Power plant

Why portable power stations are becoming essential as blackouts and heatwaves rise

“Portable power stations are becoming essential as blackouts and heatwaves increase.”
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation headquarters, illustrative.

Iranian drone attack sparks fire at Shuwaikh Oil Complex in Kuwait

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House for Florida, in Washington, March 20, 2026.

Trump threatens to 'obliterate' Iran's power plants if Hormuz strait not fully opened

File photo: A general view of Israel Electric Corp's Orot Rabin coal-fired power station is seen on the Mediterranean coast near the central town of Hadera April 24, 2013.

Hadera approves major coal reduction at Orot Rabin power station, pollution expected to drop


Russian handling of captured Ukrainian power plants could spell disaster -IAEA head

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday called Russia's actions around the plant "the height of irresponsibility," accusing Moscow of using it as a "nuclear shield."

 Surveillance camera footage shows a flare landing at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant during shelling in Enerhodar, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine March 4, 2022, in this screengrab from a video obtained from social media

US Supreme Court limits federal power to curb carbon emissions

The decision will constrain the EPA's ability to issue any regulations on power plants that push for an ambitious national shift in energy policy toward renewable sources.

 The inscription on the Supreme Court building reads "equal justice under law."

Six burned to death after blast at Indian chemical plant

The blast on Sunday night took place in a hub for chemical and petrochemical manufacturing units at the state's Dahej industrial estate.

 An employee works inside Alembic Pharmaceutical Limited's plant in Halol, in the western state of Gujarat, India, July 14, 2017.

Lebanon's Zahrani power plant shuts down, parliament approves $200m loan

The assembly approved the loan after the energy ministry had said there were no more funds beyond March for the electricity company.

The very first Belarusian nuclear power plant, which will have two power-generating units, is seen during Belarus emergency services drills, near the town of Ostrovets, Belarus October 11, 2019.

Gov't approves plan for 30% of Israel's energy to be renewable by 2030

Israel's Environmental Protection Minister Gila Gamliel opposed the plan, saying it places a problematic emphasis on natural gas, while setting a low bar compared to other developed countries.

Heliostat mirrors reflect the sky in a field at the construction site of a 240 meter (787 feet) solar-power tower in Israel's southern Negev Desert, February 8, 2016. The world's tallest solar-power tower is being built off a highway in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, its backers hoping the tec

Putting science back into the nuclear debate

The world is naturally radioactive place, and every person is exposed to between 2-3mSv (millisieverts) every year.

A BIRD SITS on a radiation sign at the uranium ore dump near the town of Mailuu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan.

Gaza's lone power plant shuts down amid tension with Israel

Gaza homes and businesses rely on generators to make up for the lengthy power cuts, increasing the financial pressure on its largely impoverished people.

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

Thousands of jellyfish, one sea turtle found in Rotenberg Power Station

While the sea turtle managed to make light of the situation, it and the jellyfish pose a real danger to the power plant's operating systems.

Rutenberg power station in Ashkelon dealing with jellyfish

Energean to supply natural gas worth over $1b. to Alon Tavor power plant

Supply will commence at first gas from the Karish gas reservoir offshore Israel, owned and operated by Energean.

From left to right: Shaul Zemach, Energean Israel Country Manager; Jason (Liu) Dongbing, CEO PMEC; Meir Shamir, CEO Mivtach Shamir; Ron Oren, CEO Rapac.