International Science and Technology Journal

Electricity is the main factor in our daily life in all respects, whether it is social, economic, or health. In our country, the city of Tripoli and the rest of the cities are currently suffering from a severe problem of power cuts during the past seven years (2014-2021), especially during the summer and winter seasons, and peak times, about 60% of the population inside the city suffers with the lack of generators and solar energy systems due to electricity cuts for hours that may reach 12 to 18 hours a day. As the capacity of the production plants is insufficient to cover the city’s needs, the city of Tripoli needs about 500 megawatts, while the power generated from the western Tripoli station is about 670 megawatts, which is unable to meet the demand of the city of Tripoli and its surroundings, and in this case, technical "Solar Home Systems" is a smart solution to this problem by harnessing the energy flowing from sunlight into electrical energy that benefited from, so that this technology leads to solving the energy problem more effectively and successfully. This paper provides basic information about the Libyan electricity grid, with a greater focus on the power generation system. The information includes current energy demand, energy shortage, problems, and proposed solutions. One of the most important recommendations and future suggestions is for the Libyan government to support and encourage the population to acquire and install home solar energy systems, and help them with this by paying in installments, as well as buying their surplus energy, as happens in developed countries. Moreover, the paper discusses the plan of the Libyan electricity sector to use renewable energies in particular, wind and solar energy to cover part of the energy demand. Finally, the potential future picture of the use of renewable energy in Libya is also presented.