Lebanon’s Energy Strategy: Offshore Drilling, Iraqi Fuel, And Solar Power

Lebanon has now been in its economic and energy crisis for around two years, battling every day with a lack of electricity and relying on generators for the most basic energy supply. Earlier in the year, Human Rights Watch said that the crisis was driving up poverty and inequality as the government was failing to uphold the nation’s right to electricity. But an oil deal with Iraq, developments in its own oil and gas sector, and the expansion of the country’s solar energy capacity could potentially help to keep Lebanon afloat. …