A solar park, hoping covers the river in the heart of Beirut procurement that renewable energy to play a key role in solving the energy problem of Lebanon. Built on time and within the budget of just over $ 3 million project from Beirut Suns Snake River is claimed by its makers to be the only one of its kind.
The project funded by the government is ready to be finished in the next few weeks as part of a campaign to make 12 percent of its energy from renewable countries in 2020 Pierre El Khoury, director of the Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation explains the structure is 300 meters long both a practical response to a problem and an attempt to increase the solar industry. "Solar parks are very important, but solar farms use a lot of land and land in Beirut is extremely expensive," he said, adding that "the idea is a strong signal that Lebanon is truly committed to produce give power is off renewable sources of energy. "But despite the Solar Serpent generate enough electricity to power about 1,000 homes continue to be victims of a power failure in millions of households. Striding power failures are experienced by many throughout the Middle East, and the people of Lebanon are no exception.
A legacy of underinvestment, inefficiency and corruption from the country's civil war endemic failures part of everyday life, with many parts of the country, a few hours of electricity from power per day was obtained. The country does not have enough power, and build up the efforts to establish a new progress slowly. As reported, 1600 megawatts of power occurs, believed that about 900 megawatts below what is required.
While there are plans to increase production to 10 megawatts, solar snake is set to 1 megawatt in its present shape. Despite its small compared to the national problem, Khoury said the effects of the sun snake goes beyond their immediate ability to produce electricity. He called the project a "milestone" in an effort to increase the interest in solar energy, and there is hope that solar parks to create more than 200 megawatts in five years. "Lebanon he has seen a huge increase and increase renewable energy company, thanks to the encouragement and strong signals that the solar Beirut snake gave the private sector," he added. Among private Va those who identified an increasing demand for solar energy Kradgian León, who created a solar energy company in 2009. He said that although he was present in Lebanon for decades, the solar industry really saw increased use after the war with Israel, as they Lebanese power plants were bombed in 2006.
Since then, he said, the industry has been a growing interest in the public and businesses, partly stimulated interest-free loans for renewable energy projects of the Central Bank. "When I started, there were about 20 companies [in the field of solar energy] but are now 50 or 60 years," said Kradigian. "Previously, there was no explanation on the subject, but now see the choice of studying in universities." Although the government has helped to stimulate the market, it was not as much as many would like to contribute to the problems of the electricity of the private sector in Lebanon. Only the state can legally produce EDL energy scale for the public, subsidized by the company of the Government in the amount of 2,000 million US dollars per year. Generator, it is a growing market outside of the network, with many people rely on diesel generators.
But those who use them to pay for state and private power, resulting in significantly inflated bills, in addition to the high levels of pollution generators. Ayline Safarian works in the suburb of Bourj Hammoud near the sun snake and will benefit directly from the energy produced. As the owner of a beauty salon it is once or twice only pay when the lighting to keep. "If [the grid] cut long to pay more you have," he told the VOA. "Always cut your bill goes on." Safarian welcomed the news of the solar snake and the promise of more normal mains. "Of course it will affect everything. For you and those around you, your work, you have a little more money for themselves." She said. "My family lives here, so make sure you benefit from it," People are in a position to "at least relax a little," he added. There are high hopes that soon benefit other communities from solar energy with government support to stimulate the supply network.
The Lebanese Center for Energy saving considering a new solar farms in the south of Lebanon, as well as consideration of the less densely populated country like the Bekaa Valley. Fundamental reforms, however, for the renewable energy market to thrive and benefit the Lebanese people, in fact, some argue that the private sector should be able to generate electricity to operate the network. Raymond Ghajar, a professor at the Lebanese American University and adviser to the government, VOA said that the state is "not enough security and private security services," how to emulate large-scale solar renewable energy projects snake.
But Ghajar, opening the market for renewable energy is part of a much larger outside the EDL in the generation of electricity and the private sector framework. "All new projects must be owned and operated by the private sector, but the private sector does not come to a company that is broken," Ghajar said, who said to initiate efforts to reform the security sector, which had begun in 2010 been blocked in parliament. "We need a legal and administrative framework for the private sector to be comfortable, and has not yet taken place," he said. "But I can assure you that the private sector is more interested and are willing to invest." Evangelist Suns Snake Khoury also admitted that "the real solution is to correct the update and the problems of conventional energy sources in Lebanon".
However, he warned against underestimating the role of solar energy and renewable energy could play in Lebanon. "This is a first step on a long way to achieving our goals for renewable energy," says Khoury. "Renewable energy is a clean energy source, and a source of cheap energy, and we are determined to promote these technologies into public use".
