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Power plants in Syria

18 power-plant records · 7,966 MW reported capacity

  • Gas 44%
  • Oil 39%
  • Hydro 17%
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Syria at a glance

Power-plant records
18
Reported capacity
7,966 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
3.5%
Most records
Gas, Oil
Capital
Damascus

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Syria

Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything

War damage and fuel shortages leave most areas with only a few hours of grid power a day.

  1. GenerationState utility
  2. TransmissionState utility
  3. DistributionState utility
  4. CustomersGovernment-set tariffs

Who regulates

No separate independent regulator is listed: the government or the utility itself sets tariffs and technical rules.

Who controls the grid

The state-owned Syrian Electricity Company runs generation, transmission and distribution.

Markets & power exchanges

No power exchange: the utility produces or buys electricity and sells it at set tariffs.

Regional grid

Not part of a larger synchronous grid or regional power pool.

What does “Vertically integrated utility” mean?

A single, usually state-owned utility generates, transmits and distributes electricity. Prices are set or approved by the government or a regulator rather than by a market.

Decree 45 of April 2026 establishes the Syrian Electricity Company, replacing the former generation and transmission/distribution establishments. This is an official establishment reference, not a complete inventory of all local electricity arrangements.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Syria generates electricity

Electricity generated24.9 TWh
Renewable share3.5%
Low-carbon share3.5%
Carbon intensity706.2 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro0.75 TWh
Wind0 TWh
Solar0.1 TWh
Bioenergy0.03 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas13 TWh
Other fossil11 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Syria is in Western Asia. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Damascus
Languages
Arabic
Region
Western Asia

Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 18 records for Syria. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

18 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

18 lack an owner/operator; 18 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Syria

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Browse 18 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

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