Libya’s state power company says attack on Zawiya substation causes major outage
The latest attack followed explosive-laden drone strikes on fuel storage tanks at the nearby Zawiya oil complex
August 12, 2026 04:47
The General Electricity Company of Libya said on Wednesday that an attack on the South Zawiya substation caused a complete outage and loss of power supply to wide areas south of the city of Zawiya.
The Libyan electricity provider said US company GE had halted all work at the Zawiya power station and withdrawn its technical teams following the latest attack, pending an improvement in the security conditions. More than 700 megawatts of the plant’s total 1,300 MW of generation capacity remained unavailable, it added.
