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Power generation Plants in Lebanon are divided into Thermal and Hydraulic :

A - Thermal Power Plants :

There are 7 power plants of this type :

 

1)  Zouk
Unit name Put in service year Installed Capacity (MW)
Zouk 1 1984 145
Zouk 2 1985 145
Zouk 3 1986 145
Zouk 4 1987 172
Reciprocating Engines 2017 198
Power Ship 2012 198
Total 1003

 

2)  Jieh
Unit name Put in service year Installed Capacity (MW)
Jieh 1 1970 65
Jieh 2 1970 65
Jieh 3 1980 72
Jieh 4 1981 72
Jieh5 1981 72
Reciprocating Engines 2017 72
Power Ship 2012 198
Total 616

 

3)  Sour
Unit name Put in service year Installed Capacity (MW)
Sour 1 1996 35
Sour 2 1996 35
Total 70

 

4)  Baalback
Unit name Put in service year Installed Capacity (MW)
Baalback 1 1996 35
Baalback 2 1996 35
Total 70

 

5) Zahrani
Unit name Put in service year Installed Capacity (MW)
Zahrani 1 1998 160
Zahrani 2 1998 160
Zahrani 3 2001 145
Total 465

 

6)  Deir Ammar
Unit name Put in service year Installed Capacity (MW)
Deir Ammar 1 1998 160
Deir Ammar 2 1998 160
Deir Ammar 3 2002 145
Total 465

 

7)  Al Hreesha
Unit name Put in service year Installed Capacity (MW)
Al Hreesha 1   75
Total 75

 

Total Thermal Generation (MW) 2764

 

B - Hydraulic Power Plants :

1. Litani Power Plants consist of three plants.

 

Awali
Unit name Installed Capacity (MW)
No. 1 36
No. 2 36
No. 3 36
Total Awali 108

 

Joun
Unit name Installed Capacity (MW)
No. 1 24
No. 2 24
Total Joun 48

 

Abdel Aal
Unit name Installed Capacity (MW)
No. 1 17
No. 2 17
Total Abdel Aal 34

 

Total Litani (MW) 190

 

2. Bared Power Plants cosist of two plants .

 
Bared 1
Unit name Installed Capacity (MW)
No. 1 4.5
No. 2 4.5
No. 3 4.5
Total Bared 1 13.5

 

Bared 2
Unit name Installed Capacity (MW)
No. 1 1.2
No. 2 2.5
Total Bared 2 3.7

 

Total Bared (MW) 17.2

 

3. Safa Power Plants (Rishmaya)

3. Safa.
Unit name Put in service Year Installed Capacity (MW)
No. 1 1932 3.3
No. 2 1932 3.3
No. 3 1956 6.8
Total Safa 13.4

 

4. Nahr Ibrahim Power Plants consist of three plants.

Nahr Ibrahim 1
Unit name Installed Capacity (MW)
No. 1 7.5
No. 2 7.5
Total Nahr Ibrahim 1 15

 

Nahr Ibrahim 2
Unit name Installed Capacity (MW)
No. 1 5
No. 2 5
No. 3 2.5
Total Nahr Ibrahim 2 12.5

 

Nahr Ibrahim 3
Unit name Installed Capacity (MW)
No. 1 1.5
No. 2 1.5
No. 3 1.5
Total Nahr Ibrahim 3 4.5

 

Total Nahr Ibrahim (MW) 32

 

Total Hydraulic Generation (MW) 252.6

 

Total  Generation (MW)
Thermal 2764
Hydraulic  ​​​​​​​252.6

 

 

Transmission Lines

In order to distribute the produced energy, EDL uses two categories of HT power lines

1- Over head power lines

2 - Under ground cables

1- Over head power lines

The over head power lines are divided ito 4 types according to the voltage level:

* 400 KV Transmission lines with length 21 km

* 220 KV Transmission lines with length 489 km

* 150 KV Transmission lines with length 163 km

* 66 KV Transmission lines with length 689 km

         Total 1362 km

2 - Under ground cables

Under ground cables are divided into 3 types according to the voltage level

* 220 KV Under ground cables with length 50 km

* 150 KV Under ground cables with length 26 km

* 66 KV Under ground cables with length 102 km

         Total 178 km

 

Substations

The followings are the Main Substations of EDL at all the lebanese territories

Beirut

Substation Name

No. of Transformers

Total Capacity (MVA)

Gaz

2

80

Mreisseh

2

80

Comercial

5

320

Ouest

3

60

Unesco

2

80

Basta

3

80

Pins

3

200

Chebak

2

80

Ras Beirut

2

140

Achrafieh

2

160

Dahieh

3

210

 

Mount Lebanon

Substation Name

No. of Transformers

Total Capacity (MVA)

Airport

3

60

Baoushrieh

3

120

Jdeideh

3

80

Bsalim

3

180

Jamhour

4

80

Hazmieh

2

80

Zouk

2

150

Jeita

2

40

Bekfaia

2

80

Aramoun

2

140

Mkalles

2

140

Adma

2

80

Batha

1

20

Hakl Rayes

1

20

Faytron

2

40

Amshit

3

60

Nahr Ibrahim 3

3

6.3

Awali

2

40

Chawifat

2

80

Damour

2

40

Siblin

2

60

Aley

1

40

Sawfar

2

33

Beit Eldein

2

40

Safa

1

5

 

Bekaa

Substation Name

No. of Transformers

Total Capacity (MVA)

Hermel

1

20

Labweh

1

40

Baalback

2

70

Bidnayel

2

30

Ksara new

2

140

Ksara

2

40

Anjar

1

20

Jib Jinnen

1

20

Abdel Aal

2

40

Marjioun

2

40

Pompage

2

10

 

South

Substation Name

No. of Transformers

Total Capacity (MVA)

Saida

3

100

Mosaileh

2

40

Nabatieh

2

80

Sour

2

110

Wadi Jilo

1

20

Soltanieh

2

60

Taybeh

1

20

Zahrani

1

70

 

North

Substation Name

No. of Transformers

Total Capacity (MVA)

Bziza

1

10

Batroun

1

20

Deir Nbouh

2

90

Bared

1

20

Halba

2

40

Kobayat

1

20

Deir Ammar

2

140

Beit Mallat

1

40

Boksmaya

1

20

Behsas

2

140

Asoun 1 20