Syria s large-capacity uninterruptible power supply

Comments are not edited – they are either approved or rejected. Syria on Thursday signed a $7 billion energy agreement with a consortium of American, Qatari, and Turkish companies to deliver 5,000 megawatts of electricity, aiming to significantly boost its power supply and meet the long-term goal of energy self-sufficiency.

Syria suffers with severe electricity shortages because of a damaged power grid after years of civil war, fuel shortages, and an economic crisis. The interim government is hopeful that the lifting of international sanctions will help revitalize the economy and boost post-war recovery efforts. Rudaw moderates all comments submitted on our website.

Al-Bashir said Syria's infrastructure that has been repaired can provide 5,000 megawatts, about half the country's needs, but fuel and gas shortages have hampered generation. With the sanctions lifted, that supply could come in soon.

The consortium is led by Qatar's UCC Concession Investments and includes Turkey's Kalyon GES Enerji Yatirimlari and Cengiz Enerji, as well as Power International USA. UCC President Ramez al-Khayyat said, “With those 5,000 megawatts, within three years Syria will be completely self-sufficient in electricity.

Syria's electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure suffers from high losses and needs urgent restoration and modernization. In many areas, key substations have been either destroyed or left in disrepair, contributing to high technical losses.

Years of conflict have crippled Syria's national grid, limiting electricity supply to 2–4 hours daily and undermining critical sectors like water, healthcare, agri-food, and housing.