LEBANON OTREKONSTRUIRUET small hydro WITH UKRAINE
The assignment was head of the Ukrainian government made during a meeting with the Minister of Energy and Water of the Republic of Lebanon Gebran Bassil, which took place on June 12 in Kiev.
`Assign the Ministry of Energy and Mines, within ten days to send a group of experts to Lebanon to survey stations. According to the results of this trip report to me personally #39;, - said Mykola Azarov after the Lebanese Minister invited Ukrainian specialists to help his country to rebuild and modernize outdated small hydro power plants.
`In Lebanon, a lot of old small hydro power plants, which require repair and modernization. Now assess all water resources in our country. Given Ukraine#39;s experience in this area, we#39;d love to have a group of Ukrainian technicians visited Lebanon, look at these old hydroelectric power station and proposed a plan to restore them.
We intend to restore these old station `- Gebran Bassil said, adding that his country also addresses new construction and hydroelectric power plants.
The Minister of Energy and Water Resources said that Lebanon is interested in Ukrainian turbines, low-power `Turbin low power in Lebanon, not at all, while Ukraine has experience in this field. Lebanon - a good market for such turbines. We are now waiting for proposals from Ukrainian companies to supply such turbines in Lebanon `.
`Ukraine could become the first country with which we have reached such agreements and would like them to step up. Now the initiative in the hands of Ukrainian companies, and we expect the proposals#39; - said Gebran Bassil.
In addition, a Lebanese minister said that he had invited the Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Yuriy Boyko in July to attend an energy conference in Lebanon, which will focus on exploration of gas deposits in the sea.
Minister of Energy and Water Resources of Lebanon said that his country intends to implement a project to build a gas pipeline and a terminal for liquefied gas: `We invited Ukrainian side to take part in the tenders#39;. In addition, Lebanon is considering the possibility to import gas for domestic use: `We would like to diversify the suppliers of such gas to Lebanon. Also expect proposals from Ukrainian side on this issue #39;.
