Mediterranean Action Plan

SYRIA - National study
and a National Energy Efficiency Program (NEEP). The activities of the project focused on
the greatest opportunities for improving electrical energy efficiency and reducing growth rate
of electric power demand while slowing the growth of greenhouse gases emission from
industrial and other use. The work included also the strengthening of institutional capacity of
the Ministry of Electricity to implement and sustain long-term, sound energy measures that
have a measurable, documented impact on the economic, environmental and social well
being of the Syrian people. In a fast-changing economy, there are new measures through
which these types of activities can be profitable and therefore lead to job creation while
assuring improved efficiency and affordable energy resources to the people of Syria.
The main activities of the SSEECP project were:
Conduct preliminary (walk throw) energy audit studies for 200 industrial, commercial, &
services facilities in Syria.
Conduct 50 detailed energy audit studies from the above-mentioned facilities.
Conduct 20 feasibility studies from the above-mentioned facilities, in order to find
financing to implement recommendations & improvements of energy audits in 10
industrial, commercial, & services facilities in Syria.
A full demand side management assessment of energy/electricity use in Syria, designee
DSM pilot project
Launch & designee energy efficiency and standards program and their adoption initiated,
for residential electric appliances (refrigerators, washing machines, air conditions).
Launch & initiation of The National Energy Efficiency Program, designee and analyze
energy policy initiatives.
Launch a cross sectoral information dissemination and promotion program for energy
efficiency (issue brochures, TV & newspapers advertisements, Hotline…)
The SSEECP project launched in 1998 and continued till 2006.
One of the main objectives of the SSEECP project was establishing the national energy
research centre (NERC) which was created in 2003 to carry out the energy efficiency and
renewable energy R&D in Syria.
The accredit document which concern the strategies in all sectors is the five years plan which
put by the Syrian State Planning Commission.
The five years plan 2000-2005 mentioned the energy efficiency issues in a very simple,
limited term, concentrated on encouraging adopting energy efficiency applications to
decrease energy demand.
The five years plan 2006-2010 which has been put in 2006 included in the long term view
specific procedures for decreasing energy demand through adopting energy efficiency as the
following:
Improve energy efficiency in production side and reduce the grid losses.
Increase the reliability in production and distribution systems.
Implementing demand side management strategies through concentrating on the
benchmarked indicators.
Implementing integrated resource planning strategies targeted to enlarge the electrical
system to achieve the sustainable development.
Create new policies for energy pricing aiming to improve energy efficiency and demand
management in residential, industrial, commercial sectors.
Issuance encouragements procedures to adopt building thermal insulation.
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