The Syrian Electricity Company (SEC), Syria’s state-owned electric utility, has signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Al-Harfi Construction company to jointly develop three renewable energy projects in Damascus, featuring solar power generation and battery energy storage systems (BESS).

According to the Syrian Arab News Agency, the projects will be located in the Widyan ar-Rabi’ area in the Damascus countryside. Collectively, the three facilities will deliver 760 MW of solar generation capacity and 1,077 MWh of battery energy storage capacity.

The development agreement was inked at Al-Harfi’s company headquarters in Damascus. This collaboration follows a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in February between Al-Harfi and Syria’s General Establishment for Electricity Transmission and Distribution (PETDE), the predecessor of SEC, to develop a 210 MW solar project supported by a BESS with 827 MWh of storage capacity.