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ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
Figure 7 Locations Of The Electrical Power Plants
The energy consumption per capita has increased from 1493 kwh/c in 1990 to 3119kwh/c in
2005. The national electric network is accessible to 99% of the population.
Most of electric network is concentrated on the coast, where most of the inhabitants live.
Figure 7 shows the locations of the electrical power plants in Libya
The electric energy demand is expected to grow very rapidly. Its expected that electrical
energy will be double by the year 2014 and it will be more than two and half by the end of
year 2020 5 , as shown in Figure 8. The total number of customers in electric system in Libya
is about one million distributed among seven categories. Residential sector represents 39%
of the total consumption followed by commercial with 14% as shown in Figure 9.
Figure 8 Total number of customers in Electric System
As you can see that the residential sector represents the highest share in electrical energy
demand in Libya. The share of residential load is about 40 % of the overall peak load of
electrical power system in Libya.
The electric system in Libya is run by the state- owned general electric company of Libya
(GECOL). GECOL responsible for generation, transmission and distribution of electricity for
5 General Electric Company Of Libya , Annual Report