Syria’s Ministry of Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with US-based 20Solar Energy to develop 200 MW solar PV capacity, as part of its plans to support the national grid with diversification of energy generation. 

One of the projects under the MoU will be a vanilla solar PV project with 100 MW of installed capacity. The other 100 MW PV facility is planned to be accompanied by energy storage batteries of unspecified capacity. The ministry will determine the location of the 2 projects after consultations with other relevant stakeholders.  

Syria calls renewable energy a national priority and sees these projects as supporting the power grid. These will diversify the country’s energy sources and reduce its dependence on fossil fuels.

The MoU is also targeted at promoting investment in the renewable energy sector of the country, which has been dealing with a long-drawn civil war, conflict and the resultant economic crisis. The lifting of US sanctions, which had been in place since 1979, has prompted the country to rebuild its energy infrastructure with the help of private investment. 

Recently, the Syrian Ministry of Energy announced an MoU with UCC Holding for a 1 GW solar power plant and 4 combined-cycle gas turbine projects with 4 GW of capacity, worth $7 billion (see Qatar-Led Partnership To Build 1 GW Solar Facility In Syria).

In early June 2025, it also entered into similar agreements with Solar Rex Company to build a 100 MW solar power plant and a 70 MW solar and storage project in the rural areas of Damascus and Hama.