Electrochemical Energy Storage in Israel

Who inaugurated the new National Institute for energy & electrochemical storage?

Energy Minister Eli Cohen (fourth from right) helps inaugurate the new National Institute for Energy and Electrochemical Storage at Bar-Ilan University, near Tel Aviv, June 3, 2025. (Shlomi Mizrahi, Bar-Ilan University)

What is the Israeli energy storage Council?

Based at Bar-Ilan but to be run in conjunction with the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in the northern city of Haifa, the body will oversee the development, training, and commercialization of energy storage technologies.

Are 'deep-tech-based' technology solutions the future of Israel?

(Gavriel Fiske/Times of Israel) Bar-Ilan University President Prof. Arie Zaban, an energy researcher and entrepreneur, said “deep-tech-based” technological solutions were critical for the planet’s future and that the institute would “help position the State of Israel as an ecosystem in the field of climatech.”

How much money does Israel spend on a new research institute?

The institute’s innovative research infrastructure will serve all researchers in Israel, and its establishment is very significant news.” The Energy Ministry provided NIS 100 million ($28.4 million) for the new institute, with Bar-Ilan funding the remaining NIS 30 million ($8.5 million).