Energy

In central Beirut, electricity supply has remained at 21 hours a day, except for days when there have been major failures at the country?s aging plants. (Image source: austinevan/Flickr)

A Turkish power barge, which arrived in Lebanon a fortnight ago, has finally set anchor at the Zouk power plant where it is scheduled to start producing electricity by mid-March with the aim of reducing ongoing blackouts across the country

UK bank HSBC and the EKF, Denmarks export credit agency, have reportedly offered to provide an extended loan for the projects. (Image source: Salim Virji/Flickr)

Lebanons Ministry of Energy and Water has signed a US$348mn contract with a Danish-German consortium to build new power plants in Jiyyeh and Zouk

Nottingham Trent University has released a report suggesting that Libya could generate at least five times the amount of energy from solar power than it currently produces from crude oil

The Shams 1 renewable energy project, which is expected to generate 100MW of clean and sustainable energy at a cost of US$600mn, will be inaugurated in Abu Dhabi on 17 March