The importance of the transition to renewable energies
Oil in Libya is a source of income before it is an energy source, and should be preserved from waste and burning whenever possible.
Oil in Libya is a source of income before it is an energy source, and it is inevitably depleted. Providing what can be provided for export or saving for future generations should be an untenable strategic choice to ensure prosperity in the future. This can only be achieved by creating an optimal energy mix that seeks to reduce oil waste and use renewable energies whenever possible. It is not wise, for example, to use oil-generated electricity to heat household water or light the streets while solar energy can be used to do so and provide electricity for other applications.
Oil in Libya burns at an efficiency of no more than 60% to generate electricity, meaning that more than 40% is wasted in vain.
Example/ Misrata dual station: 750 MW capacity. Maximum efficiency 40%. Burns about 2.4 million liters of light oil per day. This results in about 5 million kilograms of carbon dioxide per day. What is converted into electricity is only 32 trailers at the best conditions, and as a result emits to the atmosphere a huge amount of carbon dioxide affecting the surrounding environment and public health.
Electricity - an overly high-quality energy is consumed for low-quality energy purposes such as heating household water or heating!!!
This is illustrated by the per capita consumption of electricity in Libya compared to neighboring countries, which is the highest in the North African countries as shown in the following figure:
Libya has great potential from renewable energies — particularly solar and wind — that can block a large part of the energy supply, reduce oil burning, provide it for export or refining, and reduce the consumption of electricity generated from traditional sources.
Libya is located in the solar belt region, which enjoys the highest solar radiation from the top in the world, with an estimated average total solar radiation on the horizontal in Libya of about 2,500 kWh/m2/year. This can be seen from the following figure:
It also features high solar brightness hours of more than 3,600 hours per year, as shown as follows:
