Syria's solar boom is redefining Middle East's energy model

Stronico•about 3 hours ago

Non paywalled link https://archive.is/g7HNV

dylan604•about 2 hours ago

The TFA link works fine for me, while your achive link is unviewable as it wants me to prove i'm human by scanning a QR code with my mobile device. Not sure who you're trying to help

fhdkweig•about 2 hours ago

The original link did not work for me. It displayed the article for a couple of seconds and then popup said "register for free to continue reading this article." When I clicked on the popup's 'x', it redirected me to the front page.

gregoriol•about 2 hours ago

It works for me, without a qr code

wat10000•about 2 hours ago

Consider that other people have different experiences of things. The TFA link doesn't work for me (it appears to, but then it forces me to register to keep reading) and the archive link just required a standard captcha.

TulliusCicero•about 2 hours ago

It helped me.

vishnugupta•about 2 hours ago

Just checked out the Google map satellite view and no kidding! The solar panels are crazy! Highly recommend exploring it yourselves. Mind blowing.

moffkalast•about 1 hour ago

Yeah there's something on almost every roof in Damascus, and Google's imagery is usually fashionably 2-5 years out of date so it's probably even more now.

adrianN•about 1 hour ago

I wonder how they use balcony solar for blackouts. The systems I know shut themselves off if the grid goes down.

WhereIsTheTruth•about 2 hours ago

See, Iran?

All you had to do was westernize your economy, hand your infrastructure to global capital, and open your markets

Do that, and just like Syria, you'll become "partners"

amunozo•about 2 hours ago

Aren't all these panels coming from China anyway? Iran could do this and keep its iron grip, no?

alephnerd•about 1 hour ago

> Aren't all these panels coming from China anyway

Turkiye not China in this case.

Turkiye has a large PV fabrication industry as well [0][1][2][3] and it's Turkish companies that are leading reconstruction with Qatari, Saudi, and Emirati capital [4].

The Turkish company selected for most of these projects (Kalyon Group) is also in the PV fabrication business [3] and Erdogan aligned.

[0] - https://cw-enerji.com/en/cw-enerji-library/cw-enerji-one-of-...

[1] - https://www.kivancsolar.com/en/corporate

[2] - https://smartsolar.com.tr/en/hakkimizda.html

[3] - https://kalyonpv.com/

[4] - https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/ekonomi/suriyenin-enerji-sektorune-...

pjc50•about 1 hour ago

I don't think that's a reasonable description of Syria, which is more of a failed state.

But yes, generally westernizing works out better for all concerned.

throw7384844•about 1 hour ago

Western solar panels come with subscription and remote kill switch.

Iran is trying to build grid on atomic powerplants, because solar is frankly not enough nor reliable!