As Lebanon keeps pushing through one of the greatest economic and financial collapse’s in history, we can only appreciate the resilience of its private sector. Since the “official” start of…
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It’s time to stop beating around the bush and address the elephant in the room. The economic situation in Lebanon is an absurdity, and the political class’ inaptitude to commit…
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In the most optimistic view (please note: a rarer commodity than real money), there will be a future in Lebanon that is powered up by utility-scale wind farms and solar…
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In February 2018, the Ministry of Energy and Water, representing the Government of Lebanon, had signed Power Purchasing Agreements with three wind farm developers for the development, installation, and operation…
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Nothing illustrates the state of renewable energy in Lebanon better than the solar panels dangling on the wall of the second floor of the building adjacent to Executive’s offices. Four…
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Stranded near a busy intersection in Beirut, this writer waited thirty minutes to get a cab back to Executive’s offices, located only 3 kilometers away. In that time, traffic revealed…
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Lebanon has missed several opportunities to grow its nascent oil and gas industry at an ideal pace, but now regional developments threaten not just further delays, but also permanent losses…
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Lebanon was most likely a marginal topic on the sideline of nuclear discussions in Vienna, but the nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group is expected to have direct…
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On January 8, caretaker Minister of Energy and Water Gebran Bassil again delayed the first licensing round for offshore oil and gas exploration — perhaps the biggest hope for Lebanon’s…
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Lebanon’s energy minister has provided the clearest hint yet that he expects a delay to the bidding process for the country’s offshore oil and gas, ahead of a Monday deadline.…