Implementation of distributed generation (DG) using solar energy resource to improve power system security in southern area in Libya

The modern power systems have recently increased the interest in distributed generation (DG) technologies due to, fuel cost uncertainties, environmental constraints, and increasing power consumption with shortage of transmission capacities. Distributed generation (DG) using clean and renewable energy in power supply system have attracted serious attention. Many developing countries are adopting distributed generation (DG) technologies for their power systems expansion planning. Solar Energy is one of the most promising, nonpolluting, free source of energy. Libya is a developing country located in North Africa, most of the country´s land area is desert which is wealthy in solar radiation income, found to be one of the most reliable and consistent solar energy resources. Despite of this energy resource this area (southern part) of Libya experiences permanent outages which may last for days in certain occasions. This paper investigates the implementation of distributed generation using solar energy resource to improve security of supply to these areas and emphasizes other benefits on power quality and economics.