Prospects of renewable energy as a non-rivalry energy
Advanced technologies critically needed to enhance energy security and improve the penetration level of renewables, including hydrogen storage and energy efficiency (EE),
The average potential of solar PV and onshore wind over the Libyan territories amounts to 1.9 MWh/kW/year and 400 W/m, respectively. Notwithstanding, biomass and geothermal energy sources are likely to play an important complementary role in this regard.
On the other hand, power generation efficiency in Libya is at the average of 28%, while losses in power transmission and distribution systems are at the level of 14% [ 168 ]. Therefore, efficiency of existing power generation and transmission infrastructure systems should be improved urgently.
There have been few works in literature for the assessment of large-scale PV projects in Libya. The potential of installing a 50 MW PV power plant at Al Kufra was evaluated in Ref. [ ]. The study indicated that the proposed PV plant can generate 114 GWh and reduce 76 ktCO pollution per annum.
Existing utilization state and predicted development potential of various RE technologies in Libya, including solar energy, wind (onshore & offshore), biomass, wave and geothermal energy, are thoroughly investigated.
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