Homs-Sana
Perhaps the great damage caused to the electricity sector in Syria as a result of the terrorist war imposes a trend towards renewable energies, the most prominent of which is solar energy as a promising project to provide clean and supportive energy to government electricity networks.
Dr. Samer Rabie, Director of the Renewable Energies Center at Al-Baath University, said in his interview with SANA reporter that the sun is the main source of renewable energies, whether directly or indirectly, that is why it was called the mother of energies, and that in Syria, solar and wind energy can be relied upon as a solution in light of the current suffering of the electrical network. Among the many difficulties, stressing that the trend towards solar energy, as it is less costly compared to wind energy, requires educating citizens on how to choose photovoltaic panels and components of systems with quality and standard specifications, which help them obtain more electricity by using fewer panels.
He called for emphasizing the testing of products and their achievement of the standard specifications that regulate them, not allowing the entry of old manufactured panels, even if they were unused, and used panels, regardless of their age, and emphasizing the support of renewable energy funds, especially for the purposes of heating water and producing electricity, which relieves many burdens and encourages The use of renewable energy in the building sector, especially those that will be built in the future, will reduce the burden on the public network, reduce environmental emissions, and start developing an integrated strategy for the application of energy management systems in government and residential buildings in cooperation with specialized research centers, adopting green architecture standards, and directing architects to comply it.
Rabie explained that the use of photovoltaic panels in homes contributes to reducing the costs of producing and transmitting electricity, which may reach 35 percent of its production costs, and reducing electrical loads on the public network, especially during peak load times, which reduces transformer failures and dispenses with replacing transmission networks and installing photovoltaic panels. In homes, it will reduce the need to establish new electric stations as a result of the increase in the population for the coming years, as well as reduce spent fuel, as studies indicate that global energy consumption will increase to 137 percent in 2040 compared to 2014.
He pointed to the importance of the Renewable Energies Center at the university, as it contributes to the preparation of the necessary studies for the adoption of renewable energy, and the importance of benefiting from the waste of photovoltaic panels, which include aluminum frames, glass, and silver devices.
Hanadi Diop