Energy is critical for creating a prosperous future for Lebanon. For years, Lebanon’s sectarian politics have halted progress toward a more established renewable energy landscape. The wars that have plagued the country, destroying much of its infrastructure and igniting the ‘brain drain’, have compounded this stagnation. Lebanon also has the largest number of displaced people per capita, adding to the difficulties of an already struggling state. Energy supply, at the macro-level, is unreliable, unable to meet the needs of the population and is deeply affecting its most vulnerable groups.
In the face of a lack of sufficient power and endemic power outages, alternative community energy projects around the country are proving an appetite for change at the local level. The millennial generation in particular are finding creative
ways to solve the energy crisis; as progressive, open-minded, and environmentally, socially and technologically conscious individuals, they see opportunities to develop pathways to prosperity for Lebanon through a renewable energy transition.