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Al Bawaba
3 days ago
- Business
- Al Bawaba
Syria signs mega project for power and progress
ALBAWABA According to Khaled Abu Di, Director General of the Public Establishment for Transmission and Distribution of Electricity, Syria's Ministry of Energy has inked a historic deal with an international consortium that includes businesses from Qatar, the United States, and Turkey to construct significant electricity production facilities throughout the nation. It is anticipated that the deal, which is worth more than $7 billion, would greatly improve Syria's energy infrastructure and create thousands of employment both during building and operation. The project will consist of a 1,000 megawatt solar power plant in southern Syria and four combined-cycle gas power plants with a combined 4,000 megawatt capacity. Abu Di claims that the program is a component of a long-term national energy policy that aims to increase energy security and the availability of power nationwide. According to Abu Di, the gas plants would take three to four years to construct, but the solar plant should be finished in around 20 months. He underlined that during the next several months, the effects on the supply of power, especially from the solar facility, would become noticeable. Syria's electrical infrastructure can support up to 7,000 megawatts, however it currently has a capacity of 5,170 megawatts. Over the next four years, the government wants to increase it to 12,000 megawatts. Abu Di attested to the availability of enough fuel to power the additional stations and the ability of the current infrastructure to handle the increased production.
The National
3 days ago
- General
- The National
ISIS claims first attack on Syrian government since fall of Assad regime
ISIS has claimed responsibility for two attacks in southern Syria, including one on government forces that an opposition war monitor described as the first on the Syrian army to be adopted by the extremists since the fall of Bashar Al Assad. In two separate statements issued late on Thursday, ISIS said that in the first attack, a bomb was detonated targeting a vehicle belonging to the regime, leaving seven soldiers dead or wounded. It said the attack occurred 'last Thursday,' or May 22, in the Al Safa area in the desert of the southern province of Sweida. The second attack, ISIS said, occurred this week in a nearby area during which a bomb targeted members of the US-backed Free Syrian Army, claiming that it killed one fighter and wounded three. There was no comment from the government on the claim of the attack and a spokesperson for the Free Syrian Army didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the attack on government forces killed one civilian and wounded three soldiers, describing it as the first such attack to be claimed by ISIS against Syrian forces since the fall of the Assad regime. Earlier this month, Syrian security troops have started operations to 'eradicate' ISIS from urban centres, an Interior Ministry official told The National. Over the past several months, ISIS has claimed responsibility for attacks against the US-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in the north-east. ISIS once controlled huge swathes of Syria and Iraq. But it was defeated in Syria in March 2019 when SDF fighters captured the last piece of land that the group held. Since then, its sleeper cells have carried out deadly attacks, mainly in eastern and north-east Syria. The Assad regime fell last December in the face of a lightening offensive, who now lead the new government in Damascus.
Zawya
4 days ago
- Business
- Zawya
Syria signs $7bln power deal with Qatar's UCC Holding-led consortium
Syria has signed a memorandum of understanding with a consortium of international companies led by Qatar's UCC Holding to develop major power generation projects with a foreign investment valued at about $7 billion, UCC said in a statement on Thursday. The agreement involves building four combined-cycle gas turbine power plants with a total capacity of 4,000 megawatts, plus a 1,000 MW solar power plant in southern Syria. Construction is expected to begin after final agreements and financial close, and is targeted to finish within three years for the gas plants and less than two years for the solar plant. After 14 years of war, Syria's electricity sector has been suffering from severe damage to its grid and power stations, aging infrastructure, and persistent fuel shortages, generating only 1.6 gigawatts of electricity today, down from 9.5 GW before 2011. (Reporting by Riham Alkousaa. Writing by Ahmed Elimam. Editing by Mark Potter)
Al Arabiya
4 days ago
- Business
- Al Arabiya
Syria signs $7 billion energy deal with Qatari, Turkish, US consortium
Syria signed a $7 billion energy deal on Thursday with a consortium of Qatari, US and Turkish companies as it seeks to rehabilitate its war-ravaged electricity sector. The agreement was signed at the Syrian presidential palace in the presence of President Ahmed al-Sharaa and US envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack. The agreement involves building four combined-cycle gas turbine power plants with a total capacity of 4,000 megawatts, plus a 1,000 MW solar power plant in southern Syria. Construction is expected to begin after final agreements and financial close, and is targeted to finish within three years for the gas plants and less than two years for the solar plant. After 14 years of war, Syria's electricity sector has been suffering from severe damage to its grid and power stations, aging infrastructure, and persistent fuel shortages, generating only 1.6 gigawatts of electricity today, down from 9.5 GW before 2011.
