U.S. to open energy center with Israel

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz plans to open a joint U.S.-Israeli energy research center in the next year to focus on clean energy and cybersecurity.

“Establishing a joint center for innovation in areas of mutual interest including clean energy, water efficiency and cybersecurity could not come at a better time, given the rapidly changing global energy landscape,” Moniz said in a letter sent last month to Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington, the top Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.