Unthinkable devastation estimated 50% on electrical energy infrastructure in Jazira region

the Turkish occupation launches its attacks on North and East Syria, continuously targeting infrastructure, vital centers, and residential areas.

On October 4, the occupation escalated its attacks, and many vital sites in Jazira region were subjected to direct targeting by military aircraft and drones, which led to significant damage and them being out of service.

These attacks also caused financial losses amounting to one billion, 270 million, 201 thousand and 782 US dollars, in all targeted sectors.

The electricity sector, whose damage rate has reached 50%, according to the Energy Body in the Jazira region, suffers from difficulty in reaching the full capacity to generate electricity.

The targeting of power stations directly affected the availability of water to citizens due to the interruption of supply to water stations and to oil and gas stations, which caused a major catastrophic crisis in the region.

As-Suwaydiya facility

The capacity of the Swediya facility, which relies on gas to generate electricity through two sets of turbines, before it was directly targeted more than once by military aircraft and drones, reached 60 megawatt hours of electrical energy.

The first set of gas turbines feeds the oil sector and its stations, while the second feeds the conversion stations for residential areas, which belong to the General Electricity Company. The facility currently generates only 15 megawatts of its capacity, meaning that it is operating at only 25%.

Targeted transfer stations

The Western Dam Transfer Station, 15 km west of the city of Hasakah, was targeted on October 5, 2023, causing major damage to it. The station supplies the western neighborhoods of the city of Hasakah and its north-western countryside.

Qamishlo North Transfer Station; Its electricity transformers were targeted twice on October 5 and 6. This station supplies half of the city of Qamishlo, which are the eastern neighborhoods of the city and the northeastern villages, and the destruction rate reached 70%, according to the Energy Authority in Jazira region.

Tirbespiyê Transfer Station; It was bombed by drones on October 6, and the station feeds the center of Tirbespiyê district in Qamishlo canton and 190 villages affiliated with it.

The Amuda transfer station was also bombed on October 6, and the center of the Amuda district depends on it to obtain electricity, along with 225 villages affiliated with it.

The co-chair of the Energy Body in the Jazira region, Akram Suleiman, says that they made a great effort to secure electricity for citizens after the Turkish attacks, and within a period of time they were able to partially restore these stations to service, and that their technical condition is not at the required level due to the lack of spare parts for maintenance.

Pointing out that they are facing difficulty in providing it due to its loss in the Syrian market, and the inability to deliver it to North and East Syria as a result of the siege imposed on the region from all sides.

35 megawatts only for the Jazira region

According to Suleiman, the Jazira region is fed by the three dams (Rojava - Tishreen - Euphrates - Al-Hurriya) in northern and eastern Syria and the Suwaydiya facility.

The amount of dams reaches 25 megawatt hours, while the Suwaydiya supply the region with only 15 megawatts, which is allocated primarily to service and vital centers such as hospitals, mills, and bakeries, in addition to rationing the hours of electrical current for districts and cities in order to provide electricity to citizens, even if for a few hours.

T/ Satt.

ANHA