Libyan Electric Network Requirements

Since decades there has been no basic changes in this century for electrical power grid that cannot be fulfilled by the additive technologies of the past one. The emergence of the smart grid new concepts addresses a challenge for the existing electrical networks. The new technologies and infrastructure that enhance efficiency, performance, and reliability of electrical power grid, is the definition of the smart grid. This can be accomplished by new control automation techniques and modern communications infrastructure, that based on having a sensing, metering, monitoring and modern energy management technologies considering the demand optimization, and energy system availability. Libyan Electrical Network as any other electrical system suffering many problems and should be modernized to meet the smart grid requirements or at least to be ready for interfacing with the modernized electrical networks. The main objectives of this paper is to provide a contemporary look at the current state of the Libyan power grid, and to discus as well, the requirements that should be considered for this network to be a smart grid. Also to initiate an open research issues in this field applications for Libyan power grid among the research community, and to start a practical steps for the smart grid Road-Map of Libyan electric system.