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Cannes Hit by Power Cut as Film Festival Draws to a Close

This is Beirut, 24/05 17:42 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

France Cannes Electricity Cannes Film Festival

A power substation and an electricity pylon were vandalized overnight in the region around France's Cannes, which has been hit by a major blackout on the final day of its film festival, officials said. A substation in the village of Tanneron, which supplies Cannes, was targeted by a suspected arson attack, while the legs of a pylon carrying a ...

Iraqi Fuel: $1.4 Billion Debt to Be Settled

This is Beirut, 03/05 21:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Electricity Iraq Lebanon

Beirut-Baghdad, a partnership now under high tension! As Lebanon continues to face a chronic energy crisis, Finance and Energy Ministers Yassine Jaber and Joe Saddi embark on a joint visit to Iraq this Monday with the aim of salvaging the fuel oil supply agreement signed in 2021 – under which Baghdad supplies fuel to power Lebanese plants – ...

Power Production Gradually Resumes After Deir Ammar Plant Outage

This Is Beirut, 12/04 10:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

EDL electricity outage Deir Ammar

The power supply is steadily being restored. According to sources at Électricité du Liban (EDL), Lebanon’s public power provider, the breakdown at the Deir Ammar thermal power plant—which had caused a temporary shutdown of production units—has been repaired. The same sources said the plants were reconnected to the grid at around 2:30 AM, ...

AI surge to double data centre electricity demand by 2030

This is Beirut, 10/04 13:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Energy Electricity Climate AI

Electricity consumption by data centres will more than double by 2030, driven by artificial intelligence applications that will create new challenges for energy security and CO2 emission goals, the IEA said Thursday. At the same time, AI can unlock opportunities to produce and consume electricity more efficiently, the International Energy Agency ...

Iraq Signs Deal with US Firm to Produce 24,000 MW of Electricity

This is Beirut, 09/04 21:19 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Iraq Electricity Energy GE Vernova

Iraq on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with US energy firm GE Vernova to produce 24,000 megawatts of electricity, the government said, during a visit by an American trade delegation. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani oversaw "the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding as part of a strategic cooperation framework ...

EDL Clarifies Power Rationing Measures

This is Beirut, 21/03 18:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Lebanon Electricity EDL

Electricité du Liban (EDL) explained on Friday the reasons behind the increased power-rationing amid ongoing daily protests in the Beqaa. Citizens in this area are expressing their discontent with what they consider to be an overly harsh rationing schedule. EDL explained that since the shutdown of the hydropower plants operated by the National ...

Electricity: Why Is Lebanon on the Brink of a Blackout?

Christiane Tager, 18/02 16:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

EDL Fuel Electricity

The country is now facing yet another major energy crisis. According to sources at Electricité du Liban (EDL), the available fuel will last only about eight more days, threatening a complete blackout by February 25. This fuel shortage comes amid significant delays in shipments, sparked by contested tests on the fuel. “Shady dealings” ...

Electricity Production Up 36.7% in the First Half of 2024

Liliane Mokbel, 08/02 12:00 - Reading : less than a minute

lebanon Banque du Liban electricity

Electricity production increased by 36.7% in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, according to data from the Banque du Liban. It reached 2.239 million kilowatt-hours (kWh), up from 1.638 million kWh during the same period last year. This growth continues the 41.7% increase seen between 2022 and 2023, when total production ...

Iran Shuts Down Power Plants Due to Fuel Shortages

This is Beirut, 2024-12-16 18:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Tehran Iran Electricity

Several power plants in Iran have been shut down due to a fuel shortage exacerbated by a cold wave straining energy supply, local media reported on Monday. Iran, a major energy producer, holds the world's second-largest natural gas reserves, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), and ranked as the seventh-largest crude ...

Gasping for Air: Respiratory Issues Soar Amid Relentless Beirut Raids

Vanessa Kallas, 2024-11-14 10:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Lebanon Generator WHO Pollution Air Electricity

Since September, Israeli raids have targeted Lebanese territory almost daily, leaving behind a dense cloud of smoke for people to inhale. Combined with existing pollution from Lebanon’s overreliance on generators, the smoke is slowly endangering the health of the Lebanese population. Breathless in Beirut Manal lives in Ain El Remmaneh, a ...

Iran to Ration Electricity Amid Fuel Shortages

This is Beirut, 2024-11-11 12:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Iran Shortages Electricity Fuel

Iran is to impose electricity rationing in Tehran and other provinces from Monday because of a shortage of fuel in power stations, the official IRNA news agency said on Sunday. The agency said different areas of the capital will experience two-hour power cuts on a rotating basis between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm (0530 GMT to 1330 GMT). It said similar ...

Clean Energy Era Approaching Though Fossil Fuels Set to Peak

This is Beirut, 2024-10-16 15:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Renewable Energy International Energy Agency electricity CO2 emissions COP29

More than half of the world's electricity will be generated by low-emission sources before 2030 but the deployment of clean energy is "far from uniform" across the globe, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday. Demand for oil, gas and coal is still projected to peak by the end of the decade, possibly creating a surplus of fossil fuels, ...

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