On track for renewables

Israel is on track to meet its goal of, by 2030, producing a third of its electricity through renewable sources. By 2024’s end, 14.7% of Israel’s electricity used renewable sources.  The government has begun preparing to increase Israel's targets for 2035 to between 35% and 45%.

1 million+ water meters and sensors

Israel’s Arad Group, has deployed over one million active LoRa-based water meters and sensors across Israel. LoRa technology also supports smart parking systems, air-quality monitoring, soil humidity sensing, public lighting control, and even emergency alert buttons.

Cultured beef can keep on growing

Scientists at the Hebrew University, together with food-tech firm Believer Meats (see previously) have succeeded in getting cow cells to renew themselves indefinitely without using genetic engineering. The cells were cultured for more than 500 days.

Defending against deepfake attacks

Israel’s and were featured on the 18th Nov I24 News Innov’Nation. Multikol protects individuals from being fooled by someone pretending to be you.  Cyvore is used by companies to authenticate customers.

Innov’Nation – The bright side of AI

The 11th Nov 2025 edition of I24’s new Tuesday evening’s Innov’Nation program included Israel’s impact on AI; Maestro and Jamba; ; ; ; Xania Monet (an AI-generated singer); sit-coms; fridges; even Yad Vashem;

Bringing water to the Negev

See how Israel turned its barren desert into fertile lands by constructing an artificial river system that flows through the heart of the Negev. A network of canals, pipelines, and reservoirs channels life–giving water deep into the desert. The video has had 1.3 million views in 10 days.

Pumped storage

So what does Israel do with all that electricity at night, when very few Israelis want to use it? Pump it uphill, is the answer.  Until the morning when everyone boils water for their beverages. Then the pumped water facilities release the water to generate electricity from hydro-electric power.

Preventing digital shoplifting

Israel’s Chargeflow has launched Chargeflow Prevent, a first-of-its-kind post-purchase, pre-fulfillment fraud prevention platform designed to stop “friendly fraud” before it occurs. It protects merchants against customers who exploit chargeback policies (e.g. returns) to obtain refunds.

Majestic technology

Israel’s Majestic Labs has overcome the “memory wall” which is a common problem facing developers of AI systems. So much processing power is required, that data transfer rates slow down. Majestic’s solution is to balance memory, bandwidth and computational power in each integrated server.

Virus-free tomato seeds for sale

Israel’s NRGene (see previously) is now selling tomato seeds that are resistant to Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus () developed in partnership with Israel’s Philoseeds.  ToBRFV is one of the most serious threats to global greenhouse tomato production.