إبحار سفينة الطاقة الأولى "فاطمة غول سلطان" في اتجاه السواحل اللبنانية

The most expensive ship in lebanon's history. Israel will enjoy bombing it.... Thanks to hezbollahs provocations and terror bombings.

At last the longly awaited solution to our national energy crisis .looking forward to see improvement in the service .

Flame thrower. Your entitled to your opinion... but why the personal attacks.. you believe in democracy freedom of speech so why not let people air their opinions without your insults.

"that would help provide 700 megawatts of electricity for a period of three years."

and after? any plans made to build modern plants? or is it just another crutch?

This is a purely a cover up for stealing public money by the oh so clean FPM. It would have been much more efficient if the money was invested in a plant that gains electricity from burning garbage. It can be clearly built up to the european standard and has more benefits than ships ruining the lovely shores. But what can I say about this tofl el mu3jize Gebran Bassil.

Now the filthy militia will have to pay for electricity. Or will they just tap out the Lebanese ones?

This is a necessary temporary fix. It takes anywhere between 2-3 years to bring a power plant from planning phase to deployment. The problem is that if we do not move ahead with long term plan, this temporary fix will be an expensive long term plan. But I agree with FT in one way, considering that this government opted for the Hanoi model (resistance vis prosperirty), it may be better to lease these ships as there will be third party protection for them. Same for oil and gas, we should only deal with countries that have the ability and will to protect their interest.

This is a necessary temporary fix. It takes anywhere between 2-3 years to bring a power plant from planning phase to deployment. The problem is that if we do not move ahead with long term plan, this temporary fix will be an expensive long term plan. But I agree with FT in one way, considering that this government opted for the Hanoi model (resistance vis prosperirty), it may be better to lease these ships as there will be third party protection for them. Same for oil and gas, we should only deal with countries that have the ability and will to protect their interest.

3 YEARS HAAAAAA.... I bet 10% of Mr. Bassil's and Mr. Aoun's commission that they shall be extended to like 5-6 years

600 MILLION??? there must be some mistake bro, that is barely enough money to last them more than 2 months!! :P

anyone knows how much electricity this ship will give, and how much will become the total capacity countrywide with it?

but it will not serve the pockets of the mafiosi politicians...and the generators mafia!

"It said that the “Fatmagul Sultan” set sail on Friday" -- yeah right, that Friday is just like Aoun's Tuesday in "Tuesday the Syrian revolt will be over"

It took NASA less time to land on Mars than it took this ship to come from Turkey to Lebanon.

Billions were spent on the Electricity company while electricity is still cut daily. Shouldn’t some of these who governed be held responsible for that? Why should we use ships to generate electricity? This way is fraught with all sorts of kickbacks and corruption because the deal could be done without going through the standard procedures for establishing a process that leads to electricity generation. Now I know why basil wants this speedily? He’s trying to fill his pocket before one of two things happen: 1. His F-I-L dies or his party is toppled if things in Syria change. I think after all he’s very smart. I though he was stupid and I was mistaken.

it is a sign of GREAT incompetence that no lebanese gvt solved the pb of electricity for such a tiny country! those who throw the blame on M14 only forget that the ministry of energy was often held by M8ers!
so neither M8 nor M14 are to blame because they are ALL to blame for their inefficiency and corruption! and bassil is only another incompetent minister who will solve nothing.
and people still vote for them, pityful country....

I will be hated for this comment. But I prefer the private generator business to be regulated and that we slowly stop receiving government electricity. Private generator owners will not tolerate non payment and will shut off non payers. Eventually, the sector would privatize this way, and we close EDL. On a second step, we would consolidate teh private generators into power plants and have a private electricity company. Sorry Nabih berri. no more useless positions and free electricity.

Considering how lacking any sense or decency or even in some cases the need for truth and clear facts (like for instance, that the property prices hike started in 2006, after Hizb-Iran unilaterally provoked an Israeli invasion that destroyed half that property), I sometimes wonder if FT is not actually Aoun in disguise. Nafs el ghabéwé, nafs darajet el watawé, nafs îllit 7aya...

Ft, still no maintenance and still no power plants--he promised 24/7 power initially by 2014 and now 2015--how do you think that will happen with ZERO power plants being built or planning to be built right now?

Do you need numbers to back this up or can you count to zero?

There is only one practical solution: privatization. Individual companies will protect their assets and theft will be eliminated and will try to make things more efficient to make more money. Additionally, it takes the political process out of it and allows the sector to improve on its own instead of depending on the whims of the political figures.

The M14 people are not my friends, but neither are the M8 people who refuse to accept responsibility and try to blame their ills on everyone else. Unlike you, I praise when there is something to be praised and criticize when there is something to be critical of regardless of party or camp. You, OTOH, are an M8 apologist.

Now back to the subject matter, you need a parliamentary majority when money is involved and parliament, rightly denied the $800MM that Bassil wanted deposited into the ministry's account, and with no controls to boot. He also didn't want to utilize soft loans that were available and were pushed on him by everyone else. Aside from that, there was the Zahrani incident (controlled by fellow ally Berri), the strike last summer (again Berri), and endless other problems. You want to blame the M14 camp--guess what, don't look outside your own house to get things in order.

Or did you selectively ignore this...

I may not be an expert in electricity but I do know my maths.
If Lebanon's Power plants can supply 1500 megawatts, and the actual need of Lebanon is 2300 megawatts, there are 800 megawatts "missing". Assuming that the ships can supply 700 there is still going to be an amount missing.
When/if does Lebanon intend building new power stations to cover this catastrophic situation?