Hebrew University researchers have announced a new process for producing energy from oil-shale that could supply all of Israel’s energy for the next 15 years. The system is in its advanced testing stages in a university pilot plant, according to the researchers, led by Dr. Zeev Aizenshtat of the Energy Research Center, Geology Professors Lisa Heller-Kallai and Baruch Spiro, and Chemistry Professors Gerald Esterson and Dr. Moshe Pisman; “Our development of this process is especially important and feasible for Israel, which has oil shale deposits that could potentially supply all of this country’s needs for the next 12 to 15 years,” they announced.
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