The total investment in the awarded projects will amount to $16 million including private sector contribution.
Office of International Affairs
December 20, 2024
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BIRD Energy to Invest $7.5 Million in Cooperative Israel-U.S. Clean Energy Projects
The total investment in the awarded projects will amount to $16 million including private sector contribution.
We are pleased to announce that DOE - in collaboration with the Israeli Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MoE) and the Israel Innovation Authority - selected five clean energy projects to receive $7.5 million in funding under the Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program.
These selections were made at an Executive Committee meeting on December 9th, and the total value of the approved project (including the $7.5 million cost-share funding) is $16 million.
The projects include:
- Lucy Borchard Shipping (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Newlight Marine Technologies (Dover, DE) to develop and test 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 high-efficiency heat/cold 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.
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