Turkey will dispatch a technical workforce from its power ministry to evaluate Syria’s infrastructure and deal with the nation’s widespread electrical energy, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar stated on Monday.
The workforce will depart for Syria “quickly” to examine electrical energy strains and develop options to the frequent energy outages, Bayraktar stated.
Experts from Turkish state-owned corporations, together with the Electricity Generation Company (EUAS) and the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS), will survey Syria’s power infrastructure, which has been severely broken by years of conflict and sanctions.
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Their analysis will deal with power manufacturing, transmission and distribution strains, aiming to establish deficiencies in Syria’s power system. They will then draft a complete report outlining the mandatory steps to deal with the problems.
Electricity cuts stay a persistent downside in Syria, even in main cities akin to Damascus and Aleppo.
The new Syrian administration, shaped after the autumn of the Assad dynasty, has been searching for sanctions reduction from western nations to assist rebuild its power sector.
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Since the outbreak of the civil conflict in 2011, western nations have imposed intensive sanctions on the nation’s power sector in response to the previous authorities’s violent repression of civilians.
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These sanctions embody bans on new energy crops, restrictions on offering technical or monetary help for such initiatives and limitations on exporting gear important to Syria’s oil and pure fuel industries.
As a results of the measures, Syria turned closely depending on Iran for gas provides. However, following the success of the Syrian revolution, Iran, as soon as a key ally of the Baathist authorities, stopped its gas shipments to Damascus.
During Assad’s rule, Iran equipped Syria with roughly 70,000 barrels of oil per day.
The suspension of those shipments severely disrupted operations at Baniyas, Syria’s largest oil refinery. The refinery beforehand processed between 90,000 and 100,000 barrels of crude every day.
The Turkish power minister stated the Lebanese authorities is eager about collaborating with Turkey on power initiatives, together with the potential import of electrical energy.
This plan is dependent upon Ankara’s capacity to restore the electrical energy strains connecting Turkey to Syria and lengthen them to Lebanon.
