Libya Energy Situation

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Overview

Libya
 
 

Capital

Tripoli (32°52′N 13°11′E)

Official language(s)

Arab (official), English, Italian

Government


President


Total area

1,759,540 km2

Population

6,733,620 (July 2012 est.)

Rural population

22% of total population (2010)

GDP (nominal)

92.62 billion US $ (2010)

GDP Per capita

14,100 US$ (2010)

Currency

Libyan Dinar

Time zone

GMT+2

Electricity generation

26.95 TWh/year (2008)

Access to Electricity  %

Wind energy (installed capacity)

MW(Year)

Solar Energy (installed capacity)

MW (Year)



With about 1,76 sq km,[1] Libya is the second biggest North African country. Located between Algeria and Tunisia in the west and Egypt in the east, Libya also borders the Mediterranean Sea in the north and (from west to east) Niger, Chad and the Sudan in the south. Virtually a hundred percent of its land territory is land area. Apart from the access to the sea (about 12 nm), Libya has no water resources on land, which consists to more than 90% of desert or semi-desert. Libyan climate ranges from Mediterranean along the coast line to extremely dry in the interior when going south. Although the barren, flat and undulating plains allow only a limited amount of land (1.03% of total territory) to be arable, Libya’s soil is hiding great richness. Most prominent natural resources are petroleum, natural gas and gypsum.

Energy situation

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Hydropower

Solar power

Biomass

Wind power

Policy framework, laws and regulations

Institutional set up in the energy sector

Activities of other donors

References

  1. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) - World Factbook, Last Updated: Feb 23, 2012. Accessed: Feb 29, 2012. URL: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ly.html