Electricity

Matzot, vegetables, and a washing machine: Passover 2026 marks a new era of Israeli consumerism

The pre-Passover shopping season begins, highlighting a key trend: Expensive and complex products, led by electrical appliances, are rapidly moving into food retail chains.

"Consumers are shifting from category-based buying to choosing what’s cheapest, closest, and most convenient."
Kia EV9 Demonstrates External Charging Capability (V2L).

Cars that can power your fridge during a power outage

FILE PHOTO: Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council Rustem Umerov and other members of the Ukrainian delegation attend the second round of trilateral talks between the U.S., Russia and Ukraine, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, February 4, 2026.

Ukraine claims blackmail by Hungary and Slovakia over energy

 View of the Power Station in Hadera, on Janury 27, 2018.

Israel entered Gaza war without emergency plan for electricity, energy sectors, probe finds


Saudi deal won’t harm Israel, official says amid nuke fears

In Cyprus, Netanyahu focused on the economic benefits of such a deal explaining that it could create a new electricity coordinator that could link Europe with India via the Middle East.

 THE NEWEST Saudi lobbyist is the prime minister of Israel, says the writer.

Lebanon: If UN doesn't pay for electricity, Syrian refugees will go without

Experts say Lebanese politicians use Syrian refugees to bargain for more international aid.

 Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Israel orgs to provide Holocaust survivors with free electricity

Amid one of the hottest summers on record, many Holocaust survivors are unable to afford to keep their homes cool.

Elderly woman thanks IFCJ representative

Power cuts, heatwave disrupt lives of sick Gazans

Power cuts in Gaza, which are unpredictable at the best of times, now last for around 12 hours a day instead of 10 as demand for air conditioning soars.

 A Palestinian doctor checks Abdul Majeed al-Sabakhi as he struggles to breathe at Shohda Al Aqsa hospital amid a heatwave in Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, July 25, 2023.

Large fire breaks out in Israel's north, traffic blocked

Fires have broken out across seven different locations in Israel's north.

 Fire at the former Israel Military Industries factory near Herzliya. July 28, 2023

SodaStream pledges 100% renewable energy by 2023

SodaStream entered a corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) with the global renewable energy platform Enlight.

 Enlight's Solar Project.

Israel takes giant leap forward with magnetic sensors

The sensors can detect low-frequency magnetic fields smaller than 200 pico-Tesla, which is more than 200,000 times smaller than the earth's magnetic field. 

 Magnetic field produced by an electric current in a solenoid.

Israel's Electreon to install wireless car-charging road in France

The technology could reduce CO2 emissions from road freight transport by 86% if deployed at large scales.

 A render of Electreon's wireless charging road in action

Despite billions of dollars spent, Iraqis battle unstable electric supply

Since 2003, Iraqi citizens have suffered from an unreliable, intermittent government electricity supply, creating a massive industry of private generators. Hopes are now being placed on deals

 The electricity supply problem can be seen everywhere on the streets of Iraq.

World off track for reaching energy access goals by 2030 - report

“The poorest continue to suffer the most from climate injustice even though they are not the climate offenders,” said Yosef Abramowitz.

 Clean and sustainable energy (illustrative).