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Powering Aleppo's Comeback

How ICC Energy designed, built, and energized a major 400/230 kV transmission substation to help bring Aleppo's grid back online.

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ICC Energy DWC-LLC

Aleppo Governorate, Syrian Arab Republic

Date: October 25, 2021

On a stretch of land outside Aleppo, three towering power transformers now hum quietly around the clock, moving electricity from the national grid into homes, hospitals, and workshops across the governorate. It's easy to miss just how much stood behind that hum: two years of design work, procurement, and construction that turned an empty award letter into one of Syria's key transmission assets.

In June 2019, the Ministry of Electricity's Public Establishment for Electricity Transmission and Distribution awarded ICC Energy DWC-LLC the contract to design and build a new 400/230 kV transformation substation in Aleppo Governorate — a project valued at about $59 million. The brief was straightforward in words and formidable in scope: engineer it, build it, test it, and hand over a substation ready to carry serious load.

"The project is currently operating efficiently within the electrical grid."

— Ministry of Electricity

From Award to Energization

The team moved through the full lifecycle of an EPC substation project — engineering and topographic surveys, procurement of high-voltage equipment, civil works, and finally testing and commissioning. A little over two years after breaking ground, the substation was energized and formally handed over to the Ministry of Electricity.

What Went Into It

At its core, the substation steps power down from 400 kV to 230 kV, using high-voltage switchgear, protection systems, and a SCADA platform to keep everything monitored and controllable in real time.

By the Numbers

400/230 kV

Transformation Voltage

2 × 300 MVA

Transformer Capacity

24 Months

Design-to-Energization

$58.8M

Contract Value (USD)

A Substation That Matters

Substations like this one are unglamorous by design — success looks like nothing happening, no outages, no headlines. But for the communities drawing power through it, a reliable 400/230 kV link is the quiet backbone of everyday life: lights that stay on, water pumps that keep running, and industry that can plan around a stable grid again.

The project was successfully completed in September 2021, confirming the substation had passed all required tests and was operating efficiently within the national grid — a milestone that reflects ICC Energy's capability to deliver complex, high-voltage infrastructure in demanding environments.

Project Summary

Project

400/230 kV Transformation Substation

Location

Aleppo Governorate, Syria

Client

Ministry of Electricity — SAR

Contractor

ICC Energy DWC-LLC

Contract Value

~$59M (~30.26B SYP)

Awarded

June 2019

Completed

September 2021

Duration

24 Months

Transformers

2 × 300 MVA (400/230 kV)

Status

Completed & Energized

ICC Energy DWC-LLC — Powering Syria's Grid