Power

Experts warn of essential service disruption if Israel's electricity supply disrupted - study

If Israel’s enemies made the lights go out, experts at Reichman University’s Yannay Institute warned, the country must be ready to cope with it.

An electricity pole is seen in Israel, January 28, 2026 (illustrative)
Forein Minister Gideon Sa'ar met with Fiji’s FM Sakiasi Ditoka and Minister Ioane Naivalurua, June 2, 2026.

The Qatar lesson: How small states wield outsized power in a connected world - opinion

A Satellite image shows a likely oil spill covering dozens of square kilometers near Iran’s Kharg Island, earlier this month.

In double trouble: Iran’s oil crisis – opinion

Geothermal power plant.

Cheap energy – and earthquakes: The new power plant driving Britain crazy


South Korean toilet turns excrement into power and digital currency

Using the toilet grants the user a currency invented by the engineer. The currency can then be used on campus in various shops and cafeterias

A man walks past a toilet sign at the Reinvented Toilet Expo showcasing sewerless sanitation technology in Beijing

Iran power outage crisis leads politicians to slam their own policy

This unprecedented overt critique about the country’s problems apparently reveals the depth of the problem and Iran is not alone.

THE WINNER of Iran’s presidential election, Ebrahim Raisi, looks on at a polling station in Iran this past Friday

Will China dominate the future?

If so, what can like-minded democracies do to compete?

CHINESE PRESIDENT Xi Jinping meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Beijing in 2018. The book warns about democracies getting too close to China

China’s efforts to establish regional hegemony - comment

With its re-emergence as the dominant economy in the region, China has widened its claims on features in the South China Sea and islands in the East China Sea.

OFFICIALS APPLAUD Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in March.

Why do western diplomats want to ‘engage’ far-right abroad, not at home?

The engagement model has long been pushed by diplomats in western chanceries. This is because it sounds good.

White supremacists clash with counter protesters at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 12, 2017

Israeli firms are to compete in New York's new clean energy competition

"NYPA's collaboration with Israeli technology companies will yield mutual benefit by introducing new solutions for commercial usage in large scale electric utilities."

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a daily briefing following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manhattan in New York City, New York, US, July 13, 2020.

Cause of Israel's near nationwide blackout unknown

The Israel Electric Corporation confirmed the cause of the outages "was definitively not a cyberattack."

Israel Electric Corporation

Leaving her mark

A conversation with Sigal Regev Rosenberg


Program for sustainability in Palestinian energy gets $63m. in funds

The program calls for sustained financing in order to support long-term planning, interventions in infrastructure and policy reform measures.

Israeli engineer stands in the new electrical substation near the West Bank city of Jenin

Israeli power cuts to West Bank ends after Palestinians pay debt

Israel Electric Corp (IEC) began sporadic, three-hour power cuts on Dec. 18 to press for payment of some $519 million owed by the Jerusalem District Electricity Company (JDECO).

Israel Electric company HQ 370