Libyan Prime Minister of the Parliament-designate government, Osama Hammad, has pledged to overcome the difficulties facing the Ministry of Electricity and the national power company by providing all necessary resources.
This commitment was made during an emergency meeting attended by Qasim Haftar, Director General of the Development and Reconstruction Fund, and Hatem Al-Aribi, Chairman of the Reconstruction Committee, along with Awad Al-Badri, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, and Saad Al-Badri, Board Member of the General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL).
The meeting focused on the causes of recent power outages affecting several neighbourhoods in Benghazi and eastern Libya. According to Libyan government statements, electricity officials attributed the outages to both planned and unplanned urban growth, the lack of maintenance and overhauls for generation stations, and the absence of new power plants over the past years.
After the meeting, Hammad toured the North Benghazi Power Plant, the largest and most critical power generation station in eastern Libya, to inspect the operation of its generation units.
Last month, the General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) stated that South Korea’s Hyundai company has resumed work on the West Tripoli Steam Power Plant project, comprising 4 units with a total capacity of 1400 megawatts.
According to the statement, Mohammed Al-Mishai, GECOL’s Chairman, inaugurated the project’s resumption ceremony. The event was attended by the minister-counsellor of the South Korean Embassy, the project manager, directors of the company’s departments, and energy stakeholders.
GECOL added that this project will significantly contribute to stabilizing the electrical grid across the country upon its completion. Meanwhile, Hyundai’s project director confirmed that the company would complete the project according to the agreed-upon schedule.
Al-Mishai emphasised the importance of enhancing the efficiency of the public electricity network by adding new generation units. This is part of a package of strategic projects aimed at achieving reserves exceeding demand to ensure the sustainability of power supply.
