Faisal Abbas 
From the neighborhoods of Trablus, which suffers from an electricity crisis, September 2, 2023 (Mahmoud Turki/ France Press)
Both Algeria, Tunisia and Libya soon expected a preliminary agreement on the launch of preliminary studies to complete the electrical connection project between the three countries, as part of political understandings that were compatible with the leaders of the three countries at the Carthage Summit held in April 2024, and on the eve of the expected summit in Tripoli.
“Work is underway on the electrical corridor project that will link Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, and the discussions are continuing and will soon be signed by a memorandum of understanding between the three countries to launch the necessary studies to embody this project,” said the director of studies at the Algerian Electricity Company, Sonelgas, and the discussions will soon be signed and a memorandum of understanding will be signed between the three countries to launch the necessary studies to embody this project, “noting that this project will allow the Algerian Sonelgaz company to open new horizons to export electricity to these two countries The neighbor.
The Carthage Document, which was issued after the Tunis Summit, included a triple decision to “accelerate the implementation of the simultaneous electrical connection project between the electricity transmission networks between the three countries, the development of cooperation and the establishment of partnerships in the field of exploration, production and storage of petroleum materials and in the sectors of mines and renewable and clean energies, such as green hydrogen.”
For a while, Algeria has started a great cooperation with both Tunisia and Libya in the field of electricity, as Algeria had provided Tunisia through the Maghreb electrical connection line with 800 megawatts two weeks ago, to find it in the wake of the damage that fully affected the electricity system in Tunisia in November 2023, and the Algerian Electricity Company is almost in the same period with 265 megawatts of electricity, by connecting electrical networks between the two countries, at the first start of the process of the process Direct electrical connection between Algeria and Libya, where Algeria has rented moving gas turbines to support the network, especially in Tripoli, and electric power supply via the Tunisian network.
The Algerian Electricity Company is linked to a joint agreement with the Libyan General Electricity Company, which includes investment contracts in five areas, which are the rehabilitation of high tension transport networks in Libya, and the maintenance of power plants and providing them with spare parts, in addition to the progress of consultations in the field of training and formation of Libyan tires and competencies working in the field of electricity.
In October 2023, a team of Algerian engineers arrived in Tripoli to fix the power stations in it, at the request of the Libyan government, and to alleviate the suffering of the Libyans from the frequent interruption of electricity.
