Energy consumption in Libya

The most important measure in the energy balance of Libya is the total consumption of

8.13 billion kWh

of electric energy per year. Per capita this is an average of 1,276 kWh.

Libya can provide itself completely with self-produced energy. The total production of all electric energy producing facilities is 35 bn kWh, also 436% of own requirements. The rest of the self-produced energy is either exported into other countries or unused. Along with pure consumptions the production, imports and exports play an important role. Other energy sources such as natural gas or crude oil are also used.

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Energy Balance

Electricity	total	Libya per capita	Compared to Europe per capita
Own consumption	8.13 bn kWh	1,275.53 kWh	5,402.93 kWh
Production	35.45 bn kWh	5,561.12 kWh	5,821.08 kWh
Import	88.00 m kWh	13.80 kWh	729.98 kWh
Crude Oil	Barrel	Libya per capita	Compared to Europe per capita
Production	384,700.00 bbl	0.060 bbl	0.005 bbl
Export	383,500.00 bbl	0.060 bbl	0.004 bbl
Natural Gas	Cubic meters	Libya per capita	Compared to Europe per capita
Own consumption	7.55 bn m³	1,184.39 m³	1,162.59 m³
Production	11.60 bn m³	1,819.72 m³	445.10 m³
Export	7.11 bn m³	1,115.36 m³	387.80 m³

Carbon footprint

	total	Libya per capita	Compared to Europe per capita
CO2 emissions in 2014	57.00 m t	8.94 t	5.39 t

Development of CO2 emissions from 1980 to 2014 in million tons

Production capacities per energy source

The given production capacities for electric energy have a theoretical value, which could only be obtainable under ideal conditions. They are measuring the generatable amount of energy, that would be reached under permanent and full use of all capacities of all power plants. In practice this isn't possible, because e.g. solar collectors are less efficient unter clouds. Also wind- and water-power plants are not always operating under full load. All these values are only useful in relation to other energy sources or countries.

Energy source	total in Libya	percentage in Libya	percentage in Europe	per capita in Libya	per capita in Europe
Fossil fuels	82.79 bn kWh	99,9 %	48,9 %	12,986.94 kWh	7,981.10 kWh
Nuclear power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	7,2 %	0.00 kWh	1,183.83 kWh
Water power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	23,4 %	0.00 kWh	3,823.32 kWh
Renewable energy	82.87 m kWh	0,1 %	16,2 %	13.00 kWh	2,650.77 kWh
Other energy sources	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	4,3 %	0.00 kWh	694.97 kWh
Total production capacity	82.87 bn kWh	100,0 %	100,0 %	12,999.94 kWh	16,333.99 kWh

Usage of renewable energies

Renewable energies include wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energy sources. This means all energy sources that renew themselves within a short time or are permanently available. Energy from hydropower is only partly a renewable energy. This is certainly the case with river or tidal power plants. Otherwise, numerous dams or reservoirs also produce mixed forms, e.g. by pumping water into their reservoirs at night and recovering energy from them during the day when there is an increased demand for electricity. Since it is not possible to clearly determine the amount of generated energy, all energies from hydropower are displayed separately.

In 2015, renewable energies accounted for around 2.0 percent of actual total consumption .inCountry().. The following chart shows the percentage share from 1990 to 2015: