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Tuesday, July 28, 2015
The power is out in Benghazi due to clashes between pro-government forces and Islamist fighters that caused three of five power stations for the city being knocked out.
In a Reuters report, a spokesman at state power firm GECOL in Benghazi said output at the gas-fired main power plant was still stable at 650 MW on average per day, but three sub-stations distributing electricity inside the city had been damaged.
The fighting, which has been ongoing for some time, has made it impossible to reach the damaged stations. There is also the issue of spare parts for the plants, which are running in short supply. The GECOL spokesman said a turbine needed to be repaired but the German firm that used to do the maintenance pulled out and was refusing to send any engineers to Benghazi.
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