Renewable energy resources in the Syrian Arab Republic are surveyed. Potential of solar, wind and bio-mass resources and their promising applications are analyzed. The annual average long-term solar radiation on a horizontal plane is measured and found to be 5.2 kWh/m2 per day. Wind speed...

Solar-radiation components, namely global, diffuse and direct, were calculated over the Syrian landmass using several mathematical equations starting from the Angström formula. An appropriate theoretical method and a computer program were specially designed and developed for these calculations....