Rainbow Warrior in Tel Aviv: Greenpeace calls for a Nuclear Free Middle East

Energy [R]evolution Energy Options for Iran

February 18, 2007

Greenpeace commissioned a report from the Worldwide Alliance for Decentralized Energy (WADE) to show a range of energy options for Iran. The study demonstrates the benefits of policies that encourage the uptake of renewable energy, decentralized energy systems and energy efficiency. These benefits include protection of the environment and human health and reducing capital costs while still meeting the energy needs of Iranian people and industry.

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An Overview of Nuclear Facilities in Iran, Israel and Turkey

February 18, 2007

This review of nuclear developments in the Middle East focuses on Turkey, Iran and Israel, but contains lessons and warnings for all countries in the region. In each country the report outlines some of the possible risks to the environment and human health as a consequence of continuing to operate and/or commission nuclear facilities such as nuclear power plants, research reactors and uranium enrichment facilities.

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An Overview of Nuclear Facilities in Iran, Israel and Turkey - in Farsi

February 18, 2007

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Conditions for a Nuclear Free Middle East

February 18, 2007

The goal of a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in the Middle East, and more generally a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) free zone in the Middle East, has been repeatedly affirmed by all states involved as well as the international community at the highest political levels. Yet instead of movement towards this goal, security analysts and popular media headlines indicate a trend towards proliferation of WMD in the Middle East. Greenpeace believes that a Nuclear Free Zone is a condition for a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in the region and therefore is also a condition for a WMD Free Zone in the Middle East.

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Energy [R]evolution - A pathway to a sustainable clean energy future for the Middle East

January 31, 2007

A Pathway to a Sustainable and Clean Energy Future for the Middle East is one of ten regional energy scenarios commissioned by Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) from the Department of Systems Analysis and Technology Assessment (Institute of Technical Thermodynamics) at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR). It was developed in conjunction with scientists and engineers from universities, institutes and the renewable energy industry around the world.

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The Grenepeace Report for Solar Energy in Israel

July 31, 2005

This report provides an initial evaluation of the economic impact of the rapid development of solar energy sources in Israel. It concludes that the net benefit for the country from a large-scale solar energy deployment is evaluated conservatively at $1.8 to $2.7 billion.

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