electricity from solar energy for an average of 20 hours a day on a typical summer’s day.  This is four times as many hours … Continue reading

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