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Exploring Solar and Wind Energy as a Power Generation Source for Solving the Electricity Crisis in Libya
Youssef Kassem, Hüseyin Çamur, Ramzi Aateg Faraj Aateg
March 28, 2023
The current study is focused on the economic and financial assessments of solar and wind power potential for nine selected regions in Libya for the first time. As the existing meteorological data, including wind speed and global solar radiation, are extremely limited due to the civil war in the country, it was therefore decided to use the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) database as a source of meteorological information to assess the wind and solar potential. The results showed that the country has huge solar energy potential compared to wind energy potential. Additionally, it is found that Al Kufrah is a suitable region for the future installation of the Photovoltaic (PV) power plant due to high annual solar radiation. Based on the actual wind speed analysis, Benghazi and Dernah are the best regions for large-scale wind farm installation in the future taking into account existing meteorological data limitations. The values of the wind power density in all regions are considerable and small-scale wind turbines can be used to generate electricity based on NASA average monthly wind data for 37 years (1982−2019). Moreover, this work aimed to evaluate the wind/PV systems technical and economically through RETScreen Expert (Version 6.0, CanmetENERGY Varennes Research Centre of Natural Resources Canada, Varennes, Canada). Focusing on the power supply crisis in the country, the potential of electricity production by 5 kW grid-connected residential/household rooftop PV in all regions is proposed and presented. Additionally, this paper evaluated a techno-economic analysis of the 50MW wind/PV system in suitable places. The performance of a 5 kW and 50 MW PV solar system with three PV technologies, namely mono-crystalline silicon, poly-crystalline silicon, and thin-film (CdTe), was also analyzed. The results demonstrated that the development of the wind/PV system in the selected regions is both technically and economically feasible. The outcomes of this study can help decision-makers in designing and installing PV power plants as an alternative source for the future.
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economic feasibility analysis, large-scale grid-connected, Libya, NASA database, PV technologies, small-scale grid-connected, solar potential, wind potential
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Kassem Y, Çamur H, Aateg RAF. Exploring Solar and Wind Energy as a Power Generation Source for Solving the Electricity Crisis in Libya. (2023). LAPSE:2023.24309
Author Affiliations
Kassem Y: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Near East University, 99138 Nicosia (via Mersin 10, Turkey), Cyprus; Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Near East University, 99138 Nicosia (via Me [ORCID]
Çamur H: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Near East University, 99138 Nicosia (via Mersin 10, Turkey), Cyprus
Aateg RAF: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Near East University, 99138 Nicosia (via Mersin 10, Turkey), Cyprus
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Energies
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13
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14
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E3708
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2020
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2020-07-18
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1996-1073
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