Assessment of energy efficiency measures: The case of the Lebanese energy sector

This paper examines in detail the electric energy sector in Lebanon on the levels of both the supply and end-use sides. The aim of the study is to ass ess the feasibility of implementing some energy efficiency options in the c ountry. For this purpose, baseline scenarios will be first developed to exa mine the effects of government policies with regard to the energy balance, and then energy efficiency scenarios will be built for the residential, com mercial and industrial sectors. Feasible options will be highlighted and re commendations to remove barriers hindering the fast penetration of energy e fficiency programmes in the Lebanese energy sector will be provided. Throug hout the analysis, uncertainties related to factors such as discount rates, demand growth and technology penetration rates will be treated by defining lower and upper bounds on their variations, and will be accommodated throu gh scenario-type analysis, Copyright (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.