Renewable energy in Libya: Assessing economic efficiency and its role in supporting sustainable development

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the economic efficiency of using renewable energies in Libya and its role in achieving sustainable development, and to highlight the opportunities and challenges facing the use of energy in Libya. The study used the descriptive analytical approach, and a questionnaire was designed consisting of 33 statements divided into three domains: (the extent of knowledge and importance of using renewable energies, the extent of potential using renewable energies in Libya, and the challenges of using renewable energies in Libya).

The study concluded that there is a correlation between the knowledge and importance of renewable energies among the study sample members and sustainable development, as well as there is a correlation between the extent of potential for using renewable energies and sustainable development. Libya also has rich natural resources for renewable energies such as solar and wind energy, which provide great opportunities, to generate electricity in sustainable and clean ways, investment in renewable energies in Libya is limited to some remote or desert areas in providing them with electricity from solar energy, and there are challenges such as financing, technical, institutional, legislative, political and security that hinder the use of renewable energies in Libya.