How Syria's civil war and grid collapse fueled a rooftop solar revolution
Syria has experienced a rooftop solar boom driven by its broken national grid (providing only ~4 hours of electricity daily) during the long civil war, combined with a flood of cheap Chinese-made solar panels and batteries. This trend is part of a wider pattern in crisis-hit countries like Lebanon, Yemen, and Pakistan, where unreliable grids are accelerating decentralized solar adoption. The article explores how calamity has created opportunity, potentially redefining the Middle East's energy model.
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Damascus must be the most solarised city in the Middle East.
From calamity has come opportunity, and an alternative path to the region's solar future.
The national network provides at best about four hours of electricity per day.
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