Qatar announces ‘massive’ solar plant project in Lebanon

Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani announced a solar plant project in Beirut to help ease Lebanon’s energy crisis. QatarEnergy has agreed with France’s TotalEnergies to jointly develop the plant as an initial project in a broader investment effort. Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Qatar would fund, implement and activate the project at no cost to the Lebanese state, and that he would soon submit plans for the electricity sector to the Cabinet. Lebanon’s state electricity company is deeply indebted, has outdated infrastructure and provides only a few hours of electricity daily.