{"id":114073,"date":"2017-09-18T14:58:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T11:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/?p=114073"},"modified":"2017-09-18T17:26:13","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T14:26:13","slug":"first-solar-power-plant-inaugurated-in-damascus-countryside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=114073","title":{"rendered":"First solar power plant inaugurated in Damascus Countryside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Damascus Countryside, SANA \u2013 The first solar power plant in Syria, which has a capacity of 1.26 megawatts, was inaugurated on Monday in al-Kisweh area in Damascus Countryside, at an overall cost of SYP 1 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Electricity Minister Mohammad Zuhair Kharboutli said that the plant\u2019s annual power production is sufficient to provide light to around 500 houses, using 6,000 solar cells that were made in Syria. It\u00a0saves around 500 tons of fuel annually , worth nearly 90 SYP 90 million.<\/p>\n<p>Damascus Countryside Governor Ala\u2019a Ibrahim said that this is the initial experiment for using solar plants, with more such projects to follow in the future, which should invigorate industries related to solar energy and clean power sources.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-114073 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/solar-power-plant-electricity-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/solar-power-plant-electricity-1-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/solar-power-plant-electricity-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/solar-power-plant-electricity-1.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/solar-power-plant-electricity-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/solar-power-plant-electricity-2-300x199.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/solar-power-plant-electricity-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/solar-power-plant-electricity-2-310x205.jpg 310w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/solar-power-plant-electricity-2.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/solar-power-plant-electricity.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/solar-power-plant-electricity-300x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/solar-power-plant-electricity-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/solar-power-plant-electricity.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Hazem Sabbagh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damascus Countryside, SANA \u2013 The first solar power plant in Syria, which has a capacity of 1.26 megawatts, was inaugurated on Monday in al-Kisweh area in Damascus Countryside, at an overall cost of SYP 1 billion. 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