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Dried up fishponds in Emek Maayanot, April 2026 (Courtesy)
April 19, 2026, 4:38 pm
Green in the valley: Israel’s abandoned fishponds are turning into a solar goldmine
In a pathbreaking deal, a project in northern Israel will generate clean energy, restore natural habitats, and share profits between local kibbutzim and the city of Beit She’an
By Aviv Lavie
Illustrative: Solar water boilers on top of Jerusalem apartment buildings, August 5, 2010. (Abir Sultan/Flash 90)
December 10, 2025, 5:03 pm
New plan looks to replace Israel’s solar water heaters with PV cells and heat pumps
Ubiquitous rooftop heaters may be on their way out as government pushes new technologies that offer cheaper, more efficient ways to heat water
By Zev Stub
The winding road leading up to Makhtesh Ramon, a crater in southern Israel, February 26, 2023. (Doron Horowitz/Flash90)
July 21, 2025, 8:46 am
Plan for vast solar field riles critics seeking to preserve Negev’s open vistas
Israel Land Authority proposes using extant infrastructure near Ramon Crater to help meet goal of 30% renewable power by 2030, but some warn of project’s wide potential impacts
By Sue Surkes
Solar panels on a single family home. (Smileus at iStock, Getty Images)
February 19, 2025, 1:50 pm
Energy Ministry: Invest in solar panels, enjoy 15% annual return for 25 years
Expanded tariff options, shortened payback periods, tax incentives, fast-track grid connections, and a massive PR campaign aim at 100,000 new solar roofs
By Sue Surkes
An apartment block fitted with solar panels (but not storage) in the southern city of Beersheba, through the Sun for All initiative. (Yuval Pan)
January 6, 2025, 7:35 am
In first, Tel Aviv apartment building turns to solar energy storage for emergency use
Sunshine for Everyone helps lease rooftop to developers, allowing nine-story building to go off-grid and maintain electricity in common areas during power cuts
By Sue Surkes
In this undated photo, Yoki Gil, founder and chairman of Shoresh (Source), poses with some of his company's iconic sandals. (Liron Cohen Aviv)
December 30, 2024, 9:55 am
Green business pioneer gets to the source of the problem at his Shoresh sandal factory
Echoing Elon Musk, Yoki Gil, the head of Israel’s first net-zero factory in Tirat Carmel, says the world will soon run on renewables and those who transition now will benefit most
By Sue Surkes
Power-generating solar panels on the rooftop of a house in central Israel. (Chen Leopold / Flash 90
August 7, 2024, 3:54 pm
Planning board sets rules for solar panels on new houses, nonresidential buildings
Panels to be mandatory for new detached homes with roofs of 100 m² and up, nonresidential buildings with roofs of 250 m² and up; energy minister: Apartment buildings next on list
By Sue Surkes
An Israeli soldier and ultra-Orthodox Jews at the Western Wall on June 25, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 26, 2024, 2:02 pm
Daily Briefing June 26: Day 264 – Landmark decision to draft Haredim, starting July 1
Legal correspondent Jeremy Sharon discusses Haredi draft ruling, famine or not in Gaza, as environmental reporter Sue Surkes looks at energy grid concerns over war with Hezbollah
By ToI Staff
Agrivoltaics panels use the same area of land for agriculture and solar photovoltaic power generation (Miropa; iStock via Getty Images)
March 18, 2024, 10:04 pm
Start-up aims to help renewable energy firms locate best sites — with one click
REplace, brainchild of two immigrants from Argentina, has algorithm check potential locations based on 40 parameters; co-founder: ‘80% of projects fail because of site choice’
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Bedouin men and children rest in a tent in a Judean desert village, October 26, 2019. (Sara Klatt/Flash90)
March 7, 2024, 8:51 am
Schoolkids in unrecognized Bedouin villages exposed to carcinogenic diesel generators
As legal advocacy organization gears up to challenge state in High Court petition, Jewish and Bedouin activists unite to show that clean, green tech is a better and viable answer
By Sue Surkes
Solar panels on the roof of a private homeon n Aug 13 , 2009. (Chen Leopold / Flash 90)
March 5, 2024, 1:05 pm
Officials tell worried Israelis solar panels better than generators in event of war
Authorities react to panic buying of generators by citizens who fear war with Hezbollah could leave them in the dark; expert says solar energy a better solution for national grid too
By Sue Surkes
Solar panels on the roof of the Knesset, March 29, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
March 5, 2023, 6:33 pm
Red tape slashed to ease rooftop solar panel installation
Form 4 no longer to be required; agreement expected to add hundreds of megawatts to electricity grid
By Sue Surkes
Apollo Power opens first-of-its-kind factory for mass production of lightweight flexible solar panels. (Ilan Safra/Courtesy)
January 25, 2023, 8:47 pm
Israel’s Apollo Power opens ‘world’s first’ factory for flexible solar film panels
Amazon, Volkswagen and Audi are among a number of companies deploying the company’s technology for use on cars, roofs and aircraft
By Sharon Wrobel
A illustration of humans working on the moon (screenshot from YouTube NASA video)
December 31, 2022, 8:26 am
Israeli pens plan for belt of solar panels on moon to power oxygen production
With NASA mulling nuclear reactor to generate energy, Ben Gurion University expert says his idea would produce same amount of power with six times less mass
By Sue Surkes
Solar panels. (lovelyday12, iStock at Getty Images)
February 15, 2022, 11:26 pm
Environment ministry sets 40% renewable power production goal by 2030
Roadmap calls for more ambitious solar energy targets, more focus away from fossil fuels. Energy Ministry reviewing whether targets can be increased for UN COP27 confab in Egypt
By Sue Surkes
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