Electricity
Haredi Party Proposes ‘Kosher’ Electricity Grid That Shuts Down On Shabbat
Under the plan, power plants serving majority-Orthodox neighborhoods would only employ non-Jews.
Con Ed Threatens to Turn Out the Lights on Jared Kushner Properties
Kushner’s people told DNAInfo that the bills had been left unpaid after the firm transitioned from one utility payment management company to another.
Does Switch Really Make It Kosher To Switch Lights on Shabbat?
By changing the way a light switch works, the patented Kosher Switch offers a novel — and, its backers say, kosher — way to turn light switches (and, perhaps, other electrical appliances) on and off during Shabbat, circumventing one of the Sabbath’s central restrictions: the use of electricity.
Solel Creates Energy from Sunlight
The Solel company of Israel has built 12 solar power plants throughout the world, saving 300 million barrels of oil a year. It is now building the world’s largest solar plant in the Mojave Desert, while will producing enough energy to power 500000 homes.
SDE Pioneers Ocean Wave Energy
The Israeli company SDE has developed a process for harnessing the energy of ocean waves, producing electricity. This model can provide clean and cheap energy, in an environmentally sound manner.