Lebanese turn to the sun for power amid constant outages – The National

Lebanese turn to the sun for power amid constant outages – The National

Thanks to solar energy, residents of the northern Lebanese village of Toula are finally able to enjoy ice cream again — a treat in a sun-baked country plagued by power cuts.

Lebanon's economy collapsed in 2019 after decades of corruption and mismanagement, leaving the state unable to provide electricity for more than an hour or two per day.

Last winter, the mountain village of Toula barely had three hours a day of daily generator-driven electricity.