Energy ministry

'Going blue': Israel invests in marine-related renewable energies with Innovation Authority fund

The initiative consists of NIS 6 million in investments, NIS 3 million of which will be drawn from the Israel Citizens Fund of the Energy Ministry.

Expansive view of offshore wind turbines. Ilustrative.
Energy and Infrastructure Minister Eli Cohen.

Energy minister touts oil pipeline to bypass Strait of Hormuz

 View of the Israeli Leviathan gas field gas processing rig near the Israeli city of Caesarea, on January 31, 2019.

Israel launches new search for natural gas in the Mediterranean Sea

Israel’s Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, Eli Cohen, and Somaliland President Abdirahman Abdullahi have agreed to strengthen and deepen cooperation between their countries

Israel to assist Somaliland in developing its water sector


BIRD Energy to fund 7 Israel-US clean energy projects

Each project is conducted by a US-Israeli partnership, and the selected projects address energy challenges and opportunities, focusing on commercializing clean energy technologies.

Heliostat mirrors reflect the sky in a field at the construction site of a 240 meter (787 feet) solar-power tower in Israel's southern Negev Desert, February 8, 2016. The world's tallest solar-power tower is being built off a highway in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, its backers hoping the tec

Energean confirms ‘excellent’ gas discovery in Israeli waters

The latest discovery follows exploration drilling 700 meters north of the original Karish North penetration between mid-March and April at the cost of $25 million.

An illustration of Energean's FPSO

Two groups bid to explore for oil, gas in Israeli waters

Energy Minister says "we are continuing to act to transform Israel into a regional energy power."

An aerial view shows the newly arrived foundation platform of Leviathan natural gas field, in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Haifa

Two Ministry of Energy officials arrested for suspected bribery

They were suspected of helping specific energy companies obtain permits in exchange for receiving positions in the companies as well as money.

Israel Police patrol car [File]

Israel will stop use of coal for energy purposes by 2030

Israel has been reducing coal use and shifting to natural gas.

A "Wind Energizer" built by Leviathan Energy Renewables

U.S. and Saudi energy ministers meet in Washington

It is unclear what the United States may offer big oil producers in return for higher oil production.

US Energy Secretary nominee Rick Perry leaves after the Presidential Inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, 2017, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC

My Word: Political manipulations and the reason for treason

When politicians are willing to sell their principles, we all pay the price. When they are willing to betray their country, the cost is unbearably high.

Gonen Segev

Energy Minister calls for banning diesel, gas-based cars in Israel by 2030

Such a move would put Israel on the map of eco-innovation.

Speaking at an energy conference in Tel Aviv on Monday, Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said Israel will soon rely solely on renewable energy and natural gas, abandoning use of polluting fossil fuels

Energy Minister: Natural gas can transform Israel’s geopolitical status

Yuval Steinitz

Natural gas flow to Israel resumes after crack in rig repaired

The Tamar offshore field supplies Israel with some 65 percent of its energy needs.

Israeli natural gas field in the Mediterranean