Publication: Syrian Arab Republic Electricity Sector Strategy Note
Date
2009-08-15
ISSN
Published
2009-08-15
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
This electricity sector strategy note
was prepared by the World Bank, at the request of the
Government of Syria. It identifies options for the
Government to improve the financial and technical
performance of the electricity sector. The note focuses in
particular on the following major sector objectives: a)
increasing the efficiency of the electric power sector,
including by reducing large technical and commercial losses
now standing at 27 percent of demand; b) reducing the
growing gap between demand and supply of electricity through
capacity expansion, thus enhancing security of electricity
supply and reducing power outages; c) increasing security of
supply further in an environmentally sustainable manner by
developing vigorous energy efficiency and renewable energy
programs; d) encouraging regional energy integration through
a series of targeted investments in electric power and
natural gas; e) attracting private sector investment into
generation capacity expansion, including in renewable
energy, through independent power producers; and f) making
the electricity sector financially viable and coordinating
natural gas production plans with electricity generation requirements.
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Citation
“World Bank. 2009. Syrian Arab Republic Electricity Sector Strategy Note. © Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18896 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”