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Villages around the Ramat Hovav industrial zone in southern Israel have a high level of air pollution from nearby chemical-evaporation ponds and the Israel Electric Company power plant, Dec. 28, 2017. Photo by Yaniv Nadav/Flash90.

Israel’s Energy Ministry unveils plan to combat air pollution

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The Israeli Ministry of Energy announced on Sunday a new plan designed to significantly reduce air pollution in the energy market. The plan, which the ministry says is part of Israel’s efforts to counteract climate...
Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz and Cypriot Energy Minister Natasa Pilides at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Nicosia, Cyprus, regarding the construction of an undersea power cable connecting the two countries' power grids, as well as that of Greece, March 8, 2021. Source: Twitter.

Israel, Cyprus, Greece to link power grids via undersea cable

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Israel, Cyprus and Greece signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Monday regarding a project to link their power grids via the construction of the world’s longest and deepest undersea power cable. The project, called...
Israeli Minister of Energy Yuval Steinitz speaks at a conference in Tel Aviv on Feb. 21, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Blinken says Iran’s breakout time ‘matter of weeks,’ Israel’s energy minister disagrees

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Contrary to U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken’s assessment that Iran could produce enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon in “a matter of weeks,” Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said on Tuesday that...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Minister of Energy Yuval Steinitz visit the Leviathan gas-processing rig near the Israeli city of Caesarea on Jan. 31, 2019. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Chevron completes acquisition of Noble Energy, which operates Israeli gas fields

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Energy giant Chevron has completed the acquisition of Noble Energy, the company which holds most of the natural gas reserves off Israel’s coastline. Clay Neff, president of Chevron Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production,...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Minister of Energy Yuval Steinitz visit the Leviathan gas-processing rig near the Israeli city of Caesarea on Jan. 31, 2019. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Israel and Lebanon agree to US-mediated border talks

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Israel and Lebanon announced on Thursday their intention to participate in U.S.-mediated talks, with the aim of settling their maritime border dispute. The dispute has been ongoing for decades, but became more urgent following natural-gas...

UAE and Israeli ministers discuss energy cooperation

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The energy ministers of the United Arab Emirates and Israel spoke online about possible energy cooperation on Wednesday. “We spoke on cooperating in linking power grids and developing the natural-gas market for exports via...
A view of the Ashalim solar-power station in the Negev Desert, June 19, 2018. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israel plans 80 billion shekel investment to increase solar energy use

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srael Energy Ministry Yuval Steinitz announced an 80 billion shekel ($22.8 billion) plan to increase solar power use during the next 10 years. The goal is to have solar power production grow 30 percent by...