Al-Jabsa Power Plant completed in 2020 by Autonomous Administration

While the project was completed and operational since 2020, media platforms affiliated with the Syrian Interim Government recently promoted that government institutions had begun working to establish the Al-Jabsa energy project and would put it into service for local residents.

These statements coincided with the Interim Government announcing, two days ago, that technical teams from the Ministry of Energy had visited the Al-Jabsa turbines and would work on rehabilitating and operating them—describing technical measures for a project that has already been functioning for years.

On January 1, 2020, the Autonomous Administration in the Jazira Canton announced the launch of the Al-Jabsa energy project in the Hasaka countryside. The project, initiated by the region’s Energy Authority, uses gas turbines in the Al-Jabsa area and cost over 60 million USD, relying on local expertise.

The project is considered one of the largest completed in NE Syria, supplying electricity to southern Hasakah up to the town of Markada.

The plant’s capacity is 30 MW, consisting of three turbines with 10 MW each, connected to main transformers at 66 kV, then to the main station in Al-Shaddadi and the Hol Farm (Al-Hol) for electricity distribution to residents through transmission lines.

On July 4, 2020, the Energy Authority began supplying electricity to Al-Shaddadi and its countryside on a trial basis with one turbine generating 6 MW, starting at 3 PM. The electricity was distributed as follows: Al-Shaddadi city from 5–7 PM, the northern countryside from 8 PM–12 AM, and the southern countryside from 12–6 AM, without any technical issues. The turbines were then manually stopped to connect them fully for official operation.

According to the city’s Energy Authority, the electricity supply hours later increased to 6–8 hours per day, covering towns such as Al-Shaddadi, Al-47, Adla, Al-Hanna, Al-Mushtal, Markada, Abu Fas, and Al-Ghars, as confirmed by the co-chair of the Energy Authority at the time, Doha Al-Taraf.

The Autonomous Administration also rehabilitated electricity networks in three villages south of Al-Shaddadi—Kashkash, Jalal, and Al-Gharrah—which had gone out of service due to the wars.

The turbines and transformers supplied electricity to over 500 villages under Al-Shaddadi, Al-Hol, Markada, and their countryside, stretching from Al-Arisha, Markada, and Al-Dashisha up to the Iraqi border.

Below are several previous reports by our agency ANHA documenting the Al-Jabsa energy project, along with photos and footage showing its construction, operation, and commissioning at the time.

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