In a ceremony on July 1, the fifth unit of the Aleppo Thermal Power Plant was synchronized to Syria’s national grid after it was reconstructed by the MAPNA Group.

Once adding around 1,100 MWs to Syria’s grid, the power plant suffered almost 70% damage during the years-long conflict.

The reconstructed unit can add 200 MWs to the country’s power generation capacity.

This is the first of the two units that MAPNA Group has committed to reconstructing. The Syrian government signed a contract with the company for the reconstruction project and the related operations began in February 2021. Syria directly pays MAPNA for this project.

According to the agreement, MAPNA has been tasked with reconstructing units 1 and 5 of the plant.

Aleppo Thermal Power Plant consists of five units with each having roughly 213 MWs capacity. Located 25 kilometers northwest of Aleppo, the plant uses steam turbines made by renowned international companies.

Aleppo is considered the biggest industrial and economic center of Syria and accordingly, power generation in this city bears great importance for the Arab country.

The project has been described as one of the largest and yet most challenging ones performed by MAPNA Group outside Iran because other than the challenge posed by logistics, the company had to deal with a significant amount of technical and engineering work and executive operations due to the large extent of the destructions.