Power
Experts warn of essential service disruption if Israel's electricity supply disrupted - study
If Israel’s enemies made the lights go out, experts at Reichman University’s Yannay Institute warned, the country must be ready to cope with it.
The Qatar lesson: How small states wield outsized power in a connected world - opinion
In double trouble: Iran’s oil crisis – opinion
Cheap energy – and earthquakes: The new power plant driving Britain crazy
Terra Incognita: Syria’s Kurds, Jewish suffering - history of powerless
Kurds have been hammered into the same stark choices, betrayed both by empires and by the social movements they adopted.
Israel to construct first waste-to-energy power plant
Foreign companies will be invited to participate in the project, which the ministries forecast will be one of several to be constructed in the coming years.
State Gov. Cuomo slams NYC electric company as 30k lose power
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo attacked Con Edison for the outage on Twitter, saying "We've been through this situation w[ith] ConEd time & again & they should have been better prepared—period."
Israel ranks as 8th most powerful country - U.S. News report
Other powerfully ranked countries included Russia, China, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Japan and Saudi Arabia.
BGU researchers find new ways to increase safety of nuclear power plants
Gen-IV reactors are much safer than the current generation of reactors. However, how they will react in the event of an accident is not yet completely understood.
World Bank urges new Lebanese government to reform power sector
In November, parliament had to approve over $400 million in extra-budgetary spending on fuel to avoid blackouts, adding to Lebanon's spiraling debt.
Dreaming impossible dreams?
“I grew up in a poor neighborhood in Bat Yam, where nobody cared about aesthetics. Everybody was too busy fighting their daily battles. All people thought about was how to survive."
The world turned upside down
Israel is achieving power parity with leading European nations.
Netanyahu crows at Israel’s listing as world’s 8th most powerful country
The same magazine said the country is also perceived as the world’s most religious state, followed by Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Apologies don’t work for the powerful, study finds
People with high social status are perceived as insincere when they apologize for a transgression.
