Jul 27 Michel Cousins

Electricity engineers attacked in Shatti power station burglary

By Jamie Prentis.Tunis, 27 July 2017:GECOL engineers were forcibly removed from a power station serving pumping units on the western branch of the Man...

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Major Tripoli power cuts demo called called for Friday
Jul 25 Nigel Ash

Major Tripoli power cuts demo called called for Friday

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 25 July 2017:A power cuts protest has been called for Friday evening in Tripoli’s Martyrs’ Square as the capital st...

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GECOL adds 60MW extra power in Tripoli
Jul 24 Nigel Ash

GECOL adds 60MW extra power in Tripoli

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 24 July 2017:GECOL has added 60MW of new capacity wth the opening of two turbines in Tripoli.The new plant, at Trip...

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Jul 16 Nigel Ash

Benghazi GECOL engineer dies after explosion

By Libya Herald reporters. Two booby-trapped gas bottles in Suq Al-Hout last month (Photo: LNA)Benghazi, 16 July 2017:A GECOL engineer has died of his...

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Jul 4 Nigel Ash

GECOL boss wants more power stations to meet "unprecedented" electricity demand

By Libya Herald reporters. Sirte's half-built 1.400 MW Gulf power station, on which work was abandoned in 2014 (File photo)Tripoli, 4 July 2017:The Pr...

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Jul 2 Nigel Ash

Now blackouts hits the east as power returns to most of the west and south

By Libya Herald reporters.Benghazi, 2 July 2017:While power has now been restored to much of the west and south of the country, GECOL said today there...

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Serraj calls in GECOL boss for power crisis meeting
Jul 1 Nigel Ash

Serraj calls in GECOL boss for power crisis meeting

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 1 July 2017:Strict security measure will be taken to guard against those who seek to interfere with power supplies...

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Total blackout in western and southern Libya
Jun 30 Nigel Ash

Total blackout in western and southern Libya

By Olfa Andolsi.Tunis, 30 June 2017:Almost all of western and southern Libya has been hit by a blackout since early this morning when the power grid c...

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Street lights and manufacturers may lose power warns GECOL
Jun 29 Nigel Ash

Street lights and manufacturers may lose power warns GECOL

By Olfa Andolsi.Tunis,29 June 2017:Street lighting away from main roads could to be turned off and power to small and medium-size manufacturers cut as...

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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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