GECOL power plant 1 is a 100 MW oil power station in Sabha, Libya. It is operated by General Electricity Company of Libya [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 75k homes (estimated). It ranks #23 of 27 Libya power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2013, it is around 13 years old — relatively modern. In context, oil supplies about 25.4% of Libya's electricity; the national grid averages 827 gCO₂/kWh (0.0% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_gecol1_libya.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000408214; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 100 MW, GECOL power plant 1 is around the median oil plant in Libya (100 MW). Technically it is described as Engine. Oil-fired plants burn heavy fuel oil or diesel, usually as peaking or backup capacity on islands and grids without gas pipelines; high fuel cost keeps their utilisation low.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by General Electricity Company of Libya [100%].
This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 27.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #4 largest oil power plant of 8 in Libya by capacity.
Libya has 8 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 1,450 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 27.221319, 14.889865 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
GECOL power plant 1 is a 100 MW oil power plant in Sabha, Libya, commissioned in 2013.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 75,085 homes (estimated).
GECOL power plant 1 is operated by General Electricity Company of Libya [100%].
