Ministry of Electricity (Syria)
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The Ministry of Electricity (Arabic: وزارة الكهرباء) is a department of the Government of Syria.[1] The ministry is responsible for managing the electric energy and renewable energy sector in Syria, and a number of governmental institutions and companies are affiliated to it.
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In Syria, the production of electricity has been entirely nationalized. By the end of the 1990s, the Ministry of Electricity managed 74,9% of the production of electricity nationwide. The country was planning to become self-sufficient in electricity supply by 1998.[2] For this reason, the Ministry never seriously considered renewable energies Because they take a longer time to deploy. By 2010, the government encouraged private investors to develop the electric capacity of the country, but the war broke out.[3]
In November 2021, the Ministry of Electricity annulled dozens of renewable energy licences.[4]