As he writes in his book, “We have used coal, petroleum, and natural gas to support progress, but we cannot continue relying on them forever. We live in a historic time and are revolutionizing energy on a worldwide scale: This is the revolution of renewable energy!”
I had a chance to catch up with Yannay at Gotham Hall, when he was a guest speaker on June 5 at the 2023 The Jerusalem Post Conference, where he discussed his highly acclaimed book and his vision for our renewable energy future.
This was the main reason and I thought it would be nice to do it in a way that combines my personal stories from the 10 years that have passed since I originally started a very small single-person business, to what has evolved into a billion-dollar company.
An Israeli-Arab cooperation to solve the climate crisis would show the world that energy can be a tool for peace and prosperity. As I wrote in the book, in order to keep moving forward, we need one thing, and a lot of it: energy. The bad news is that energy resources, as we know them, are about to be used up and the rising electricity prices that are threatening the world’s economies are direct proof of that.
The good news is that new and exciting energy sources are available to us, waiting to be utilized. Historically, Jews have been a light to the nations. Today our mission is to bring cheap, clean light to the nations. The world’s challenge is to supply power for a growing population while protecting our planet. ■
The writer received his undergraduate degree in business (cum laude) from Yeshiva University and his MBA with double distinction from Long Island University. He is a financial adviser who resides in New York City and is involved in Israel-based and Jewish advocacy organizations
