The Syrian Ministry of Energy announced that the Jandar Power Plant in Homs Governorate has returned to its full available operational readiness for the first time in nearly ten years, following maintenance and rehabilitation work that enabled the plant to raise its output from about 200 megawatts to 820 megawatts.
This development is considered one of the most notable moves in Syria’s electricity sector in recent months, given the importance of the Jandar plant in supporting the national grid and supplying it with additional power, at a time when the country continues to suffer from a clear gap between electricity demand and available generation capacity.
Syrian Minister of Energy Mohammad al-Bashir said that the plant’s return to operation at this capacity represents “an achievement we are all proud of” and “a new message of hope for all Syrians,” expressing his thanks to the national teams that contributed to restarting the plant and enhancing the stability of electricity supply.
According to published information, the rehabilitation work included restarting all units of the plant, including turbines, boilers, and equipment that had suffered from deterioration or had been out of service in recent years. These efforts helped raise production to 820 megawatts, a significant increase compared with the previous output level of around 200 megawatts.
The Jandar Power Plant is particularly important because it is one of the main power stations operating with combined-cycle technology, which allows heat generated by gas turbines to be used to produce steam that powers additional turbines. This improves electricity generation efficiency and increases the plant’s overall capacity.
Despite the importance of the announcement, the accuracy of the phrase “full capacity” remains linked to the plant’s current operational context. It is understood to mean that all currently available units have returned to service, not necessarily that the plant has reached its full historical or nominal design capacity. Therefore, the more accurate journalistic phrasing is that the plant has returned to its full currently available operational readiness, according to the Ministry of Energy.
Raising the output of the Jandar Power Plant represents an important step toward improving Syria’s electricity situation. However, it does not necessarily mean the end of the electricity supply crisis, as the sustainability of this improvement remains tied to fuel availability, grid stability, and the continuation of maintenance work at power generation stations and transmission lines.