‎The advisor to the Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity for Electricity and Renewable Energy Affairs, Osama Al-Darrat, told the Turkish Anadolu News Agency on Friday that Libya was in the process of communicating with Turkey to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the field of renewable energy.

Al-Darrat added that Turkish companies were pioneers in the energy field, especially in the manufacture of solar panels and wind turbines. He added: "We communicated with a number of Turkish companies, held meetings, and signed memoranda of understanding with them to transfer expertise to Libya in the fields of renewable and wind energies."

He has explained that Turkey is cooperating with Libya in electricity turbines that operate on gas and fossil fuels, pointing to the allocation of an area for investment in renewable energy east of the capital, Tripoli, where Turkish companies will play a major role in implementing these investment projects.

Al-Darrat added that Turkish companies are a key partner in power stations, such as West Tripoli and Misrata stations, in addition to a new contract for the South Tripoli station, saying that they also work in the field of maintenance. Regarding the possibility of an electric power connection between Libya and Turkey, Al-Darrat told Anadolu Agency that the matter would be discussed with the Turkish side.

Anadolu Agency indicated that the Government of National Unity announced on August 21, 2023 the launching of a project to build a gas-fired power plant in the capital, Tripoli, to be implemented by the Turkish company "Selik" in cooperation with the German company "Siemens".

Since May 2021, another Turkish company, "Anka Teknik", has been implementing an emergency power station project in western Tripoli with the German company "Siemens", with a production capacity of 670 megawatts. Anka Teknik is also implementing the Ubari gas-fired power station project in southern Libya with a total capacity of 640 megawatts.