Qatar plans to build two power plants in Lebanon over the next three years and sign a 20-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply deal under a draft proposal to revive the Lebanese power sector, Reuters reported on Monday, citing a document it had seen.
The plan includes two combined-cycle plants, each with a capacity of 825 megawatts, at Deir Ammar in northern Lebanon and at Zahrani in the south, according to the document.
QatarEnergy would enter a 20-year LNG supply agreement with Lebanon. Gas would arrive through a floating storage and regasification unit with a capacity of 3.5 million cubic meters a day and through the Arab Gas Pipeline via Syria, with a capacity of 4.5 million cubic meters a day.
The proposal also covers 800 megawatts of solar and 440 megawatts of wind capacity, battery storage and power imports from Syria, starting with 300 megawatts via two routes.
The blueprint, named the National Integrated Energy Investment Program, was drafted with input from both governments and is dated October 2026. It still requires the approval of both governments and is subject to amendment, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Implementation would take three years if approvals come swiftly, the person said.
“The program aims to attract private/project financing without upfront Lebanese public-budget capital expenditure; payment obligations and guarantees remain subject to negotiation,” the document said.
Qatar’s Foreign Ministry and Lebanon’s energy minister did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Reuters.
Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani visited Beirut last week and said QatarEnergy had agreed with France’s TotalEnergies to jointly develop a solar plant in Lebanon.
Lebanon’s state power company supplies only a few hours of electricity a day. Households and businesses rely on private diesel generators for the rest.
