Qatar and TotalEnergies Agree on Solar Plant Project for Lebanon

16 October 2026 | 4 days ago

Qatar's Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said during a visit to Beirut on Friday, October 16, 2026 that QatarEnergy and France's TotalEnergies had agreed to jointly develop a solar power plant in Lebanon as an initial energy cooperation project. After meeting Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, he also announced plans for a wider framework of energy cooperation.

Image published with the report on Qatar's prime minister's visit to Lebanon. — Image accompanying the Qatar-Lebanon energy agreement report, Friday, October 16, 2026.
Source: AP

Salam said he would soon bring the electricity plans to Lebanon's Cabinet and that Qatar would fund and implement the project at no cost to the Lebanese state. No plant capacity or commissioning date was given in Friday's announcement; the plan does not mean electricity generation has begun.

Source:Al Jazeera, citing the Qatari and Lebanese prime ministersThe source text An archived copy of the source

Qatar and TotalEnergies Agree on Solar Plant Project for Lebanon

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