Energy

Why critical minerals are becoming Israel’s next strategic asset - opinion

The recent Critical Minerals Ministerial meeting signifies one of the most consequential shifts in global geopolitics today: the transformation of supply chains into instruments of strategic power.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other government officials pose for a family photo on the day of the Critical Minerals Ministerial, at the State Department in Washington, US, February 4, 2026.
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Beyond the cockpit: How aerospace engineering is revolutionizing consumer hardware

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Israel faces looming liquified gas shortage despite gov't assurances of supply stability

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Israel needs nuclear energy to be ready for the AI era - opinion


Israel greenlights construction of 900-megawatt power plant near Jerusalem

A 900-megawatt power plant that will be built at the Egged lot north of Jerusalem, along with a parking lot for electric buses.

View of an electric power plant in Israel (illustrative)

The world is pushing for nuclear fusion energy. Israel has the keys to crack it - opinion

Israel can be a meaningful player in the fusion revolution. But only if it moves now. The world isn't waiting.

An illustrative image of nuclear fusion.

Japan prepares to restart world's biggest nuclear plant 15 years after Fukushima disaster

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, located about 220 km (136 miles) northwest of Tokyo, was among 54 reactors shut after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant.

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)'s Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant, one of the world's largest nuclear facilities, stands along the seaside in Kashiwazaki, Niigata prefecture, Japan December 21, 2025.

Advanced fusion control breakthrough brings clean, reliable energy closer to reality

Research done by nT-Tao and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev introduces a new “nonlinear controller” that keeps power flowing smoothly even as the plasma inside the reactor changes rapidly.

 Technicians use a service system lift to access the target chamber interior for inspection and maintenance at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), a laser-based inertial confinement fusion research device, at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory federal research facility in Livermore, California

Syria’s broken energy sector to be repaired through agreements with four Saudi companies

Damascus signs agreements to rehabilitate war-damaged oil and gas fields, boost power supplies, and signal the start of a wider reconstruction push .

A guard carrying a weapon stands at the main entrance to the industrial city in Hassia, in Homs, Syria March 19, 2025.

Bank Hapoalim leads NIS 5B financing for Israel’s Kesem power plant

Bank Hapoalim said the deal reflects its leading role in national infrastructure financing, in general, and in the conventional energy sector.

Smokestacks at an Israel Electric Corp power station are seen from the Mediterranean, some 10 kilometers from Hadera.

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The real cost of climate delay: Storm Byron is an economic warning for Israel - opinion

Storm Byron should be understood not only as a meteorological event, but as a strategic signal of the climate reality we now inhabit.

An Israeli flag flutters as a thunderstorm rages in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, December 6, 2025

Iran-backed drone strikes on US oil sites push Iraq closer to Washington over Tehran - analysis

Iraq is the second-biggest producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which Trump has regularly criticized for trying to keep oil prices high.

Smoke rises above an oil field following a drone attack, on the outskirts of Zakho city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq on July 16, 2025.

Iran to raise fuel prices under limited conditions amid energy crisis

Government officials have warned that subsidized fuel prices in Iran are "not rational," impose a heavy burden on state finances, and incentivise suboptimal consumption as well as force fuel imports.

 Cars queue at a petrol station, after fuel price increased in Tehran, Iran November 15, 2019.