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Governorate profile

Aleppo

A reference profile for Aleppo Governorate covering electricity generation, hydropower, renewable energy, industrial and service infrastructure, and rehabilitation indicators. Major assets include Aleppo Thermal Power Plant at a reference nominal capacity of 1,065 MW, with reported operating output of about 400 MW on 6 May 2026, and Tishreen Dam at 630 MW nominal hydropower capacity. The governorate is also seeing continued deployment of solar energy for water and irrigation services alongside extensive rehabilitation of transmission and distribution infrastructure.

Population5,700,0008 Sept 2026
Area18,500 km²Official administrative area
Documented power plants1Facility records
Documented renewable facilities1Not necessarily a governorate total
Reference data

Key indicators

Conventional assets

Power-generation stations

Steam turbine / fuel oil

Aleppo Thermal Power Plant

Al-Safira

Operational
Nominal capacity1,065 MW
Available capacity400 MW
Operational capacity399 MW
Reference date5 Sept 2026
Data qualityMedium confidence
Source date5 Sept 2026
Syrian Renewables — Power plant in Syria.xlsx reference dataset
Methodological note

Workbook row: Conventional / Steam / Fuel and Gas; build year 1993. Capacity is treated as nominal/reference capacity. Current available and operational capacity are not verified.

Clean energy

Renewable-energy facilities

Reporting mode: Facility-level records

Service indicator

Daily electricity supply

Economic structure

Economic profile

Primary sectorIndustrial
AgriculturalIndustrialCommercialTransport and logistics

Aleppo Governorate has a diversified economic base, with industry remaining one of its defining economic sectors, including textiles, food processing, engineering and chemical industries, concentrated particularly in Sheikh Najjar Industrial City and other industrial zones. Agriculture is also important across the governorate's rural areas, including wheat, barley, vegetables and irrigated crops. During 2026, industrial-zone rehabilitation and expansion continued alongside electricity and service infrastructure improvements intended to support production and investment recovery.

Reference date8 Sept 2026
Data qualityHigh confidence
Source date8 Sept 2026
SANA — Aleppo industrial development and Sheikh Najjar investment updates
Context and analysis

Regional profile

Profile scope

This profile covers Aleppo Governorate within its administrative boundary and distinguishes Aleppo city, the wider governorate, and national context. No capacity, project, or fuel volume is assigned to the governorate unless the source clearly identifies its location, status, and date.

Electricity and regional interconnection

Reuters reported on 4 May 2025 that Syria was working on electricity imports through a 400-kV line with Türkiye and on a gas pipeline from Kilis to Aleppo to supply power plants. These developments are recorded as announced regional interconnection plans, not as operational capacity or delivered supply until commissioning is documented.

Distributed energy and essential services

National evidence shows solar panels and batteries being used as coping solutions during weak grid supply, but no open and current Aleppo inventory was identified for system counts, capacity, or technical condition. The profile therefore prioritizes documenting systems in homes, industry, water, and health without converting qualitative observations into aggregate figures.

Rehabilitation and industrial loads

Assessment of the governorate must separate generation plants, substations, and transmission lines from local distribution conditions in neighbourhoods and industrial areas. Future records must include inspection date, owner, asset condition, and whether the asset is operational, offline, or under rehabilitation.

Data and action priorities

Priorities are a geospatial register of electricity assets and solar systems, verification of the Türkiye interconnection and announced gas pipeline, and documentation of industrial and public-service loads. These are research priorities, not confirmation that projects or new supplies have become operational.

Major generation assets and dams

The current reference baseline for Aleppo includes Aleppo Thermal Power Plant with a nominal capacity of 1,065 MW (workbook build year: 1993) and Tishreen Dam with a nominal hydropower capacity of 630 MW (1999). These are historical/nameplate reference values from the source workbook, not current available or operating capacity or actual generation in 2026.

Data transparency

General sources

Power plant in Syria.xlsx — imported reference dataset

Syrian Renewables · 5 Sept 2026 · Medium confidence

Source note

Transcribed without changing the tabular values from the user-provided workbook. Capacities are treated as nominal/reference values; current operating status requires separate verification.