Just checked out the Google map satellite view and no kidding! The solar panels are crazy! Highly recommend exploring it yourselves. Mind blowing.
Syria's solar boom is redefining Middle East's energy model
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Re: Syria's solar boom is redefining Middle East's energy model
#12See, Iran? All you had to do was westernize your economy, hand your infrastructure to global capital, and open your markets Do that, and just like Syria, you'll become "partners"
Aren't all these panels coming from China anyway? Iran could do this and keep its iron grip, no?
> Aren't all these panels coming from China anyway
Turkiye not China in this case.
Turkiye has a large PV fabrication industry as well [0][1][2][3] and it's Turkish companies that are leading reconstruction with Qatari, Saudi, and Emirati capital [4].
The Turkish company selected for most of these projects (Kalyon Group) is also in the PV fabrication business [3] and Erdogan aligned.
[0] - https://cw-enerji.com/en/cw-enerji-library/cw-enerji-one-of-...
[1] - https://www.kivancsolar.com/en/corporate
[2] - https://smartsolar.com.tr/en/hakkimizda.html
[3] - https://kalyonpv.com/
[4] - https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/ekonomi/suriyenin-enerji-sektorune-...
Re: Syria's solar boom is redefining Middle East's energy model
#13See, Iran? All you had to do was westernize your economy, hand your infrastructure to global capital, and open your markets Do that, and just like Syria, you'll become "partners"
Aren't all these panels coming from China anyway? Iran could do this and keep its iron grip, no?
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Re: Syria's solar boom is redefining Middle East's energy model
#14I wonder how they use balcony solar for blackouts. The systems I know shut themselves off if the grid goes down.
Re: Syria's solar boom is redefining Middle East's energy model
#15See, Iran? All you had to do was westernize your economy, hand your infrastructure to global capital, and open your markets Do that, and just like Syria, you'll become "partners"
I don't think that's a reasonable description of Syria, which is more of a failed state.
But yes, generally westernizing works out better for all concerned.
Re: Syria's solar boom is redefining Middle East's energy model
#16Just checked out the Google map satellite view and no kidding! The solar panels are crazy! Highly recommend exploring it yourselves. Mind blowing.
Yeah there's something on almost every roof in Damascus, and Google's imagery is usually fashionably 2-5 years out of date so it's probably even more now.
Re: Syria's solar boom is redefining Middle East's energy model
#17See, Iran? All you had to do was westernize your economy, hand your infrastructure to global capital, and open your markets Do that, and just like Syria, you'll become "partners"
Western solar panels come with subscription and remote kill switch.
Iran is trying to build grid on atomic powerplants, because solar is frankly not enough nor reliable!
Re: Syria's solar boom is redefining Middle East's energy model
#18See, Iran? All you had to do was westernize your economy, hand your infrastructure to global capital, and open your markets Do that, and just like Syria, you'll become "partners"
They may also want to replace the Supreme leader with a CIA, Al-Qaeeda, ISIS and Nusra-Front veteran to get taken off the State-Sponsor-of-Terror list.
Re: Syria's solar boom is redefining Middle East's energy model
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Aren't all these panels coming from China anyway? Iran could do this and keep its iron grip, no?
> Aren't all these panels coming from China anyway Turkiye not China in this case. Turkiye has a large PV fabrication industry as well [0][1][2][3] and it's Turkish companies that are leading reconstruction with Qatari, Saudi, and Emirati capital [4]. The Turkish company selected for most of these projects (Kalyon Group) is also in the PV fabrication business [3] and Erdogan aligned. [0] - https://cw-enerji.com/en/cw…
> Turkiye not China in this case.
Not sure if you're referring to Syria or Iran, but the article explictly states that the solar in Syria is coming from China:
"Syria’s high level of solar panels reflects the combination of a broken-down grid during its long civil war, and the sudden rush of cheap China-made panels and batteries."
Re: Syria's solar boom is redefining Middle East's energy model
#20We had to do the same here in South Africa - 2 hourly blackouts and innovative financing packages and cheap panels and inverters from China - you pay a monthly rent to own fee and they cover the maintenance.
Nearly every third house has panels, but we don't feed back to the grid - the idiotic local authority lost the plot here and wanted to charge an enormous fee for a feedback meter.