People walk in a street below solar panels installed over a building in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, May 30, 2024. Lebanese caretaker Minister of Economy and Trade Amin Salam said Lebanon's political class as well as fuel companies and private electricity providers in Lebanon blocked an offer by gas-rich Qatar to build three renewable energy power plants to ease the crisis-hit nation's decades-old electricity crisis. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
A man cleans solar panels installed on the roof of a building in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, May 30, 2024. Lebanese caretaker Minister of Economy and Trade Amin Salam said Lebanon's political class as well as fuel companies and private electricity providers in Lebanon blocked an offer by gas-rich Qatar to build three renewable energy power plants to ease the crisis-hit nation's decades-old electricity crisis. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Lebanese caretaker Minister of Economy and Trade Amin Salam speaks during a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, May 30, 2024. Salam said Lebanon's political class as well as fuel companies and private electricity providers in Lebanon blocked an offer by gas-rich Qatar to build three renewable energy power plants to ease the crisis-hit nation's decades-old electricity crisis. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Construction workers work next to solar panels installed on a building in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, May 30, 2024. Lebanese caretaker Minister of Economy and Trade Amin Salam said Lebanon's political class as well as fuel companies and private electricity providers in Lebanon blocked an offer by gas-rich Qatar to build three renewable energy power plants to ease the crisis-hit nation's decades-old electricity crisis. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Cars pass by solar panels installed over the Beirut River, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, May 30, 2024. Lebanese caretaker Minister of Economy and Trade Amin Salam said Lebanon's political class as well as fuel companies and private electricity providers in Lebanon blocked an offer by gas-rich Qatar to build three renewable energy power plants to ease the crisis-hit nation's decades-old electricity crisis. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
FILE - A row of privately-owned diesel generators provide power to homes and businesses in Beirut, Lebanon, March 4, 2022. Lebanese caretaker Minister of Economy and Trade Amin Salam said on Thursday, May 30, 2024 Lebanon's political class as well as fuel companies and private electricity providers in Lebanon blocked an offer by gas-rich Qatar to build three renewable energy power plants to ease the crisis-hit nation's decades-old electricity crisis. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)