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A solar field in Timna, southern Israel, built by EDF Renewables Israel and formally opened on December 15, 2021. (EDF Renewables Israel)
May 27, 2026, 3:49 am
Energy Ministry presents strategic roadmap for renewable energy by 2035
Plan to be presented to president details path to more than double renewable energy production, get rid of obstacles, improve coordination
By Sue Surkes
Agricultural fields in northern Israel, February 13, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
May 27, 2025, 9:15 am
Israeli philanthropists, a rare breed, coalesce to fund carbon-slashing projects
The Israeli Climate Action Fund, better known as PAI, has no PR or website, but its deep-pocketed members bring diverse backgrounds and strengths to the fight on emissions
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
Architect's impression showing how land in and around a large junction in Gedera, southern Israel, is to be used for solar panels. (Netivei Israel)
January 31, 2025, 8:55 am
Solar panel installations must grow by 40% to meet 2030 goals – Energy Ministry
Ministry says 53% of needs can be met by putting panels on existing infrastructure, but treasury yet to approve billions to expand infrastructure
By Sue Surkes
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
A solar farm facility powering "The Sailor" seafood restaurant, which is also used to shelter and provide oxygen for fish pools underneath, next to an agricultural field in Gaza City, September 7, 2022. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP)
October 4, 2022, 12:30 pm
Electricity cuts, costly bills push Gazans to seek out solar power
Estimates say one-fifth of Strip’s residents have installed panels; restaurant owner says investment in renewable source slashed energy outlay, allowing him to refurbish business
By Rosie SCAMMELL and Mai Yaghi
Jewish worshippers cover themselves with prayer shawls as they pray in front of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 18, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 18, 2022, 2:01 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 18: Ra’am plays freeze tag in coalition amid Temple Mount unrest
Zman Yisrael editor Biranit Goren talks politics; Tech Israel editor Ricky Ben-David discusses our new real estate section and sheds light on Tel Aviv’s new solar-fabric umbrellas
By ToI Staff
Solar panels. (lovelyday12, iStock at Getty Images)
December 16, 2021, 7:29 pm
At green energy confab, industry doubts Israel will reach renewable targets
Many of the more than 700 participants at Renewable Energy Conference in Eilat grumble over government’s slow pace, centralization and red tape
By Sue Surkes
Solar panels. (lovelyday12, iStock at Getty Images)
December 6, 2021, 2:38 pm
Israeli smart energy tech firm SolarEdge to list on S&P 500 index
Founded in 2006, it joins index comprising world’s biggest companies such as Apple, Microsoft, and Meta/Facebook
By Ricky Ben-David
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed at Al Salam Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, June 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool, File)
November 25, 2021, 9:08 am
Saudis attempted to block UAE-Israel-Jordan deal on energy, water — report
Riyadh said to have proposed its own deal, which would exclude Jewish state, after being left out of largest-ever Jerusalem-Amman deal brokered by Abu Dhabi
By ToI Staff
L-R: Energy and Water Resources Minister Karine Elharrar, UAE Climate Change Minister Mariam Almheiri and Jordan Water and Irrigation Minister Mohammed Al-Najjar sign a water agreement at a Dubai Expo event on November 22, 2021, as US Climate Envoy John Kerry and UAE Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed look on. (UAE Foreign Ministry/Twitter)
November 22, 2021, 6:15 pm
Israel, Jordan sign huge UAE-brokered deal to swap solar energy and water
Largest-ever Jerusalem-Amman deal will see UAE firm build plant in Jordan from which Israel will buy electricity; desalination plant in Israel will send water to Jordan
By ToI Staff and AFP
National Security Adviser Eyal Hulata speaks during the IISS Manama Dialogue in the Bahraini capital Manama on November 21, 2021. (Mazen Mahdi/AFP)
November 21, 2021, 3:18 pm
National security adviser confirms solar, water swap deal with Jordan
Energy ministers will sign agreement in the UAE on Monday; Eyal Hulata says pact enabled by the Abraham Accords
By AP and ToI Staff
The sun sets over the Mediterranean Sea near Ashkelon on September 12, 2014. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)
October 20, 2021, 11:30 am
The sun is shining, so why isn’t Israel making hay of its solar energy?
The energy minister prioritizes renewables. One entrepreneur says the sun could supply all our energy by 2035. But policy discord and red tape cloud Israel’s sunny renewable future
By Sue Surkes
Dead Sea Periclase Ltd. (Shira Sal Webshat, via Israel Chemicals Ltd)
December 30, 2020, 5:04 pm
Israel Chemicals planning to build solar plant in southern Israel
Company says 5.5-megawatt facility, set to supply energy to Dead Sea Periclase Ltd, which produces magnesium products, forms part of overall plan to improve sustainability
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Solar panels in the desert near Eilat, Israel. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
October 25, 2020, 5:33 pm
Cabinet greenlights target of 30% renewable energy by 2030
Environmental protection minister lambastes goal, says ‘real message’ is 70% will come from climate-warming gas, undermining efforts to move to renewables
By Sue Surkes
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