By John Lee. The General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) has reportedly announced plans to build a new gas-fired power plant in Zliten. According to Construction Review Online, the $134-million project will be completed within the next five months, and include the installation of four 41-MW turbines. More here. (Source: Construction Review Online)
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Enka, Siemens, to start work on Libyan Power Plants
By John Lee. The Turkish engineering and construction firm Enka, in consortium with Germany's Siemens, is about to start the construction at the Misurata [Misrata] 650 MW Simple Cycle Power Plant and Tripoli West 671 MW Simple Cycle Power Plant in Libya. According to a statement from Enka. the contracts have been signed with the […]
Tags: Electricity, Enka, featured, General Electric Company of Libya (GECOL), Germany, Misrata, Misurata, Siemens, Tripoli, Turkey
Greek firm to Re-Start Work at Tobruk Power Plant
By John Lee. Greek industrial company Mytilineos has announced that after three years of delay due to the internal situation in Libya, is relaunching the construction works for the power generation plant in Tobruk, as "the necessary funding lines that were languishing have been activated". The company, which is part-owner of METKA, said in a […]
Tags: Electricity, featured, GE, General Electric, General Electric Company of Libya (GECOL), Greece, METKA, Mytilineos, Tobruk
EWG plan to Address Libyan Electricity Crisis
Libya: Economic Working Group discusses plan to address electricity crisis with Libyan electricity company leadership Acting UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General Stephanie Williams and the Ambassador-designate of the European Union to Libya, José Sabadell, as the rotating chair of the Economic Working Group (EWG) established by the Berlin Process, convened a meeting last week […]
UN engages with Libya's Electric Company
By Al-Monitor staff. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Libya Business News. Intel: UN engages with Libya's electric company amid blackouts, popular unrest As part of the Economic Working Group for Libya, representatives of some 10 countries, the European Union, the African Union, the Arab League and the […]
Tags: African Union, Arab League, Economic Working Group for Libya, Electricity, European Union (EU), featured, General Electric Company of Libya (GECOL), United Nations (UN)
Tripoli seeks Floating Power Station from Turkey
By John Lee. Turkish power company Karadeniz Holding is reported to be in talks with the Libya's Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) to sell electricity. A spokesperson for the company told Bloomberg that Libya has daily power outages of eight to 10 hours, and that the company is ready to send ships with 1,000 […]
UN Condemns Disruption of Water and Electricity Supply
Statement by Yacoub El Hillo (pictured), Humanitarian Coordinator in Libya, on the disruption of water and electricity supply More than two million people, including 600,000 children, who live in Tripoli and surrounding towns and cities, are suffering from water cuts for almost a week now. The water supply, part of the Great Man-Made River, was […]
Closure of Gas Pipeline to Power Stations
NOC confirms illegal closure of pipeline providing gas to the power stations and strategic factories in Western Libya The National Oil Corporation (NOC) has confirmed the illegal closure on Thursday April 9, 2020, of a gas pipeline which provides approximately 200 million cubic feet of gas daily to cement factories and to el-Khoms and Misurata […]