The project funded by the government is ready to be finished in the next few weeks as part of a campaign to make 12 percent of its energy from renewable countries in 2020 Pierre El Khoury, director of the Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation explains the structure is 300 meters long both a practical response to a problem and an attempt to increase the solar industry. "Solar parks are very important, but solar farms use a lot of land and land in Beirut is extremely expensive," he said, adding that "the idea is a strong signal that Lebanon is truly committed to produce give power is off renewable sources of energy. "But despite the Solar Serpent generate enough electricity to power about 1,000 homes continue to be victims of a power failure in millions of households. Striding power failures are experienced by many throughout the Middle East, and the people of Lebanon are no exception.
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| Beirut suffers from daily power cuts, but the situation is often worse away from Lebanon's cities |
A legacy of underinvestment, inefficiency and corruption from the country's civil war endemic failures part of everyday life, with many parts of the country, a few hours of electricity from power per day was obtained. The country does not have enough power, and build up the efforts to establish a new progress slowly. As reported, 1600 megawatts of power occurs, believed that about 900 megawatts below what is required.
While there are plans to increase production to 10 megawatts, solar snake is set to 1 megawatt in its present shape. Despite its small compared to the national problem, Khoury said the effects of the sun snake goes beyond their immediate ability to produce electricity. He called the project a "milestone" in an effort to increase the interest in solar energy, and there is hope that solar parks to create more than 200 megawatts in five years. "Lebanon he has seen a huge increase and increase renewable energy company, thanks to the encouragement and strong signals that the solar Beirut snake gave the private sector," he added. Among private Va those who identified an increasing demand for solar energy Kradgian León, who created a solar energy company in 2009. He said that although he was present in Lebanon for decades, the solar industry really saw increased use after the war with Israel, as they Lebanese power plants were bombed in 2006.
Since then, he said, the industry has been a growing interest in the public and businesses, partly stimulated interest-free loans for renewable energy projects of the Central Bank. "When I started, there were about 20 companies [in the field of solar energy] but are now 50 or 60 years," said Kradigian. "Previously, there was no explanation on the subject, but now see the choice of studying in universities." Although the government has helped to stimulate the market, it was not as much as many would like to contribute to the problems of the electricity of the private sector in Lebanon. Only the state can legally produce EDL energy scale for the public, subsidized by the company of the Government in the amount of 2,000 million US dollars per year. Generator, it is a growing market outside of the network, with many people rely on diesel generators.
But those who use them to pay for state and private power, resulting in significantly inflated bills, in addition to the high levels of pollution generators. Ayline Safarian works in the suburb of Bourj Hammoud near the sun snake and will benefit directly from the energy produced. As the owner of a beauty salon it is once or twice only pay when the lighting to keep. "If [the grid] cut long to pay more you have," he told the VOA. "Always cut your bill goes on." Safarian welcomed the news of the solar snake and the promise of more normal mains. "Of course it will affect everything. For you and those around you, your work, you have a little more money for themselves." She said. "My family lives here, so make sure you benefit from it," People are in a position to "at least relax a little," he added. There are high hopes that soon benefit other communities from solar energy with government support to stimulate the supply network.
The Lebanese Center for Energy saving considering a new solar farms in the south of Lebanon, as well as consideration of the less densely populated country like the Bekaa Valley. Fundamental reforms, however, for the renewable energy market to thrive and benefit the Lebanese people, in fact, some argue that the private sector should be able to generate electricity to operate the network. Raymond Ghajar, a professor at the Lebanese American University and adviser to the government, VOA said that the state is "not enough security and private security services," how to emulate large-scale solar renewable energy projects snake.
But Ghajar, opening the market for renewable energy is part of a much larger outside the EDL in the generation of electricity and the private sector framework. "All new projects must be owned and operated by the private sector, but the private sector does not come to a company that is broken," Ghajar said, who said to initiate efforts to reform the security sector, which had begun in 2010 been blocked in parliament. "We need a legal and administrative framework for the private sector to be comfortable, and has not yet taken place," he said. "But I can assure you that the private sector is more interested and are willing to invest." Evangelist Suns Snake Khoury also admitted that "the real solution is to correct the update and the problems of conventional energy sources in Lebanon".
However, he warned against underestimating the role of solar energy and renewable energy could play in Lebanon. "This is a first step on a long way to achieving our goals for renewable energy," says Khoury. "Renewable energy is a clean energy source, and a source of cheap energy, and we are determined to promote these technologies into public use".
