French cable-maker Nexans has commissioned a new PV system to help power its Liban Cables Naher Ibrahim industrial facility in Lebanon.

The 600kW project, developed within the framework of the Small Decentralised Renewable Energy Power Generation (DREG) scheme run by the United Nations Development Programme and the Lebanese Ministry of Energy, will mean the factory reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 750-tonnes a year by replacing one of its diesel generators

"Energy transition is in the core of Nexans' activity but it is also deep-rooted in the company's culture," says Benjamin Fitoussi, Nexans’ senior vice president for the Middle East North Africa region....