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Renewable energy in Libya

  • Libyan Minister for Electricity and Renewable Energy Ali Mohamed Mihirig

    LIBYA, 2013/04/12 Libya holds great potential for the export of solar and wind energy, said Libyan Minister for Electricity and Renewable Energy Ali Mohamed Mihirig on Thursday in Brussels. He was speaking as part of a European Parliament conference on energy alongside the Union for the Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly. Mirihig said that the Libyan desert held enough renewable energy potential to meet amount of Europe's energy requirements and stressed the country's desire to cooperate with other nations.