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.

AUGUST 3, 2026|ByREUTERS

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.

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

Israel’s Electricity Authority has frozen approvals for new server farms for 140 days, following an unprecedented surge in connection requests that threatens power grid stability.

JULY 21, 2026|ByYOAV ETIEL

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

The national water company plans to build up to 10 solar energy facilities with a combined generation capacity of about 100 megawatts.

JULY 21, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

The current cable issue with the power line Champlain Hudson Power Express, which operated during New York City's recent heat wave, is unrelated to a shutdown that happened on July 1.

JULY 13, 2026|ByREUTERS

In pursuit of energy independence, Palestinians sign deal with Israel

While the Gaza Strip remains without electricity for over 20 hours a day, the deal will lead to a new facility near the West Bank city of Jenin.

JULY 10, 2017ByADAM RASGON

Hamas: The future eaters

Israel is not punishing Hamas by withholding electricity from Gaza; it is wasting young people.

JUNE 29, 2017ByMARILYN GARSON

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

Watch: Hundreds of jellyfish threaten to clog up Israeli power plant

Are jellyfish a threat to Israeli power stations?

JUNE 27, 2017ByREUTERS

Gaza’s electricity

Why should Israel take Abbas’s advice and cut the electricity supply to Gaza by 40%?

JUNE 22, 2017ByJPOST EDITORIAL

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

WATCH: Firebrand Israeli MK attempts to shed light on Gaza power crisis

It seems unlikely that this stunt will be Hazan's last.

JUNE 21, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF

Egypt sends fuel to alleviate Gaza power crisis as Hamas links thaw

Gaza's power plant has been off-line for two months due to a payment dispute between the Palestinian Authority, based in the West Bank, and Gaza's Hamas Islamist rulers.

JUNE 21, 2017ByREUTERS

Egyptian soldiers stand guard at the border as fuel tankers enter Gaza through the Rafah border between Egypt and southern Gaza Strip June 21, 2017.

Raw sewage seeps out of Gaza as electricity supplies dwindle

The Israel Electric Company, which typically transfers about 120 megawatts of electricity daily to Gaza, confirmed that it would continue reducing the supply gradually over the next few days.

JUNE 20, 2017BySHARON UDASIN

Egypt offers Gaza electricity in exchange for crackdown on security at border

Egypt has offered Hamas help with electricity in exchange for a list of security demands following Israel's announcement that it would withdraw some of the power it provides to the Strip.

JUNE 13, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF

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

Israel cedes to PA demand, cuts Gaza electricity by 40%

The drop in electricity is part of the PA’s push to pressure Hamas to rescind its control of Gaza.

JUNE 12, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Israeli Minister halts Gaza electricity reduction

Gaza is caught in an endless tug of war.

JUNE 1, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF