Early Success Story: Bridging the gap between early stage academic ideas
and commercial development
2010 GRANT WINNER IN SOLAR ENERGY
Grant Amount: $200,000
Focus: Converting Carbon Dioxide into Synthetic Fuel, Using Solar Energy
"High Efficiency Clean Fuel Production From Carbon Dioxide and Water Using Solar Energy at High Temperatures"
Prof. Jacob Karni (Weizmann Institute of Science)
Dr. Avner Rothschild (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology)
Grant Amount: $200,000
Focus: Converting Carbon Dioxide into Synthetic Fuel, Using Solar Energy
"High Efficiency Clean Fuel Production From Carbon Dioxide and Water Using Solar Energy at High Temperatures"
Prof. Jacob Karni (Weizmann Institute of Science)
Dr. Avner Rothschild (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology)
Filmed in 2010 after receiving one of I-SAEF's first grants, Dr. Karni describes the
joint research project and what the team hopes to achieve...
...Within a year of recieving an I-SAEF grant, the scientists demonstrated a laboratory proof of principle. As a result, the project was able to attract significant commercial interest and resulted in a multi-million dollar private investment to further develop the project toward commercialization.
