Energy Ministry launches dashboard to educate public on trends

The Energy Ministry launches a new interactive dashboard to enable the public to follow trends in Israel’s energy economy.

The sections deal with electricity, natural gas, fuels and transportation, and allow for international comparisons. An additional section contains details about the ministry’s investments.

The dashboard, in Hebrew, shows that the use of coal decreased to 14.3 percent of the energy mix in 2024, with natural gas accounting for 71.4% and renewable energy, mainly solar, for 13.8%. It demonstrates how competition between electricity producers has risen, with 59% of energy being produced last year coming from private power facilities, and the rest by the Israel Electric Company.

Last year, 10% of all vehicles on the roads were hybrid, and 3.9% were fully electric, according to the platform. However, 22.9% of all new cars last year were electric, with hybrids taking a similar share. Diesel vehicles have seen a steady decline as a percentage of new cars; they accounted for 46.4% last year.

A ministry official tells a media briefing that the ministry has been working over the past few years to become more data driven and to provide as much information as possible to the public. The amount of data will steadily increase, the official says, with the figures being regularly updated.