صحافة بلادي صحيفة إلكترونية مغاربية متجددة على مدار الساعة تعنى بشؤون المغرب الجزائر ليبيا موريتانيا تونس
Libya: The electricity crisis continues in a number of Libyan regions in light of the decline in fuel and gas supplies directed to generating stations, causing widespread disturbances and power outages, including a comprehensive outage recorded in the southwestern region of the country.
The General Electricity Company announced that the national grid faces a deficit of more than 1,000 megawatts of production capacity, as a result of the continued shortage of natural gas and light and heavy fuels needed to operate power production plants, which has affected the stability of electricity supply in a number of cities and regions.
These developments coincided with temperatures rising to levels approaching 40 degrees Celsius in some areas, which led to an increase in demand for electricity during the summer peak period, amid increasing citizens’ complaints about the recurrence of outages and their impact on daily activities and basic services.
In this context, the Minister of Electricity of the Libyan government appointed by the House of Representatives, Awad Al-Badri, warned of the repercussions of the continued fuel shortage on the stability of the electrical network, stressing that production stations are facing increasing difficulties in meeting the growing demand for energy.
The Prime Minister-designate of the House of Representatives, Osama Hammad, also directed the National Oil Corporation to work to provide the necessary supplies to the generation stations, while the Prime Minister of the National Unity Government, Abdul Hamid Al-Dabaiba, called for a coordination meeting to be held between the National Oil Corporation and the General Electricity Company to follow up on the needs of the sector.
In Benghazi, the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy announced a power outage in a number of neighborhoods within the scope of the Al-Hawari station, after two main cables were damaged during excavation work related to a project to expand one of the road axes.
The Ministry explained that the fault led to the loss of about 16 megawatts of electrical loads and the interruption of service to a number of residential neighborhoods, noting that repair operations are continuing amid difficulties related to the extent of the damage and the lack of some technical equipment.
Fears are increasing that the electricity crisis will expand in the coming weeks if the shortage of fuel for production stations continues, at a time when several parties are calling for the adoption of sustainable solutions to ensure the stability of the electrical network and improve the basic services provided to citizens.
Source: “My press”
