BIRD Energy was established following an agreement between the US Department of Energy/EERE and the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructure (MNI) to promote US-Israel cooperation in clean/renewable energy technologies.
The US – Israel Energy Cooperation Program was authorized in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, and was approved by the Israeli Government in 2008.
This program was launched last year through the Binational Science Foundation (BSF), which administers cooperation in the academic area and the BIRD, which administers cooperation in the industrial area.
Projects that can be submitted to BIRD Energy are those between US and Israeli companies, or collaborations between a company and a research institution aiming to develop and commercialize renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
