Posted By
Najib
Aug 11, 2018 05:49
EDZ continues to be a a too-good-to-be-true story for many Lebanese and has been under attack for the past weeks for unexplainable reasons. In fact, Energy Minister hinted that they didn't want to renew the license and recently newly elected Zahle MPs were asking people at one point not to settle their bills because the cost per kilowatt is too high. I don't have the full story but from what I hear from my Zahle…
Posted By
Najib
Aug 04, 2018 09:51
Update: The ship has arrived but I asked several friends of mine and power outages are still. I thought we're getting 22 or even 24 hours now. What happened? When the first Turkish power ships set sail in 2013, the aim was to help temporarily with the electricity crisis while we build new power plants and enhance the existing ones. Five years later, we're still suffering from severe outages and are bringing in further power…
Critiques
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