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Introduction
Libya’s energy system is 100% carbon based. It is characterized by a high degree of technical and financial losses resulting from inefficiencies, aging infrastructure and a highly subsidized, public service sector which is often unable to respond to the demands of its clients. Moreover, the subsided, fully integrated monopoly currently crowds out alternatives from the private sector, stultifying innovation.
Objectives
UNDP’s project “Support to Energy Transition in Libya” builds on the EU-funded project ‘Libya Electricity Sector Stabilization and Transition Support” (LESST) and aims at transitioning Libya’s energy system to a low-carbon, equitable, and resilient model capable of delivering reliable electricity to a growing population and economy despite the increasing pressures of climate change. Given the close linkages between the energy transition, water security, and climate change, the programme complements other UNDP initiatives in these sectors.
The project is structured around three main outputs seeking to:
- Support Policy and Regulatory Reform: Creating conditions for energy efficiency and investment in renewable energy.
- Energy Efficiency: Catalysing a major shift in energy efficiency across all economic sectors.
- Renewable Energy Projects: Catalysing investment in renewable energy projects.
Major Achievements
- Enhanced stability and energy transition in Libya by providing technical support to Libyan authorities and public institutions to guide the planning and policy of the Libyan energy system.
- Supported the development of the National Sustainable Energy Strategy 2035, aiming for a 10% renewable energy contribution to the electric energy mix by 2025.
- Established the National Committee for Energy Efficiency to prepare energy efficiency standards and labels.
- Prepared the organisational structure for the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, the Regulator for public utilities.
- Supported the drafting of renewable energy law and provided technical support to facilitate energy transition, including a study on reducing the national fuel bill in the electricity sector.
- Assisted the Ministry of Planning in preparing the second Voluntary National Review report for Libya on SDG 7: Clean and Affordable Energy.
- Developed, adopted and approved by the Government 5 Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS), including air conditioners, refrigerators, and lighting devices.
- Organized several trainings involving participants across the sector:
- Energy Economics targeting broader participant profiles including energy planning officers from governments as well as utilities.
- Development, drafting, and testing capability in lighting product performance and finalisation of the Minimum gender-responsive Energy Performance Standards (MEPs) and Labelling for LED and other lighting in Libya
- Energy Efficiency Building Codes, MEPS and Labelling Workshop
- Study tour to the New and renewable Energy Authority in Egypt Cairo attended by members of the NESDB energy efficiency Committee, academic sector and the Metrology and Standardization Center authority under MOP.
