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


No Holds Barred: Is support for Israel determined by personal friendships or political interests?

"The Jewish community learned this year, especially regarding the catastrophic Iran deal, that relationships made little difference when it came to elected official’s interests."

Obama and Rivlin at the White House Hanukka Reception.

Energy minister signs private power supply licenses

With the new licenses, the three power stations will be able to sell electricity not only to the Israel Electric Corporation but also to large industrial and commercial consumers, Steinitz says.

Yuval Steinitz

Eco Wave Power to establish its first Chinese power station

Tel Aviv based firm which harnesses energy from ocean waves receives permission to establish first plant in China.

Power plant (illustrative).

Palestinian power company nixing Leviathan gas import deal

About 4.75 billion cubic meters of gas were planned to be sold to fuel a future power plant in Jenin.

Palestinian electricians repair electric cables.

US envoy Power: There will never be a sunset on America's commitment to Israel

Power says that there is an alarming surge in global anti-Semitism.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power

Environmentalists protest overhead electricity line planned for Hula Valley

Installation of overhead power lines in the area pose a serious threat to the Hula Valley, which has become an international beacon for ecotourism

Yellow Wagtail bird

Chernobyl liquidators’ deserve better

On April 26, 1986, a reactor at a Ukraine nuclear power plant exploded. Many of the men who were sent in to secure the disaster zone have since died from radiation exposure, but there are some who live in Israel today and are fighting for greater disability rights

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iENGAGE: Reimagining the Jewish in ‘Jewish’ state

An engaged and pluralistic Jewish public sphere can enrich life in Israel and across the Jewish world.

Rabbi Hartman funeral

Israel pays PA electricity debts with withheld taxes

Finance Minister transfers of NIS 435 million of Palestinian financial forfeiture to the Israel Electric Corporation.

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Creating a better world with data

Social organizations, emerging nations harness power of big data.

EMC’s Dave Menninger 370