Péligre Shutdown Exposes Haiti’s Fragile Energy Infrastructure as Government Launches Emergency Response
A widespread blackout struck the Haitian capital this week after the Péligre hydroelectric plant — Haiti’s primary source of electricity — ceased operations due to unspecified technical failures. The outage has affected thousands of households and essential services in Port-au-Prince, highlighting longstanding weaknesses in the country’s energy infrastructure. In response, Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé […]