Minister of Electricity: the implementation of six projects are the largest in Syria at a cost of 1500 billion pounds

The Minister of Electricity - Zuhair Kharboutli, that the improvement of the reality of the electricity sector is a priority for the government despite the huge amounts needed to rehabilitate some of the generating stations damaged by the war or expansion and construction operations are underway to implement about six projects are the largest and cost more than 1500 billion pounds as Lattakia power plant At a cost of 213 billion pounds and continue to implement the expansion of the Deir Ali plant at a cost of 400 billion pounds and the announcement of the implementation of a power plant in Aleppo by more than 500 billion pounds, also pointed out that the damage to the Syrian electricity sector as a result of the crisis, so far amounted to about 4 trillion pounds, and stated that Syrian It currently produces 80 million kilowatts of electricity per day, compared to 46 million in 2016.
Renewable Energy Strategy In support of the electricity sector and the diversification of its sources, the Economic Committee of the Council of Ministers approved the Ministry of Electricity's strategy for renewable energies until 2030, which was based on government directions to create an encouraging environment to benefit from renewable energies and develop proposals to localize the related equipment industry. Developing relevant legislation and regulations, leading to the preparation of a strategic projects matrix. This strategy also included several projects, including the establishment of stations with different capacities and photovoltaic pickups and wind molds, projects on the basis of a hand switch up to a capacity of 500 MW photoelectric, and plants up to a capacity of about 400 MW electro-thermal, also included the proposal of projects on the private sector and commitment to purchase electricity from them at prices Competitive.
The strategy also included the installation of (1.2) million solar home heaters until the end of 2030, in conjunction with the completion of the draft legislative instrument to create a fund to support renewable energies and applications, where the fund can grant soft loans or interest free to citizens by some public banks to install a solar heater worth This fund also covers the value of interest due to the bank, with interest not exceeding 7%, and a payback period of not less than 5 years. The amount of support provided by the Fund for each solar heater is estimated at 60 thousand liras, and thus can provide a free solar heater for some of the target segments (martyrs, wounded army). According to the strategy, the amount of electricity that can be saved from the installation of a solar heater is estimated at 1,800 kWh per year, which means that if 100,000 solar heaters are installed annually, the amount of electricity saved on the state treasury will reach 12 billion pounds annually.
Source: Tishreen

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