Libya: New emergency power programme


Issue 276 - 03 May 2014 | 2 minute read

In spite of severe budget problems caused by its inability to export oil and uncontrolled spending on subsidies and payments to militia groups, the government has found the cash to pay for a new emergency power programme just over a year after it signed one of the largest contracts in the history of temporary power with APR Energy. Part of the reason why further short-term generation capacity is needed is to compensate for damage to General Electric Company of Libya (Gecol) facilities caused by militia conflicts.

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