I-SAEF's First Success Story
Converting Polluting CO2 into Fuel
Using Solar Energy to Power the Conversion

2010 Grant, Grant Amount: $200,000
Focus: Converting Carbon Dioxide into Synthetic Fuel, Using Solar Energy to Power the Conversion
"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)

Dr. Karni describes the research project and what the team hopes to achieve.

Within a year of recieving an I-SAEF grant, Professor Karni's team demonstrated a laboratory proof of principle. As a result, his project was able to attract significant commercial interest and resulted in a multi-million dollar private investment to further develop and eventual commercialize the technology. 

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I-SAEF's Second Success Story
Enabling Large Scale Implementation of Solar Farms

2010 Grant, Grant Amount: $200,000
Focus: Harnessing the Full Power of Renewable Energy Sources
"Synchronverters - a Practical Solution for Connecting Large Solar Farms to the Utility Grid "
Prof. George Weiss (Tel Aviv University)
Prof. Michael Margaliot (Tel Aviv University)

Professor Margaliot explains the critical problem that is 
addressed by his and Professor Weiss' technology

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I-SAEF's Third Success Story
More Efficient Utilization of Renewable Energy Sources

2012 Grant, Grant Amount: $200,000
Focus: Harnessing the Full Power of Renewable Energy Sources
"Chemical Storage of Electrical Energy with Carbon Monoxide as an Intermediate Product"
Prof. Igor Lubomirsky (Weizmann Institute of Science)

Much energy from renewable sources (solar, wind) is not efficiently used. 
The power may be generated when not needed, and so is wasted. By 
converting renewable energy into a fuel that can be stored and transported, 
this project makes available much more efficient use of renewables.