Done by: Fayez Saleh & Raghid Habli
The Future of Energy in Lebanon
Lebanon has no known fossil fuel resources. All energy needs are met with imports of petroleum products, which represented over 5 million TOE in 2003. The power sector accounts for about the 50% of fuel imports. Lebanon needs to urgently decrease its energy dependence on fossil fuels and switch to cleaner renewable energy forms to prevent foreign influence in the country's affairs argued Stefan Schurig, director for Climate Energy for the World Future Council.
Lebanon’s coastal location, high mountain backbone, and climate have greatly influenced the country’s history, peoples, and economy. Generally speaking, the Middle East area is a sunny area but is not an area with sustained wind levels such as areas close to the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans. Nevertheless, Lebanon is privileged to have a long coast, a long line of mountains east of this coast followed by the Bekaa valley, this type of topography offers numeral areas of high sustained winds where wind technology should be used.
In conclusion, Lebanon is sunny, in places very windy, and contains high levels of water; its ecosystem thus enables us to naturally produce the following renewable energy forms: solar, hydraulic, and wind energy. Solar energy is still very costly and requires a lot of space. Hydraulic energy is ideal for this country but has to be done on a large scale through the very complicated public sector. Wind Energy is in our view an interesting and profitable field one should venture into; the cost of such energy becoming very competitive with the surging prices of oil.
After learning about the different forms of energy, we discovered that we are responsible of climate change caused by the form of energy used. Thus, as thinkers, we suggest to use either wind or solar energy. We, Fayez and Raghid, would like to propose the usage of wind energy that could help in reducing pollution in Lebanon.
There are many advantages wind generated energy has to offer in comparison to Solar and Hydraulic Energies. These advantages are related to Power/Size, Price, and Life Span. Over the past 25 years, Wind Energy technology has grown dramatically, it is the fastest growing alternative energy technology today.
In Lebanon, people should know That the average of wind speed in Lebanon is 4.5 m/s, with areas known to have averages of above 7.5 m/s: Those areas include the Akkar plains area, the Marjayoun area, areas close to the Cedars and of course Off-shore in the Mediterranean Sea.
More over we knew that Wind analyses are very limited in Lebanon, and we at Wind Energy are actively working on setting up remote weather stations to collect wind data in several areas of our interest.
We use equipment such as the Wind Talker:
This type of equipment enables us to assess wind data such as maximum and average wind speeds, wind direction along with relative humidity and average temperature in any remote area.
It doesn’t need any power source as its batteries are recharged by its built in solar panels, and transmits all its data to an interface easily accessed by us via the internet.
We intend to use this type of equipment to do general surveys of wind levels in areas that are commercially interesting to us such as Faaqra club, beach resorts industrial areas.
It is also necessary today to perform minimal wind testing in each new site before installing wind turbines to guarantee the perfect functioning of the equipment.
Progress in Wind Energy technology specifically in the cut in speed levels will eventually and in a short period of time make all of the Lebanese territory suitable for this type of technology.
Our aim today is to develop and gather wind data in as many populated areas as possible and start installing our turbines in areas with known high wind levels then slowly widen those perimeters as new data is gathered and technology progresses.
We would like to make this technology available and affordable to all Lebanese.
In order to do so, we would like to partner with a financial institution whereas this institution or bank will finance our wind turbines to customers who choose to opt for this technology, allowing them to have affordable instalments or monthly payments instead of a heavy to pay lump sum of money.
Wind Energy intends on making this technology even more affordable by locally producing its turbines in the very near future.
We would like to provide electricity to those living in remote areas that get only a few hours of electricity a day and have to rely mainly on the now very costly diesel generators, those people happen to live in remote mountainous windy areas that perfectly suit the use of wind turbines.
We will show in our comparative analysis that wind technology with today and tomorrow’s prices of oil is much cheaper than Diesel Generator sets without mentioning how cleaner it is.
Wind Energy would also like to assist industrials by making their factories much more cost efficient by introducing the concept of Wind Generated Energy supply to our local industries.
Local industrials are facing numerous problems from the available supply of electricity today and have to rely in parts to generator sets making them very vulnerable to rising oil prices thus putting at risk the very existence of their factories.
Furthermore, an industrial in Lebanon faces higher cost every year because of rising electricity costs and cannot make proper analysis and projections because of the volatile prices of electricity and oil, Wind Energy will provide them with a cheaper constant cost of Energy.
We have divided our turbines in 3 different categories:Rural areas private homes or small businesses Turbines, Urban Areas or Individual Villas Vertical Turbines
, and Turbines for Industries or Resorts, such as Beach Hotels or Mountain. At last People burn fossil fuels so Electricity is produced when the blades of a turbine are moved by enormous amounts of vapour. This vapour is generated by heating a lot of water in huge furnaces. The water is heated by burning fossil fuels like coal, petroleum, and natural gas. This method releases enormous amounts of carbon dioxide in the air, thus severely polluting our atmosphere. It is important to turn to alternate methods of electricity production for long-term benefits.
