Governorate profile
Rif Dimashq
A reference profile for Rif Dimashq Governorate focused on power plants and networks, industrial areas, distributed energy, and urban and rural demand. The current baseline includes Deir Ali Power Plant and Deir Ali II Expansion, while maintaining a distinction between nominal capacity and actual operating status. Listed capacities are not a measure of current available capacity.
Conventional assets
Power-generation stations
Combined cycle
UnknownAl-Nasriyah Power Plant
Jairoud / Rif Dimashq
Nominal capacity487.5 MW
Reference date5 Sept 2026
Data qualityMedium confidence
Source date5 Sept 2026
Methodological note
Workbook capacity and build year retained: 487.5 MW, 1998. The workbook lists plant type as combined-cycle turbines but production method as Gas (Open Cycle), so technology classification remains a schema mapping rather than a reconciled technical specification. Governorate assignment to Rif Dimashq was separately verified using SANA 2026-01-08.
Combined cycle
UnknownDeir Ali Power Plant
Deir Ali
Nominal capacity750 MW
Reference date5 Sept 2026
Data qualityMedium confidence
Source date5 Sept 2026
Methodological note
Workbook row: Natural Gas (CCGT), 750 MW, build year 2009. Capacity is nominal/reference only.
Combined cycle
UnknownDeir Ali II Expansion
Deir Ali
Nominal capacity750 MW
Reference date5 Sept 2026
Data qualityMedium confidence
Source date5 Sept 2026
Methodological note
Workbook row: Natural Gas (CCGT), 750 MW, build year 2013. Capacity is nominal/reference only.
Combined cycle
UnknownTishreen Expansion
Nominal capacity430 MW
Reference date5 Sept 2026
Data qualityMedium confidence
Source date5 Sept 2026
Methodological note
Workbook row: combined-cycle turbines / Gas, 430 MW, build year 2009; governorate was blank in the workbook. Assignment to the Tishreen power-station complex in Rif Dimashq was separately checked against Global Energy Monitor.
Gas turbine
UnknownTishreen Gas Power Plant
Nominal capacity225 MW
Reference date5 Sept 2026
Data qualityMedium confidence
Source date5 Sept 2026
Methodological note
Workbook row: Gas / Gas, 225 MW, build year 1995; governorate was blank in the workbook. Assignment to the Tishreen power-station complex in Rif Dimashq was separately checked against Global Energy Monitor.
Steam turbine / fuel oil
UnknownTishreen Thermal Power Plant
Harasta / Rif Dimashq
Nominal capacity400 MW
Reference date5 Sept 2026
Data qualityMedium confidence
Source date5 Sept 2026
Methodological note
Workbook row gives Damascus / Harasta, Conventional / Steam / Fuel gas, 400 MW, build year 1979. The asset is assigned to Rif Dimashq after separate geographic verification by SANA and Global Energy Monitor. Capacity remains the workbook value and is not reconciled with later complex-level capacity figures.
Context and analysis
Regional profile
Profile scope
The profile treats Rif Dimashq as an administrative governorate distinct from Damascus despite strong interdependence in networks, services, and loads. Each asset must be precisely located and is not assigned to the capital merely because it serves it.
Electricity, generation, and networks
The governorate contains important assets within the national electricity system, but the sources used in this phase do not provide a unified current series for available capacity, actual generation, or supply hours. Plant nameplate capacity must be separated from operating units, fuel availability, and grid condition.
Distributed energy in urban and rural areas
Verification covers solar and battery systems in housing, agriculture, industry, and public services, with substantial variation in scale and use. Evidence from Damascus city is not generalized to Rif Dimashq, or vice versa, without a documented location.
Industrial areas and supporting infrastructure
Reuters reported in July 2025 the launch of an industrial project in Adra Industrial City in Rif Dimashq. This supports the need to document industrial demand and supporting infrastructure but is not itself evidence of improved electricity or a completed energy project.
Data and action priorities
Priorities are a precise register of generation plants, substations, lines, and industrial zones linked to load, fuel, and operating condition. A separate solar inventory is needed for agriculture, buildings, and services with coordinates and sources.
Major generation assets
The current Rif Dimashq reference baseline includes Al-Nasriyah Power Plant at 487.5 MW (1998), Deir Ali at 750 MW (2009), Deir Ali II Expansion at 750 MW (2013), Tishreen Expansion at 430 MW (2009), Tishreen Gas Power Plant at 225 MW (1995), and Tishreen Thermal Power Plant at 400 MW (1979). All values are nominal/reference capacities from the source workbook. External sources were used only to verify the Rif Dimashq geographic assignment of Al-Nasriyah and the Tishreen complex; workbook capacity values were not replaced.
Data transparency
General sources
Reuters · 23 Jul 2025 · High confidence
Source note
Supports the Adra Industrial City investment context and the need to track industrial demand. It does not provide electricity performance data.
Reuters · 25 Jun 2025 · High confidence
Source note
National transmission and substation rehabilitation context only.
Associated Press · 7 Jul 2025 · High confidence
Source note
National qualitative distributed-energy context. Evidence from Damascus city is not treated as a Rif Dimashq inventory.
Syrian Renewables · 5 Sept 2026 · Medium confidence
Source note
Primary source for the imported names, capacities, plant types and build-year values. Capacities are treated as nominal/reference values.
SANA · 8 Jan 2026 · Verified
Source note
Used only to verify that Al-Nasriyah Power Plant is in Rif Dimashq. The workbook capacity value is retained separately.
Global Energy Monitor · High confidence
Source note
Used to verify the Tishreen power-station complex location in Rif Dimashq. Workbook unit capacities are retained as reference values.