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A silhouette of a Palestinian boy in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on April 19, 2017. The Gaza Strip's only functioning power plant was out of action. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
April 22, 2017, 10:55 am
Cynically led, and out of electricity, Gaza is close to breaking point again
Hamas is funneling all available resources into its military infrastructure to fight Israel, complaining that Abbas won’t pay for its fuel, and milking everything it can from Gazans. It won’t end well
By Avi Issacharoff
File: power station in Haifa bay (Photo credit: Shay Levy/Flash 90)
February 1, 2016, 1:17 am
$1.3 billion of natural gas pledged for two new Israeli power plants
Leviathan signs first deal for gas supply with Israeli, Turkish companies; Edeltech set to control 10% of all power in Israeli economy
By Sue Surkes
The Eshkol power station in Ashdod (Photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
January 22, 2015, 11:37 am
Electricity price to drop by 10% in February
Reduction expected to result in savings of about NIS 500 ($127) per year for the average household
By TOI staff
December 31, 2014, 5:38 pm
Electricity price cut delayed until February
Almost 10% reduction expected to result in savings of about NIS 500 ($127) per year for the average household
By TOI staff
Gas rigs in the Tamar field, off the coast of Israel, in June 2014. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
From the WebDecember 31, 2014, 6:32 am
US pushes Israel on Noble Energy deal
Kerry speaks to Netanyahu about energy agreements after Antitrust Authority breaks up gas ‘monopoly,’ Reuters reports
December 24, 2014, 12:54 pm
Electricity prices to drop 9.4% in 2015
Move made possible due to natural gas fields making power production cheaper
By Stuart Winer
Workers on the Israeli 'Tamar' gas processing rig, 24 km off the Israeli southern coast of Ashkelon. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
December 23, 2014, 3:21 pm
Gas cartel breakup very positive for Israel, says expert
The dire prognosis of the Leviathan and Tamar developers is expected but shouldn’t worry Israelis, according to a top antitrust attorney
By David Shamah
Gas rigs in the Tamar field, off the coast of Israel, in June 2014. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
December 23, 2014, 11:10 am
Regulator breaks up energy ‘cartel’ developing gas fields
Antitrust Authority acts against Noble, Delek ‘monopoly’; move could hold up extraction for years; US-based firm to reconsider investment
By Lazar Berman
Gas rigs in the Tamar field, off the coast of Israel, in June 2014. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
December 19, 2014, 1:42 pm
Natural gas to cost Israelis double world average, report says
The discovery off Israel’s shores will do nothing to lower the price of electricity — but rather increase it, according to an energy expert
By David Shamah
Energy and Water Resources Minister Silvan Shalom (center) prepares to turn on the connection that will pump natural gas into a Ramat Hovav factory, the first factory in Israel to use natural gas as its source of power (Photo credit: Courtesy Phibro Israel)
August 8, 2013, 12:04 pm
‘Israel’s dump’ now trailblazer for a better environment
Ramat Hovav, once an environmental minefiled, is reborn as an eco-park — and a center for clean-burning and alternative energy projects
By David Shamah
Suntech's RESS system (Photo credit: Courtesy)
July 15, 2013, 2:27 am
Solar device promotes another kind of energy independence
Israeli householders may be able cut their ties to the Israel Electric Corporation altogether
By David Shamah
Energy and Water Minister Silvan Shalom visits a special processing plant off the coast of Ashdod in March, set to receive gas from the Tamar deposit for the first time in four years. (photo credit: Moshe Binyamin/Energy and Water Ministry)
March 31, 2013, 11:13 am
Despite natural gas boost, electricity to rise 6.5% next month
With Israel now moving towards energy independence, Energy Minister Silvan Shalom hopes this will be last price hike
By Asher Zeiger and TOI staff
Illustrative photo of power lines carrying electricity (Nati Shohat/Flash90, File)
From the WebMarch 30, 2013, 10:38 am
IEC mulls rate hike to cover Palestinians’ NIS 730m debt
Israeli money transfer to PA greatly reduces chances of Palestinians paying debt, electricity industry sources tell Globes
Iranian technicians work at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in 2010 (photo credit: AP/IIPA, Ebrahim Norouzi)
August 24, 2012, 1:38 pm
Bombs, bills, and back to school
The papers write about Iran’s latest move to get a bomb, and the upcoming move out of Migron
By Ilan Ben Zion
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