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel:
97.2%
hydro:
2.8%
nuclear:
0%
Other:
0%
Done by: Fayez Saleh & Raghid Habli
The Future of Energy in Lebanon
Lebanon has no known fossil fuel resources. All energy needs are met with imports of petroleum products, which represented over 5 million TOE in 2003. The power sector accounts for about the 50% of fuel imports. Lebanon needs to urgently decrease its energy dependence on fossil fuels and switch to cleaner renewable energy forms to prevent foreign influence in the country's affairs argued Stefan Schurig, director for Climate Energy for the World Future Council.
Lebanon’s coastal location, high mountain backbone, and climate have greatly influenced the country’s history, peoples, and economy. Generally speaking, the Middle East area is a sunny area but is not an area with sustained wind levels such as areas close to the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans. Nevertheless, Lebanon is privileged to have a long coast, a long line of mountains east of this coast followed by the Bekaa valley, this type of topography offers numeral areas of high sustained winds where wind technology should be used.
In conclusion, Lebanon is sunny, in places very windy, and contains high levels of water; its ecosystem thus enables us to naturally produce the following renewable energy forms: solar, hydraulic, and wind energy. Solar energy is still very costly and requires a lot of space. Hydraulic energy is ideal for this country but has to be done on a large scale through the very complicated public sector. Wind Energy is in our view an interesting and profitable field one should venture into; the cost of such energy becoming very competitive with the surging prices of oil.
After learning about the different forms of energy, we discovered that we are responsible of climate change caused by the form of energy used. Thus, as thinkers, we suggest to use either wind or solar energy. We, Fayez and Raghid, would like to propose the usage of wind energy that could help in reducing pollution in Lebanon.
There are many advantages wind generated energy has to offer in comparison to Solar and Hydraulic Energies. These advantages are related to Power/Size, Price, and Life Span. Over the past 25 years, Wind Energy technology has grown dramatically, it is the fastest growing alternative energy technology today.
In Lebanon, people should know That the average of wind speed in Lebanon is 4.5 m/s, with areas known to have averages of above 7.5 m/s: Those areas include the Akkar plains area, the Marjayoun area, areas close to the Cedars and of course Off-shore in the Mediterranean Sea.
More over we knew that Wind analyses are very limited in Lebanon, and we at Wind Energy are actively working on setting up remote weather stations to collect wind data in several areas of our interest.
We use equipment such as the Wind Talker:
This type of equipment enables us to assess wind data such as maximum and average wind speeds, wind direction along with relative humidity and average temperature in any remote area.
It doesn’t need any power source as its batteries are recharged by its built in solar panels, and transmits all its data to an interface easily accessed by us via the internet.
We intend to use this type of equipment to do general surveys of wind levels in areas that are commercially interesting to us such as Faaqra club, beach resorts industrial areas.
It is also necessary today to perform minimal wind testing in each new site before installing wind turbines to guarantee the perfect functioning of the equipment.
Progress in Wind Energy technology specifically in the cut in speed levels will eventually and in a short period of time make all of the Lebanese territory suitable for this type of technology.
Our aim today is to develop and gather wind data in as many populated areas as possible and start installing our turbines in areas with known high wind levels then slowly widen those perimeters as new data is gathered and technology progresses.
We would like to make this technology available and affordable to all Lebanese.
In order to do so, we would like to partner with a financial institution whereas this institution or bank will finance our wind turbines to customers who choose to opt for this technology, allowing them to have affordable instalments or monthly payments instead of a heavy to pay lump sum of money.
Wind Energy intends on making this technology even more affordable by locally producing its turbines in the very near future.
We would like to provide electricity to those living in remote areas that get only a few hours of electricity a day and have to rely mainly on the now very costly diesel generators, those people happen to live in remote mountainous windy areas that perfectly suit the use of wind turbines.
We will show in our comparative analysis that wind technology with today and tomorrow’s prices of oil is much cheaper than Diesel Generator sets without mentioning how cleaner it is.
Wind Energy would also like to assist industrials by making their factories much more cost efficient by introducing the concept of Wind Generated Energy supply to our local industries.
Local industrials are facing numerous problems from the available supply of electricity today and have to rely in parts to generator sets making them very vulnerable to rising oil prices thus putting at risk the very existence of their factories.
Furthermore, an industrial in Lebanon faces higher cost every year because of rising electricity costs and cannot make proper analysis and projections because of the volatile prices of electricity and oil, Wind Energy will provide them with a cheaper constant cost of Energy.
We have divided our turbines in 3 different categories:Rural areas private homes or small businesses Turbines, Urban Areas or Individual Villas Vertical Turbines
, and Turbines for Industries or Resorts, such as Beach Hotels or Mountain. At last People burn fossil fuels so Electricity is produced when the blades of a turbine are moved by enormous amounts of vapour. This vapour is generated by heating a lot of water in huge furnaces. The water is heated by burning fossil fuels like coal, petroleum, and natural gas. This method releases enormous amounts of carbon dioxide in the air, thus severely polluting our atmosphere. It is important to turn to alternate methods of electricity production for long-term benefits.
