BGU researchers, pioneers and leaders in renewable fuels for over three decades, are powering the future of energy.

The goal of the BGU Energy Initiative is to develop innovative solutions to the world’s energy challenges. With proven track records in renewable liquid fuels, solar energy, nuclear energy, fuel cells, energy efficiency, and energy economics, scientists are creating commercially viable renewable energy sources. A technology for the production of jet fuel developed from vegetable oils is ready for commercialization. Molecular biologists are exploring how to extract energy from bacteria. Others are re-designing nuclear reactors, and improving energy-efficient architecture.

“It would take nearly a year to absorb from the sun the equivalent energy from just one barrel of oil. If we could solve the energy storage problem, solar energy could provide 90 percent of Israel’s power needs.”
– Prof. David Faiman

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BGU Professor’s Idea Could Change NASA’s Energy Plan

January 4, 2023

Tags: Alternative Energy

The Times Of Israel — With NASA mulling nuclear reactor to generate energy, Ben-Gurion University expert says his idea would
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Israeli Researchers Turn Bugs Into Fertilizer and Biodiesel

December 30, 2022

Tags: Alternative Energy, Research News, Sustainability & Climate Change

i24NEWS — Maggots may be the future of farming, according to BGU researchers. “What we are doing is genetic engineering of
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Times of Israel: Student Uses Fungi for Sustainable Solutions

July 8, 2022

Tags: Alternative Energy, Sustainability & Climate Change

BGU doctoral student uses fungi to produce a sustainable material that could drastically decrease carbon emissions that impact global warming.