09 October 2023

Lebanon has received a multimillion-dollar donation from China to install solar energy for the country’s internet provider, according to Lebanon’s ministry of telecommunications.

According to local media, state-owned Ogero will receive more than US$8 million to supply more than 830 of its sites with solar energy panels. The solar energy project is expected to be operating by summer 2024.

The national grid Électricité du Liban (EDL) barely produces three or four hours of power a day and outages are common for landline, mobile and internet users. Ogero has in the past resorted to backup generators.