Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 35  

30-Aug-2010

LEBANON

Lebanon’s Power Shortage Estimated At 900MW

The current shortage in electricity supply in Lebanon is put at 700-900mw, according to the director general of the state-owned Electricité du Liban (EDL), Kamal Hayek. Speaking to a local radio station Mr Hayek said that there is no radical solution for the acute electricity shortage in Lebanon other than new investments in the power generation sector,...