NOC taking legal action against Zawia power station gas pipeline blockaders
By Sami Zaptia. The NOC is to take legal action against protestors that have blockaded the gas pipeline to GECOL's ...
Tag: GECOL General Electricity Company of Libya
Power returns gradually after total blackout to most Libya
By Sami Zaptia. London, 15 January 2017: Electricity supply began to return gradually to parts of Libya in the ...
Libya in total power blackout warning after fuel pipeline is shut off by protestors
By Sami Zaptia. Protestors, believed to be fuel smugglers, have shut down the fuel pipeline feeding GECOL's power plant in Zawia. ...
GECOL promises to decrease power cuts within 45 days
By Sami Zaptia. Youth burning tyres as part of demonstrations against extended power cuts in Tripoli this summer (Photo: Social ...
Operation of Khoms power station after expansion work in days: GECOL
By Sami Zaptia. Khoms Power station (Archives). Tunis, 28 September 2016: The General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) has reported ...
GECOL and Municipalities agree power cuts to be limited equitably and to 6 hours
By Sami Zaptia. Youth closed off the motorway in Tripoli in demonstration at the long power cuts forced on the ...
GECOL explains duration of power cuts in relation to temperatures
By Sami Zaptia. GECOL explains the correlation between temperatures and power cuts (Source: GECOL). London, 25 July 2016: Reacting to ...
Sirte Gulf Power Station first unit restarts operation
By Sami Zaptia. The first unit at the Sirte Gulf Steam power station restarted work yesterday (archives). London, 17 July ...
GECOL refutes political motives in its organized power cuts in Tripoli
By Sami Zaptia. Protestors against power cuts blocking Tripoli Corniche with burning tyres (Photo: Social media) London, 14 July 2016: ...
Water pressure returns to Tripoli after power returns to southern water wells
By Sami Zaptia. Power cuts affecting the south and the Hasawna MMR water wells north of Sebha have led to ...
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