Power

Cuba suffers islandwide power grid collapse as US oil blockade deepens energy crisis

The outage follows three nationwide blackouts in July and comes as a US-imposed oil blockade further strains the island's aging energy infrastructure.

People walk down a street as Cuba's national power grid collapsed, marking the third major outage in nine days, in Havana, Cuba, July 14, 2026.
Electricity poles

AI and the threat to power grid stability: State freezes approvals for server farms

Eshkol Reservoir

Mekorot launches tender for solar and energy storage facilities at water reservoirs

The road to Hydro-Quebec's Romaine 4 hydroelectric dam is seen in the Côte-Nord Administrative Region of Quebec, Canada.

Cable issues force a second shutdown at new Hydro-Quebec line supplying New York City electricity


Dreaming impossible dreams?

“I grew up in a poor neighborhood in Bat Yam, where nobody cared about aesthetics. Everybody was too busy fighting their daily battles. All people thought about was how to survive."

VIEW OF a Liran Ben Ivgi architectural project

The world turned upside down

Israel is achieving power parity with leading European nations.

Flag of Israel

Netanyahu crows at Israel’s listing as world’s 8th most powerful country

The same magazine said the country is also perceived as the world’s most religious state, followed by Saudi Arabia and Iran.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures during a Likud faction meeting, July 2 2018

Apologies don’t work for the powerful, study finds

People with high social status are perceived as insincere when they apologize for a transgression.

Shas party leader Arye Deri

How I achieve my New Year's Resolutions

The Jerusalem Post

My Grandmother's Fur Coat, My Great Aunts and My Sisterhood Seeking

The Jerusalem Post

No more ‘Not in my backyard’ stances for local municipalities

Today, the authority to license business operations lies with municipal authorities

Greennet waste facility

Nothing to see here

Israel needs to tell the truth about the decision to cut power to Gaza

A Palestinian woman washes by candlelight during a power cut in the kitchen of her home in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip

Abbas threatens to further cut Gaza funds

According to the UN, Gaza residents now receive only about four to six hours a day of electricity.

Palestinians walk on a road during a power cut in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip.

Gaza power plant to resume operation day after being shut

The Energy Authority in Gaza said the expected resumption of the power plant’s operation comes after Egypt facilitated the delivery of new fuel shipments to the Strip on Thursday.

A view shows Gaza's power plant through a barbed fence in the central Gaza Strip January 16, 2017