Professor (Emeritus) David Faiman of Ben Gurion University has been given the David Ben Gurion award for his life’s work researching and promoting renewable energy.  The prize is awarded to those whose “actions fulfill David Ben-Gurion’s vision and follow his legacy.”

http://in.bgu.ac.il/en/Pages/news/faiman_bgaward.aspx

http://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/british-born-physicist-to-be-awarded-israels-nobel/