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.
AI and the threat to power grid stability: State freezes approvals for server farms
Mekorot launches tender for solar and energy storage facilities at water reservoirs
Cable issues force a second shutdown at new Hydro-Quebec line supplying New York City electricity
Cause of Israel's near nationwide blackout unknown
The Israel Electric Corporation confirmed the cause of the outages "was definitively not a cyberattack."
Leaving her mark
A conversation with Sigal Regev Rosenberg
Program for sustainability in Palestinian energy gets $63m. in funds
The program calls for sustained financing in order to support long-term planning, interventions in infrastructure and policy reform measures.
Israeli power cuts to West Bank ends after Palestinians pay debt
Israel Electric Corp (IEC) began sporadic, three-hour power cuts on Dec. 18 to press for payment of some $519 million owed by the Jerusalem District Electricity Company (JDECO).
Terra Incognita: Syria’s Kurds, Jewish suffering - history of powerless
Kurds have been hammered into the same stark choices, betrayed both by empires and by the social movements they adopted.
Israel to construct first waste-to-energy power plant
Foreign companies will be invited to participate in the project, which the ministries forecast will be one of several to be constructed in the coming years.
State Gov. Cuomo slams NYC electric company as 30k lose power
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo attacked Con Edison for the outage on Twitter, saying "We've been through this situation w[ith] ConEd time & again & they should have been better prepared—period."
Israel ranks as 8th most powerful country - U.S. News report
Other powerfully ranked countries included Russia, China, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Japan and Saudi Arabia.
BGU researchers find new ways to increase safety of nuclear power plants
Gen-IV reactors are much safer than the current generation of reactors. However, how they will react in the event of an accident is not yet completely understood.
World Bank urges new Lebanese government to reform power sector
In November, parliament had to approve over $400 million in extra-budgetary spending on fuel to avoid blackouts, adding to Lebanon's spiraling debt.
