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Lebanon has run out of power and is in total darkness
Lebanon has been left without electricity, plunging the country into darkness amid a severe economic crisis.
A government official told Reuters news agency the country's two largest power stations, Deir Ammar and Zahrani, had shut down because of a fuel shortage.
The power grid "completely stopped working at noon today" and was unlikely to restart for several days, he said.
India is on the brink of an unprecedented power crisis.
More than half of the country's 135 coal-fired power plants are running on fumes - as coal stocks run critically low.
In a country where 70% of the electricity is generated using coal, this is a major cause for concern as it threatens to derail India's post-pandemic economic recovery.
Lebanon in COMPLETE DARKNESS after 2 power stations shut down, blackout will ‘continue for few days’
10/9/21
Due to fuel shortages, two of Lebanon’s biggest power stations were forced to shut down on Saturday, leaving the crisis-hit country in the dark, an official source has said.
The blackout in the country of almost six million is expected to last for several days, the government source told Reuters.
“The Lebanese power network completely stopped working at noon today, and it is unlikely that it will work until next Monday, or for several days,” the official told the agency.
The authorities will attempt to use the military’s oil reserves so the power plants can temporarily resume operations, he said, but warned that it wouldn’t happen anytime soon.
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The affected Deir Ammar and Zahrani power stations had been providing 40% of Lebanon’s electricity, according to their operator, Electricité Du Liban.
The facilities ran out of fuel because the government lacked foreign currency to pay foreign energy suppliers. Ships carrying oil and gas had reportedly refused to dock in Lebanon until payments for their deliveries had been made in US dollars.
The Lebanese pound has sunk by 90% since 2019, amid the economic crisis, which has been further deepened by political deadlock. Rival factions haven’t been able to form a government in the 13 months since the deadly blast in the port of Beirut, only finding common ground after the approval of a new cabinet in September.
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The power-supply situation had been dire in the country before the complete blackout, with residents able to get electricity for only two hours a day.
Running on empty: Lebanon runs out of power and will be without electricity 'for days' after power stations run dry of oil - while India warns its coal-fired plants could go dark in just three days and blackouts hit China
10/9/21
By Daily Mail
(excerpts)
Lebanon has no centrally-generated electricity after the country's two biggest power stations shut down due to a fuel shortage, plunging six million people into darkness.
Production stopped at Zahrani power station today hours after the Deir Ammar plant shuttered yesterday when diesel supplies were reportedly exhausted.
A government official confirmed the country's power network 'completely stopped working at noon today' and warned production was unlikely to restart 'until next Monday, or for several days'.
