This survey has been recently completed by the energy and environment team at the Samuel Neaman Institute, for the National Council for Research and Development (NCRD). The survey maps various R&D efforts in Israeli academia and industry, in the following fields:
- Energy technology R&D -alternative energy sources; energy conservation; energy storage; energy for electricity, heat, transportation; energy efficiency, energy-conserving building, waste to energy etc.
- Energy policy, energy economics, climate change
These fields have been reviewed by analysis of academic publications, industrial and patent databases, and are expected to be utilized for the following purposes:
- Enabling strategic and economic decision-making regarding R&D directions
- Creating a database supporting local and international cooperation
- Creating a database for potential investors
