On Wednesday, Syrian Electricity Minister Omar Shakrouk revealed the need for 23 million cubic meters of gas and 5 thousand tons of fuel per day, to provide electrical feeding around the clock.
This came during a press conference in the conference hall of the Ministry of Information on the latest developments in the electrical sector and the importance of the return of gas pumping to the generation stations, according to the Syrian News Agency (SANA) at its expense with the X platform.
“At the beginning of the month of Ramadan, some electricity and violence generation stations were maintained and placed in service, which led to an increase in feeding hours, and the ministry’s plan after receiving quantities of fuel, raising the feeding hours to 8 hours per day,” Shakrouk said.
“We have a plan to secure electricity to industrial cities for 24 hours,” he added.
Support plan
Shakrouk pointed out that “the increase in electrical nutrition includes all governorates, and we have developed a plan to support the network of alternative energy.”
He explained that “electrical nutrition cannot be provided around the clock, because this requires 23 million cubic meters of gas and 5 thousand tons of fuel per day.”
The new Syrian administration seeks to improve the level of the electricity sector, which suffers from a worn out infrastructure in transportation and distribution networks or generation stations, due to the lack of improvement, maintenance and interest in it during the period of the ousted regime’s rule.
Last Thursday, Qatar announced an initiative to provide Syria with natural gas through Jordan, to contribute to the generation of electric energy.
The Qatar Development Fund said that supplies will allow the generation of up to 400 megawatts of electricity per day in the first stage, provided that the production capacity will gradually rise at the Deir Ali station in Syria.
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Electricity distribution
The fund added – a week before – that electricity will be distributed to several Syrian regions, including the capital, Damascus, its countryside, As -Suwayda, Daraa, Quneitra, Homs, Hama, Tartous, Lattakia, Aleppo and Deir Al -Zour, which will contribute to improving basic services and enhancing the stability of affected societies.
According to the Qatar News Agency, this initiative comes within the framework of signing an agreement between the Qatar Development Fund and the Jordanian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, in cooperation with the United Nations Development Program, which will supervise the executive aspects of the project.
Syria suffers from a severe shortage of electricity, and what the state offers from it is only available for 4 hours (two hours during the day and the same at night) in most regions.
Syria used to receive most of the oil for electricity generation from Iran, but the supplies were cut off since the overthrow of Bashar al -Assad last December.
