Israel
ISRIsrael is among the world's biggest wind and solar producers and still burns fossil fuels for most of its power.
17% of its electricity is wind and solar; 83% is still fossil. Both are true at once, and that tension is the whole story of the transition.
What this grid depends on
Three measures that say more about a country than how much power it makes. Open “what this means” on any of them if the term is new.
Cleaner than 4 in 10 grids worldwide.
What this means
How much planet-warming gas is released to make one unit of electricity. Two countries can generate exactly the same amount and one of them be ten times dirtier doing it. Lower is better.
Israel generates a surplus and sells it on.
What this means
The share of what this country generates that is sold abroad rather than used at home. A country can only export if it produces more than it needs, which usually means plentiful hydro, nuclear or wind.
Almost everything this grid runs on comes from inside the country.
What this means
How much of what this grid runs on the country can supply itself. Sun, wind and water count fully, because nobody can cut them off; coal, gas and oil only as far as the country digs them up. A high score is not the same as a good grid: mining your own coal scores well, importing uranium scores badly.
Also true of Israel
Israel runs one of the most fossil-dependent grids in the OECD.
17% of its electricity is low-carbon, 38th of 38.
Israel is first in the OECD for gas.
Gas supplies 80% of its electricity.
Israel generates no hydro electricity at all, in a region built on it.
41% of grids in Asia draw more than a tenth of their power from hydro.
Israel’s neighbours
SyriaGas overtook oil on Syria's grid in 2023.
JordanJordan is among the world's biggest wind and solar producers and still burns fossil fuels for most of its power.
LebanonLebanon has cleaned up its grid faster than most people realise.
PalestinePalestine is among the world's biggest wind and solar producers and still burns fossil fuels for most of its power.
EgyptEgypt is first in Africa for how much electricity it makes.
Figures are for 2025, the most recent year reported for Israel. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.