GTEP's stated aim is to bring together Technion's researchers to discover and tap alternative and renewable energy sources, promote more efficient energy use, and reduce the environmental damage caused by the production of fossil fuels.
[1] GTEP is interdisciplinary, with members spanning the range from nano science through to applied engineering.
Source:[4] In 2011, GTEP submitted the winning proposal to the Israel Science Foundation,[5] through the framework of the Israeli Centers for Research Excellence (I-CORE).
As proposal coordinator, GTEP is coordinating top researchers to advance research into Solar fuels from Technion, the Weizmann Institute of Science and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
[6] GTEP houses Israel's only multidisciplinary graduate studies program in energy science and technology.