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel:
97.2%
hydro:
2.8%
nuclear:
0%
Other:
0%
The Future of Energy in Lebanon
Lebanon has no known fossil fuel resources. All energy needs are met with imports of petroleum products, which represented over 5 million TOE in 2003. The power sector accounts for about the 50% of fuel imports. Lebanon needs to urgently decrease its energy dependence on fossil fuels and switch to cleaner renewable energy forms to prevent foreign influence in the country's affairs argued Stefan Schurig, director for Climate Energy for the World Future Council.
Lebanon’s coastal location, high mountain backbone, and climate have greatly influenced the country’s history, peoples, and economy. Generally speaking, the Middle East area is a sunny area but is not an area with sustained wind levels such as areas close to the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans. Nevertheless, Lebanon is privileged to have a long coast, a long line of mountains east of this coast followed by the Bekaa valley, this type of topography offers numeral areas of high sustained winds where wind technology should be used.
In conclusion, Lebanon is sunny, in places very windy, and contains high levels of water; its ecosystem thus enables us to naturally produce the following renewable energy forms: solar, hydraulic, and wind energy. Solar energy is still very costly and requires a lot of space. Hydraulic energy is ideal for this country but has to be done on a large scale through the very complicated public sector. Wind Energy is in our view an interesting and profitable field one should venture into; the cost of such energy becoming very competitive with the surging prices of oil.
After learning about the different forms of energy, we discovered that we are responsible of climate change caused by the form of energy used. Thus, as thinkers, we suggest to use either wind or solar energy. We, Fayez and Raghid, would like to propose the usage of wind energy that could help in reducing pollution in Lebanon.
There are many advantages wind generated energy has to offer in comparison to Solar and Hydraulic Energies. These advantages are related to Power/Size, Price, and Life Span. Over the past 25 years, Wind Energy technology has grown dramatically, it is the fastest growing alternative energy technology today.
In Lebanon, people should know That the average of wind speed in Lebanon is 4.5 m/s, with areas known to have averages of above 7.5 m/s: Those areas include the Akkar plains area, the Marjayoun area, areas close to the Cedars and of course Off-shore in the Mediterranean Sea.
More over we knew that Wind analyses are very limited in Lebanon, and we at Wind Energy are actively working on setting up remote weather stations to collect wind data in several areas of our interest.
We use equipment such as the Wind Talker:
This type of equipment enables us to assess wind data such as maximum and average wind speeds, wind direction along with relative humidity and average temperature in any remote area.
It doesn’t need any power source as its batteries are recharged by its built in solar panels, and transmits all its data to an interface easily accessed by us via the internet.
We intend to use this type of equipment to do general surveys of wind levels in areas that are commercially interesting to us such as Faaqra club, beach resorts industrial areas.
It is also necessary today to perform minimal wind testing in each new site before installing wind turbines to guarantee the perfect functioning of the equipment.
Progress in Wind Energy technology specifically in the cut in speed levels will eventually and in a short period of time make all of the Lebanese territory suitable for this type of technology.
Our aim today is to develop and gather wind data in as many populated areas as possible and start installing our turbines in areas with known high wind levels then slowly widen those perimeters as new data is gathered and technology progresses.
We would like to make this technology available and affordable to all Lebanese.
In order to do so, we would like to partner with a financial institution whereas this institution or bank will finance our wind turbines to customers who choose to opt for this technology, allowing them to have affordable instalments or monthly payments instead of a heavy to pay lump sum of money.
Wind Energy intends on making this technology even more affordable by locally producing its turbines in the very near future.
We would like to provide electricity to those living in remote areas that get only a few hours of electricity a day and have to rely mainly on the now very costly diesel generators, those people happen to live in remote mountainous windy areas that perfectly suit the use of wind turbines.
We will show in our comparative analysis that wind technology with today and tomorrow’s prices of oil is much cheaper than Diesel Generator sets without mentioning how cleaner it is.
Wind Energy would also like to assist industrials by making their factories much more cost efficient by introducing the concept of Wind Generated Energy supply to our local industries.
Local industrials are facing numerous problems from the available supply of electricity today and have to rely in parts to generator sets making them very vulnerable to rising oil prices thus putting at risk the very existence of their factories.
Furthermore, an industrial in Lebanon faces higher cost every year because of rising electricity costs and cannot make proper analysis and projections because of the volatile prices of electricity and oil, Wind Energy will provide them with a cheaper constant cost of Energy.
We have divided our turbines in 3 different categories:Rural areas private homes or small businesses Turbines, Urban Areas or Individual Villas Vertical Turbines
, and Turbines for Industries or Resorts, such as Beach Hotels or Mountain. At last People burn fossil fuels so Electricity is produced when the blades of a turbine are moved by enormous amounts of vapour. This vapour is generated by heating a lot of water in huge furnaces. The water is heated by burning fossil fuels like coal, petroleum, and natural gas. This method releases enormous amounts of carbon dioxide in the air, thus severely polluting our atmosphere. It is important to turn to alternate methods of electricity production for long-term benefits.
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel:
97.2%
hydro:
2.8%
nuclear:
0%
Other:
0%
