Lead:
A phased, evidence-led pathway to strengthen electricity security, network performance, operational control and investment delivery.
Executive Summary:
GSC proposes a national modernisation framework connecting governed system data, generation adequacy, fuel and flexibility, transmission stability, distribution reliability, losses, control centres, SCADA and telecommunications, cybersecurity, renewable integration, institutions, investment sequencing and PMO. GSC can lead roadmap development and defined technical studies with GECOL and qualified partners.
Background:
Libya's power system requires coordinated attention across generation availability, fuel supply, transmission constraints, regional stability, distribution condition, losses, control capability, data quality and institutional delivery. Individual equipment projects can provide limited benefit if system interfaces, operating practices and investment dependencies remain unresolved.
Vision: Support Libyan institutions in establishing a reliable, better-observed and progressively modernised power system through transparent evidence, national priorities and disciplined programme delivery.
Strategic Framework :
| Workstream | Purpose |
|---|---|
| System baseline, data and planning governance | Create a controlled national evidence base for assets, availability, demand, outages, losses, models, data ownership and scenarios. |
| Generation adequacy, flexibility and fuel resilience | Assess dependable capacity, maintenance, fuel, reserves, flexibility, storage and renewable contributions under realistic operating conditions. |
| Transmission, interconnection and stability | Prioritise corridors, substations, reactive power, protection, stability, regional transfer and interconnection studies. |
| Distribution reliability, losses and service | Develop feeder and substation priorities, loss-management, metering, maintenance and service-restoration programmes. |
| Control centres, digitalisation and cyber resilience | Coordinate NCC and regional control, SCADA, telecoms, data exchange, observability, cybersecurity, procedures and training. |
| Investment programme, institutions and PMO | Sequence studies and projects by system value and readiness; define governance, procurement, capability and programme controls. |
GSC Role:
GSC can lead baseline and scenario development, generation and network study scopes, stability, protection and power-quality analysis, renewable and storage integration, control-centre and digital roadmaps, investment prioritisation, tender support, capability building and PMO.
Partner and Authority Scope:
Official system data, operator decisions, statutory authority, licensed design, detailed generation and civil engineering, environmental and land work, construction, testing, certification and financing remain with GECOL, public institutions and qualified partners.
This initiative is a forward-looking GSC framework. It is not a completed GSC project, an adopted public programme, a system-operator decision or a funding commitment.
Roadmap:
- Mobilise: Confirm national sponsorship, governance, data authority, stakeholders and specialist partners.
- Verify and diagnose: Validate assets, models, availability, demand, network performance, losses and operating constraints.
- Design the target system: Develop generation, network, control, digital, renewable and resilience scenarios.
- Prioritise investments: Package studies and projects with owners, dependencies, procurement and decision gates.
- Deliver and improve: Govern implementation, commissioning, capability transfer, performance monitoring and roadmap updates.
Expected Benefits:
- Single governed system baseline
- Clearer national investment priorities
- Improved stability and reliability planning
- Stronger control-centre roadmap
- Coordinated renewable and storage integration
- Disciplined institutional delivery
Stakeholders:
Government ministries, GECOL, regional operating centres, generation and fuel suppliers, municipalities, industry, renewable developers, universities, contractors, development institutions, lenders and communities.
