Solar-driven hydrogen production, “kosher” batteries to power a yeshiva on the Sabbath and holidays, ice bricks that store energy and then release it into cooling systems, and a combined solar panel and storage system for Bedouin farmers were among 16 projects to receive part of an overall NIS 20 million ($6.3 million) grant to develop energy storage tech, the Energy Ministry announced Tuesday.
The sum of NIS 11.7 million ($3.7 million) was awarded for 11 lithium battery projects, with NIS 4.3 million ($1.35 million) going to two initiatives in hydrogen. A further three projects were allocated NIS 4 million ($1.3 million).
All the recipients will create prototypes in Israel.
Israel has set a goal of generating 30% of energy from renewable sources by 2030. But such energy cannot be relied upon unless some of it is stored for days when the sun doesn’t shine or the wind…