Haiti’s largest hydropower plant, Peligre, has been shut down after people stormed the facility demanding access to electricity. The war-torn island nation has been struggling to secure its energy supply, prioritizing the capital city, Port-au-Prince, over other parts of the country, which seems to have angered many. “Such actions, far from helping meet the population’s electricity needs, make EDH’s challenges even more difficult as the equipment used to operate plants are expensive and hard to repair, maintain or replace,” the…
