Lebanon to Receive Jordan Electricity Via Syria, Deal Signed
Jordanian National Electric Power Company Managing Director Amjad Rawashdeh, Electricity of Lebanon Drector Kamal Hayek, and Syrian Electricity Transmission and Distribution General Manager Fawaz al-Zaher, sign a deal to supply Lebanon with electricity in Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 26.
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Beirut (AP) -- Lebanon signed deals on Wednesday to purchase electricity from Jordan via Syria to help the small Mediterranean country deal with its crippling energy crisis.
The deals are expected to bring Lebanon up to 250 megawatts of electricity a day within two months, enough for about two hours of power a day. The electricity will be transmitted through Syria. The World Bank is expected to finance the deals, and negotiations are underway.