Economics and Policy Caretaker Lebanese Energy and Water Minister Gebran Bassil has promised to supply Lebanon with 16 hours of electricity a day during the summer season despite the mounting…
Electricity
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Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour's incoming government last week won a vote of confidence in Parliament, securing the approval of 82 out of the Lower House’s 150 deputies. To most…
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The Higher Council for Privatization (HCP) was created nine years ago; since then there have been no successful privatization programs, and after six years the public-private partnership (PPP) law is…
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Rolling blackouts have become a symbol of the political crisis affecting the Lebanese government. According to the World Bank, Lebanese citizens incur on average 220 interruptions of electricity per year,…
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Lebanon is going through one of its worst energy shortages in years. Even the most electrified part of the country, central Beirut, is experiencing more than the usually standard three-hour…
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The world’s first solar-lit tunnel will soon be built in Lebanon. The only other venture into solar tunnels was in Belgium last year, but this project was for powering high-speed…
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Power cuts several hours per day are a way of life in Beirut, and some rural areas of Lebanon go without electricity for upwards of 16 hours a day, every…
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If the many announcements coming out of the energy ministry last month translate into reality then the country’s electricity sector is on the verge of major change. In a few…
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Lebanon has spent enough money to build enough nuclear power plants to power the country several times over and still suffers from chronic power cuts and losses. According to the…
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It’s been a long hot summer. Temperatures hit all-time highs and Ramadan demand put power grids under serious strain across the Middle East. Few countries were spared as power outages…