GECOL supplies new equipment and spare parts for its stations and confirms ability to end power cuts
May 29 Sami Zaptia

GECOL supplies new equipment and spare parts for its stations and confirms ability to end power cuts

The General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) says it is continuing to implement its plans to modernize power stations in all cities by providing e...

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Misrata fast track power station expected to enter service end of June
Jun 16 Sami Zaptia

Misrata fast track power station expected to enter service end of June

The state General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) announced yesterday that it has linked the power transformer for the first unit at the Misrata...

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Jan 30 Sami Zaptia

GECOL to establish PPP factories for electric metres, transformers and cables with local and foreign partners

By Sami Zaptia.GECOL head Wiam Alabdali said his entity was considering PPP with local and foreign investors to establish factories for electric metre...

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Arrest of cable thieves in Khoms draws wide public abhorrence
Sep 7 Sami Zaptia

Arrest of cable thieves in Khoms draws wide public abhorrence

By Sami Zaptia.London, 7 September 2020:The Interior Ministry of Libya’s internationally recognized Libyan government based in Tripoli announced yeste...

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Benghazi's Sabri gets new electricity substation
Nov 28 Nigel Ash

Benghazi's Sabri gets new electricity substation

By Libya Herald reporters.Benghazi, 28 November 2017:GECOL engineers have completed work on a new electricity substation in Benghazi’s war-ravaged Ssb...

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May 17 Nigel Ash

Cable fault cuts power in Tobruk

By Libya Herald reporters.Benghazi, 17 May 2017:Parts of Tobruk have been without power for 48 hours because of a cable failure which GECOL says it is...

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Man electrocuted on Sebha pylon
Jul 9 Nigel Ash

Man electrocuted on Sebha pylon

By Ajnadin Mustafa.Tripoli, 9 July 2016:A man, thought to be trying to steel copper power cabling, was electrocuted yesterday in Sebha.His badly-charr...

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Jun 23 Sami Zaptia

Zawia power station second unit back working, Sirte's Gulf station will join it soon

By Sami Zaptia.GECOL logo (Photo: GECOL)London, 23 June 2016:The General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) yesterday announced that the second unit...

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Jul 14 thomwestcott

GECOL to support Ajilat families after electrical accident

By Ahraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 14 July 2013:The General Electric Company of Libya (GECOL) has set up a committee to manage the aftermath of a collapsed...

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Aug 13 Michel Cousins

French firm wins major power cable contracts

Tripoli, 13 August:Nexans, the French cable industry expert, has been awarded major contracts to supply Libya’s Public Electrical Works Company (PEWCO...

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