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Lebanon: Electricity has fallen across the country due to fuel shortages - expected to resume within hours to days
The two largest power plants in Lebanon were shut down after diesel supplies ran out, and the country was left in complete darkness.
According to reports in the country, there are contacts for partial restoration of electricity through emergency fuel reservoirs, and the power will be gradually renewed in the coming hours.
A parallel source said the power outage would take several days
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Yifat Rosenberg
Saturday, 09 October 2021, 14:31 Updated: 15:21
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The two largest power stations in Lebanon were shut down today (Saturday) due to fuel shortages, and the country was left in complete darkness when the entire electricity grid in the country fell.
According to a report in A-Nahar, there are contacts for partial restoration of electricity through the use of emergency fuel reservoirs, and so the flow is expected to gradually resume in the coming hours a
little earlier, an official source told Reuters news agency that the shutdown is likely to last several days.
Also, a senior official in the Ministry of Energy told the Lebanese newspaper a-Nahar that Lebanon has a plan for alternative fuels, which will be approved only in two days, after the sample is tested in the UAE.
The power stations El Zahrani and Deir Amar stopped operating after the diesel supply ran out, and energy output dropped below 200 megawatts.
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Iranian fuel transferred to Lebanon via Syria on behalf of Hezbollah (Photo: Reuters)
In the past, Hezbollah has begun bringing Iranian fuel into Lebanon via Syria, a move that the Shiite organization says will help alleviate the country's severe energy crisis, while its opponents warn it could lead to US sanctions. Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah promised this week that more tankers would arrive from Iran. The
United States, which provides significant humanitarian and military assistance to Lebanon, said Lebanon did not need Iranian fuel. The sanctions on Iranian oil sales have remained in place, but have not yet clarified whether it will impose sanctions following Hezbollah's move, which it defines as a terrorist organization. .
The country's energy crisis is part of the economic collapse it has been experiencing since 2019, during which the value of the currency fell by about 90%.
More than 75% of citizens have fallen below the poverty line.
The fuel supply has run out because Lebanon does not even have currency reserves to cover the most basic import costs.
As a result, most of the public does not have access to basic services and the crisis has provoked violent incidents across the ethnically and religiously divided country.
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