Viking_HippieAn unusually wide adoption of rooftop solar in Aleppo, Syria.
Does no one remember this place being decimated by the US and Russia?? It’s not unusual, its because there is probably a lack of reliable electricity infrastructure
InternetCitizen2Yup, they have had a total systems collapse. They are there because they have not choice not due to any forward thinking or some other policy.
I live there. I can confirm, I believe right now it’s because our gov cannot pay for it. The price of power has increased by 800% since Jan 2026. Much more than the avg citizen can afford
China, just like the rest of the world. Solar panels are cheap AF
AppoxoChina
So these are systems that work when the main power is down? Do people have battery packs too?
MashedTech
What 14 Years of Isolation Did to Syria's Technology
Cool, thanks for that link!
Yes. Shit load of battery packs and DC2AC inverters
Almost every house has at least some sort of battery
Why not because of that amd because it’s a great thing to have?
Why does almost everything here seem to have a need to be absolute?
After I read your comment and the title I might see an angle:
Unusual adoption
It’s a stretch to interprete that considering the war and the need for electricity resulting in the easiest way to get access to independant electricity is solar (because water can’t do it and neither can wind).
But depending on the cultural lense it’s
A: Duh. Obviously we need solar because the US bombed our grid to dust
or
B: Huh. That sure is a high number of solar panels. My city doesnt have that many panels.
MrKoyunBy the US? Do you mean IS, Assad, and Hezbollah?
The US is normally the country that bombs the middle east but in Aleppo it was almost exclusively Russia and the Assad regime that did the bombings. Saudi Arabia (and to a lesser extent Turkey) were the ones who sponsored ISIS. The US for once actually sponsored the relatively good guys in the conflict by backing the AANES (“Rojava”).
This is not to say that the US had any moral reasons to choose the AANES. It was strictly geopolitics but even a broken clock is right twice a day.
potoooooooo ✅️Broken clock that never goes right?