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Salah Tabbara is co-founder andmanagingpartner of the 82.5MW Sustainable Akkar wind project and is currently renewable energy advisor to several institutions and enterprises in the Middle East. In addition, he is the Group CEO of Limag Holding, a privately owned business group with interests in construction, energy, and the environment. Based in Beirut with a focus on the MENA region, Tabbara has 15 years of experience in project development startups. He earned a bachelors degree of Commerce in International Business and a certificate in International Trade from Concordia University in Canada. Tabbara is on the board of several businesses and cultural associations in Lebanon.
In 2010, Lebanon had published the National Wind Atlas a report undertaken by the U.N. Development Programme that catalogued Lebanon’s extensive wind resources. This report inspired local policy makers in Lebanon to pursue wind generation projects. The mean potential of wind was estimated to be 6.1 gigawatts, a shocking amount given Lebanon’s size.
