The total investment in the projects awarded will amount to $16 million including private sector contribution
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Israel’s Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MoE), and the Israel Innovation Authority held an Executive Committee meeting on December 9, 2024, resulting in the selection of five clean energy projects that were approved to receive $7.5 million under the Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program. The selected projects address energy efficiency, hydrogen energy, recycling, and storage.
The total value of the approved projects is $16 million, including $7.5 million in cost-share funding. The approved projects are:
- Lucy Borchard Shipping (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Newlight Marine Technologies (New York, NY) to accelerate the transition to sustainable shipping by developing and testing hydrogen as a dual fuel for marine engines.
- Nitrofix (Petach Tikva, Israel) and 1S1 Energy (Portola Valley, CA) to develop the next generation of green ammonia.
- OASIX Energy (Tel Aviv, Israel) and EN-POWER GROUP (New York, NY) to demonstrate and validate a high-efficiency heat pump coupled with dual-thermal energy storage for residential buildings.
- Phinergy (Lod, Israel) and New York Power Authority (New York, NY) to demonstrate a clean alternative to emergency generators based on aluminum-air technology.
- Plasticback (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Freepoint Eco-Systems (Stamford, CT) to develop and test chemical recycling of PVC waste streams.
Screenshot of BIRD found
Press release https://tinyurl.com/2hb6v7n8
