Syrian Arab Republic Electricity Sector Strategy Note

World Bank

Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY;    AIR;    ALTERNATIVE FUEL;    ANNUAL GROWTH RATE;    APPROACH;   

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学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This electricity sector strategy notewas prepared by the World Bank, at the request of theGovernment of Syria. It identifies options for theGovernment to improve the financial and technicalperformance of the electricity sector. The note focuses inparticular on the following major sector objectives: a)increasing the efficiency of the electric power sector,including by reducing large technical and commercial lossesnow standing at 27 percent of demand; b) reducing thegrowing gap between demand and supply of electricity throughcapacity expansion, thus enhancing security of electricitysupply and reducing power outages; c) increasing security ofsupply further in an environmentally sustainable manner bydeveloping vigorous energy efficiency and renewable energyprograms; d) encouraging regional energy integration througha series of targeted investments in electric power andnatural gas; e) attracting private sector investment intogeneration capacity expansion, including in renewableenergy, through independent power producers; and f) makingthe electricity sector financially viable and coordinatingnatural gas production plans with electricity generation requirements.