Despite the geographical
positive conditions such as 3000 hours of sunshine per year and average
annual solar flow of 2200 Kwh/m2, solar thermal applications are still
marginal in the Lebanese economy.
The main industry
comprises cement plants.
Some of
6000 Km2 land is under irrigation, with about 90 per cent of national
food production dependent on irrigation.
The climate is
Mediterranean, with the temperature in the capital Beirut ranging from
5ºC in winter up to 32ºC in summer.
220 Km long. Lebanon has a
population of about 4 million people, 70 per cent of whom live in
urban areas.
consists of a
narrow coastal strip of land adjacent to Mediterranean Sea, more than
100 Km long. Its coastline is about
Lebanon
covers an area of 10452 Km2, and