Seven hundred megawatts. One hundred and forty turbines. One factory in Homs that has to build them.
In February, Syria’s Ministry of Energy signed a wind power agreement with Marv Energy at the ministry’s headquarters in Damascus. Energy Minister Mohammad Al-Bashir signed for the government, board member Valerina Elias for the company. Deputy Minister for Electricity Affairs Omar Shaqrouq said the 700 MW will feed the national grid rather than any single province, and that turbine sites will be chosen on measured wind speeds across the country. No locations have been named. Elias said production will take place at the company’s plant in Homs, in phases, over five to seven years, and called the project a “proof stage” for Syrian industry.
Do the division. 700 MW across 140 machines gives 5 MW per turbine, a mainstream onshore size today. Spread over five to seven years, the build rate sits somewhere between 100 and 140 MW a year. For scale, the same ministry signed in November for eight power plants totalling 5,000 MW.
Hold that annual rate against the regional one. GWEC’s latest report puts Africa and Middle East additions at 2.6 GW in 2025, up 32%, with Saudi Arabia taking 1,512 MW of that on its own. Cumulative installed capacity across the region reached 15.2 GW.
What I keep returning to is the order of operations. Saudi Arabia and Oman are building turbine plants into markets that already carry order books, and GWEC counts those announced manufacturing investments among the things that could take the Middle East past 18 GW of new onshore wind by 2030. The Homs plan puts the factory first and asks a phased build to keep it running.
Localisation in this region has generally followed demand. Can it lead it?
