The company said in a statement that “the Zouk thermal plant north of Beirut forcibly stopped producing energy, in addition to the plants forcibly stopped producing energy, as a result of the fuel oil depletion, which led to the production capacity dropping below 500 megawatts.”
The company pointed out that it was forced to operate the Deir Ammar plants in northern Lebanon and Zahrani in the south of the country at their maximum capacity for a short period in an attempt to raise production and stabilize the network, only to return and reduce production capacity and the network was exposed to a general interruption throughout the country.
She added, “It has become almost impossible to maintain the stability and stability of the electrical network in light of these very difficult operating conditions, which threatens its comprehensive collapse at any moment and the inability to build it again, especially due to the low production capacity on the one hand, and the continued existence of major transmission stations outside the control of the institution.” On the other hand, the de-facto forces are conducting electrical maneuvers within them that reflect negatively and undermine any possibilities to secure a minimum level of electrical supply in a fair manner in all Lebanese regions.
EDL said: “It is expected that the second shipment of the Iraqi exchange agreement, which is loaded with fuel oil, will be unloaded in each of the outfall tanks of the Zouk and Jiyeh laboratories, after the concerned authorities were assured that its specifications matched, to be consumed after unloading its entire cargo in Each of the reverse engine manufacturers in Zouk and Jiyeh, who are currently working on one engine, has the minimum capacity in each of them.”
However, the tonnage of this new shipment alone will not be enough to raise the production capacity significantly, according to the Electricité du Liban, “because, on the other hand, the gas oil tank is close to running out in both the Al-Zahrani and Deir Ammar plants, which are the backbone of energy production in Lebanon. A shipment of this substance is expected to arrive in the second half of October.
The company said in a warning to the Lebanese public opinion that “in the face of this situation that is beyond the control and responsibility of the Electricité du Liban, it has no choice but to operate the production groups with its available fuel storage and in parallel secures a production capacity of about 600 megawatts until it is completely exhausted, in order to alleviate the The frequency of public outages as much as possible and to preserve the safety of its facilities.”
It is noteworthy that the electricity in Lebanon has been completely cut off from the Lebanese territory for more than a month, as electricity is secured at a rate of one hour per day in most regions, and the Lebanese have become mainly dependent on services provided by private generators whose prices have increased in an unprecedented way, and the generator bill has become Monthly equal to twice the minimum wage in the country.
Experts say that the new government does not have a clear plan on solving the issue of electricity, and research is underway to obtain a new advance from the Lebanese treasury worth $100 million to secure the minimum required to secure a few hours of electricity supply.
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