BIRD ist ein amerikanisch-israelisches Programm, das unter anderem der Förderung sauberer und erneuerbaren Technologien dient. Seit der Schaffung des Programms im Jahr 2009 wurden 28 Projekte mit insgesamt 22 Millionen US-Dollar gefördert. US-Energieminister Ernest Moniz betonte, dass die gemeinsamen Anstrengungen ein essentieller Schritt zur Modernisierung der Energieinfrastruktur, der Verbesserung der Energiesicherheit und der Minderung der Risiken der Globalen Erwärmung sind.
Die sechs geförderten Projekte sind:
- 3GSOLAR (Jerusalem, Israel) and Arkema (King of Prussia, PA), $900,000, will develop thin and flexible printed solar photovoltaics (PV) for wireless electronics.
- Ayyeka Technologies, Ltd. (Jerusalem, Israel) and UIS Holdings, Inc. (Dexter, MI), $1,000,0000, will develop smart grid solutions for industrial and commercial buildings to improve energy performance through remote metering and efficiency analytics.
- Haogenplast Ltd. (Kibbutz Haogen, Israel) and Global Solar Energy, Inc. (Tucson, AZ), $900,000, will develop floating PV technology systems to reduce the cost of solar energy production over water reservoirs. Floating PV systems may be attractive options in areas with a shortage of available land for development and can reduce the amount of evaporation from open reservoirs.
- Pentalum Technologies (Rehovot, Israel) and Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX),$900,000, will collaborate on the development of a light detection and ranging, or LiDAR that would use a system of lasers and software tools and controls to increase power output from wind farms.
- Solaris Synergy (Jerusalem, Israel) and Pristine Sun LLC (San Francisco, CA), $900,000, will collaborate on a utility scale, low-cost floating photovoltaic solar energy system for deployment on water.
- Yissum - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Jerusalem, Israel) and Applied Biomathematics, Inc. (Setauket, NY), $500,000, will collaborate to develop software to better assess the impact of wind turbines on avian species, which could assist the permitting process to build wind farms and better protect birds and bats near these facilities.
Zum Nachlesen:
Pressemitteilung des Energieministeriums (23.11.2015): Energy Department Announces Six Clean Energy Projects through Partnership with Israel
