USAID, UNSMIL, UNDP and World Bank to install solar system to power the MMR and provide electricity for South Libya
By Sami Zaptia. USAID, UNSMIL, UNDP and the World Bank are to install a solar system to power the MMR ...
Tag: GECOL General Electricity Company of Libya
GECOL thanks Joint Force for securing its power stations from militias – Libya still a militia state?
By Sami Zaptia. London, 4 August 2020: Libya’s state monopoly, the General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL), thanked the Joint ...
With Eid approaching, power blackouts and water cuts continue to plague Libya during its summer heat
By Sami Zaptia. Youth burning tyres as part of demonstrations against extended power cuts in Tripoli in the summer of ...
Audit Bureau critical of mismanagement and corruption in electricity sector
By Sami Zaptia. The Tripoli Audit Bureau accused GECOL of wasting much public money without solving the power cuts (Photo: ...
Zueitina gas plant closed for maintenance: NOC
By Sami Zaptia. London, 8 October 2019: Libya’s state National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced on Sunday that it is closing ...
Annual Libyan Energy Sector Development Forum to be held in Tunis 21-22 October
By Sami Zaptia. London, 8 October 2019: The Annual Libya Energy Sector Development Forum will be held at the LAICO ...
Audit Bureau to identify real causes of Libya’s crippling power cuts within ten days
By Sami Zaptia. Libya's Tripoli-based Audit Bureau is investigating the causes of Libya's chronic power cuts despite billions being spent ...
Serraj government studies power and water cuts, alternative power generation sources and seeks more investment in energy
By Sami Zaptia. (Logo: PC/GNA). London, 10 September 2019: A meeting was held in Tripoli on Monday by a committee ...
GECOL on defensive in heated press conference to explain chronic power cuts
By Sami Zaptia. Libyan media hold up candles to GECOL management during a press conference mocking them for their ineptitude ...
Stalemate in Tripoli fighting and increased power cuts as WHO reports 653 deaths and 3,547 wounded
By Sami Zaptia. London, 13 June 2019: Stalemate seems to be the status in the Tripoli fighting as both sides ...
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Western Libya’s Chief of General Staff of the Libyan Army and his accompanying delegation die in plane crash over Ankara
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High-level national workshop held to review Libya’s draft Renewable Energy Law
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