On Tuesday, Prime Minister of Libya’s Interim Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdel-Hamid Dbaiba held an emergency meeting with the chairman and members of the General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL).
The meeting was held at the company’s headquarters in Tripoli, to discuss the problem of frequent power cuts in the country.
Since 2011, Libya has been suffering from a deficit in energy production. GECOL has adopted a program of load shedding hours in various cities and regions. The power cuts at peak times, especially in summer, exceeds 10 hours a day.
The interim government is struggling to solve the problem of power outages. It is cooperating with specialized international companies, to supply Libya with the necessary equipment and machinery.
Earlier, this month a delegation from the US giant power company, General Electric (GE) met with the Chairman of GECOL to discuss joint cooperation, in order to improve the electricity sector in Libya.
“GE also expressed its full readiness to support the General Electricity Company, stand with it, and overcome all its difficulties,” GECOL said in a statement.
The Libyan authorities are also striving to cooperate with neighbouring countries to obtain electricity to fill the deficit in the war-torn country.
Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Mohamed Shaker said last month that Cairo plans to increase the capacity of the linkage line with Libya to approximately 2000-3000 MW
Meanwhile, Algeria’s state-owned power company Sonelgaz announced that it will supply electricity to the Libyan grid during the summer of 2021.