Power restored after wide and long power cuts in Tripoli as contractors cut main power line – Mufti condemns power cut, GECOL calls on AG to investigate
Jul 25 Sami Zaptia

Power restored after wide and long power cuts in Tripoli as contractors cut main power line – Mufti condemns power cut, GECOL calls on AG to investigate

Power has been restored to Tripoli today after wide and lengthy power cuts yesterday reaching 8 hours in some areas. The power cuts were caused by un...

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Misratan businesses to escalate protests against increased commercial electricity tariff
Apr 29 Sami Zaptia

Misratan businesses to escalate protests against increased commercial electricity tariff

A meeting with owners of companies, factories and various commercial and service activities was held at Misrata Chamber of Commerce today to protest t...

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Increased summer peak-time electricity prices only for high consumption commercial entities: GECOL
Apr 26 Sami Zaptia

Increased summer peak-time electricity prices only for high consumption commercial entities: GECOL

Following a Libyan social media outcry based on the erroneous news that the state General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) was raising general ele...

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Hyundai resumes work on Tripoli West 1,400 MW power station: GECOL
May 2 Sami Zaptia

Hyundai resumes work on Tripoli West 1,400 MW power station: GECOL

The General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) announced yesterday that Korea’s Hyundai had resumed work on the Tripoli West 1,400 MW Steam Power St...

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Six GECOL employees imprisoned for ten years and fined LD 1.46 million for theft of company materials
Feb 13 Sami Zaptia

Six GECOL employees imprisoned for ten years and fined LD 1.46 million for theft of company materials

The Attorney General announced yesterday that the Criminal Court has issued a ruling convicting six employees of the General Electricity Company of Li...

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Greece, Italy and Malta identified as points of electrical interconnection with Libya: GECOL
Jan 18 Sami Zaptia

Greece, Italy and Malta identified as points of electrical interconnection with Libya: GECOL

The General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) reveal yesterday that Greece, Italy and Malta will be the points of electrical interconnection with t...

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Nov 28 Sami Zaptia

NOC chairman Bengdara says his organisation is not a security force to combat fuel smuggling

Speaking to Libyan media on Sunday, the Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Farhat Bengdara said his entity does not have a police or secu...

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GECOL confirms first unit at Tobruk power station successfully connected to public network
Nov 20 Sami Zaptia

GECOL confirms first unit at Tobruk power station successfully connected to public network

The Spokesman for the General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL), Wiam Al-Tayeb, said in an exclusive statement to Libya Herald that the engineers a...

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Hyundai resumes work on Tripoli West 1,400 MW power station
Oct 12 Sami Zaptia

Hyundai resumes work on Tripoli West 1,400 MW power station

In an exclusive interview with Libya Herald, the Media Spokesman for the General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL), Weam Al-Tayeb, confirmed that t...

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The General Electricity Company of Libya lays foundation stone for new Tripoli South power station
Aug 21 Sami Zaptia

The General Electricity Company of Libya lays foundation stone for new Tripoli South power station

The state General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) laid the foundation stone yesterday for the construction of the Tripoli South gas-powered elect...

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