Electricity

Israel to shut down UNRWA's water, electricity after demolition of HQ, Eli Cohen tells 'Post'

Israel's energy minister: “In principle, the law was passed about two weeks ago. Warning letters have already been sent to properties that we identified as belonging to UNRWA.”

A man walks near fallen cables at the Jerusalem headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), in east Jerusalem, January 20, 2026
View of an electric power plant in Israel (illustrative)

Israel greenlights construction of 900-megawatt power plant near Jerusalem

Iranian flag overlayed with a rising stock graph and 3D printed gas pump miniature are seen in this illustration taken June 23, 2025.

Following shutdown, Iraq expects Iranian gas supplies to resume within a week, official says

An illustration of a woman checking a fuse box by candlelight during a power cut.

Power restored for about 110,000 customers after major outage hits San Francisco


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).

Nofar Energy calls for electric super grid to solve world energy needs

In the cooperative spirit of the Abraham Accords, Ofer Yannay suggested that Israeli and Arab entrepreneurs could combine to create these massive projects.

 Nofar Energy chairman Ofer Yannay is seen speaking at The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference in New York, on June 5, 2023.

Israel sees more than 220 fires in one day due to heatwave

Fire and Rescue Commissioner Eyal Caspi signed an order prohibiting the lighting of bonfires and fires in open areas.

 A KKL-JNF worker at the scene preventing the spread of the forest fire June 2, 2023.

BAZAN to purchase green electricity from renewable energies

Arrangement valued at NIS 250 million per year: 50% will be green electricity from renewable energy sources and green certificates and will save a minimum of 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions.

 Bazan buildings

Hurdles to Iraq’s big dreams for Middle East infrastructure projects - analysis

Iraq suffered from huge infrastructure problems in the last decades. It now hopes to fix this, but there are hurdles in the way.

 Train cars are seen at the railway station in Mosul, Iraq, July 4, 2021.

Scientists find way to pull electricity out of humidity in air - study

With nearly any material and in any location, the device can use humidity in the air to generate electricity.

 Dew on a leaf

NASA spacecraft documents how Jupiter's lightning resembles Earth's

Lightning is the most powerful naturally occurring electrical source on Earth.

 This artist's concept of lightning distribution in Jupiter's northern hemisphere incorporates a JunoCam image from the NASA spacecraft Juno with artistic embellishments. Data from NASA's Juno mission indicates that most of the lightning activity on Jupiter is near its poles.