Damascus-Sana
Through the investment map for the year 2021, which it launched a few days ago, the Syrian Investment Authority has proposed a number of investment opportunities to generate electricity from clean energy sources that are environmentally friendly (photovoltaic and wind) with a capacity exceeding 208 megawatts, and rehabilitate plants operating on damaged gas and fuel to generate 669 megawatts and generate electricity from Solid waste recycling.
In a statement to the representative of SANA, the Director General of the Authority, Median Diab, said that the electricity and renewable energies sector is the main engine of the comprehensive recovery process, and therefore it is necessary to diversify the sources of electricity generation in order to stimulate the development process and provide job opportunities, explaining that offering the important and attractive investment opportunities mentioned above contribute to covering the increasing demand for electricity In order to achieve sustainable stability in the electricity and energy sector.
Diab indicated that the opportunities offered are supported by many incentives and facilities stipulated in Legislative Decree No. 8 of 2007 to encourage investment to add a set of incentives and private sector facilities provided by public agencies such as providing real estate necessary for establishing projects, providing the necessary infrastructure, services and approvals, and providing investment loans with payment facilities. .
It is noteworthy that the investment map of the Syrian Investment Authority for the current year includes the strategy of the Ministry of Electricity 2020-2030 and it illustrates the existence of several methods for generating electricity, such as offering key projects by hand, establishing various investment projects “public, private and joint” and implementing projects by electricity consumers in various economic sectors and supporting The use of solar heaters through the renewable energies support fund.
Wasim Al-Adawi