State-owned the General Electricity Company (GECOL) inked Thursday a contract with Germany’s Siemens AG to build two power plants in Tripoli and Misrata, the second contract to be signed within four months.
The contract was signed at the German Foreign Ministry during the hours-long visit of Chairman of Presidential Council, Fayaz Sarraj, to the European country. It was signed by Chairman of GECOL, Abdul-Majeed Hamza, and Siemens CEO, Joe Kaeser.
The media office of Presidential Council said the total output of Tripoli power plant will be 690 MW while Misrata plant will produce around 640 MW.
The total amount of the contract is 700 million euros.
Siemens is also engineering Ubari gas-fired power plant in south Libya alongside Turkey’s ENKA Teknik, but its engineers were forced to leave the country after the abduction of four foreign contractors working at the site.
In August, the GECOL and Siemens signed an agreement in Munich to find a radical solution to power outages in Libya.
Tripoli has been hit by more than 10-hour power outages daily during the summer time and around 5 hours a day in the winter. Most people bought power generators while many others turned to candles to light up the chilly winter nights.
