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Energy

Category KPI Result Performance to Benchmark SDG

Renewable Energy 9.82 %
Consumption

Electricity 2 504.04
Consumption kWh / yr
(per capita)

Residential Thermal
Energy Consumption 2 500.00
Gj / yr
(per capita)
Public Building Energy
Consumption (per Not Reported
year)

Lastly, Bizerte has reported 2 504.04 kWh electricity consumption per capita annually, which is higher
than the neighbouring countries of Algeria (1 450 kWh) and Libya (1 660 kWh), less than the Middle East
and North African consumption (2 880 kWh), and in line with the Middle Income Country consumption
(2 008 kWh). However, only 9.82 per cent of this electricity consumption is from renewable sources.
While this rate is in line with those reported, on average, by OECD countries, sustainable improvements
need to be implemented or expanded, in order to include more sources such as solar, wind, hydro, tide
and wave energy. It is also recommended that Bizerte analyses its annual residential thermal energy
consumption and finds ways to lower it. Bizerte should also measure and report energy consumption
in public buildings.

Optimizing energy consumption: To this end, ITU Recommendations that guide modernization
and optimization of various public energy use sources should be utilized, including, for example,
Recommendations ITU-T Y.4458: ‘Requirements and functional architecture of a smart street light
service’, ITU-T L.1210: ‘Sustainable power feeding solutions for 5G networks’, and ITU-T L.1316: ‘Energy
efficiency framework’, along with Supplement L Suppl. 36: ITU-T L.1310: ‘Study on methods and metrics
to evaluate energy efficiency for future 5G systems’.

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