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RENEWABLE
ENERGY AS A SOLUTION TO NIGERIAN ENERGY CRISIS
ABSTRACT
The aim of
this study is to investigate the potentials of renewable energy sources in
Nigeria and how to support, promote and courage the growth of renewable energy
resources in Nigeria to close the gap of 60-70% of Nigerians that did not have
access to energy that is environmentally friendly.
Alternative
energy sources are good and wonderful options because they are limitless. We
will not run out of them as we may run out of the fossils fuels which are the
major sources of energy in Nigeria. Also it is not only the declining levels of
fossil fuels that is the only major concern that will make Nigeria to adapt and
switch to the use of renewable energy sources. Climate change, which is cause
as a result of carbon emissions and environmental pollution, is drawing world
attention and forcing national governments to formulate policies that will make
their nations adapt the use of renewable energy sources to cut environmental
pollution to the bearest minimum because global warming has become a major
issue and problem of the world today and in the future.
Two
different research methods were used in the empirical part of the study. At
first, the structured questionnaire survey was carried out. Moreover interviews
were executed. The use of both research methods proved to be useful in
exploring the energy situation in Nigeria and receiving reliable results. Based
on the empirical results, the energy problems are clear.
The main
conclusion of the research is potential of renewable energy resources in
Nigeria are put at excess of 1.5 times that of fossil energy resources, in
energy terms. Solar energy would be the best solution to the crisis followed by
biomass and hydro which also have significant potentials to improve and make a
difference on the low level of electricity in Nigeria, with emphasis on the
rural areas, through the adoption and the use of these renewable energy
resources for sustainable development.
1 INTRODUCTION
The first
paragraphs of the thesis tell the background of the thesis, followed by
research objectives, research problems, and research questions. Thereafter, are
presented the limitation, definition of key words and disposition of the
thesis.
1.1 Background
Nigeria is
the most populous black nation in the world and despite its huge natural
resources it is still one of the poorest countries in the world with an
estimated GDP per capita of $ 2,162. For many years the country has been facing
energy crisis that is hampering its economic development. Energy is one of the
key fundamentals for economic development and also it is fundamental to all
human activities in this era. There is an extreme electricity deficiency in
Nigeria and the causes of this deficiency are related to financial,
sociopolitical, and structural issues which leads the power sector in Nigeria
to be recording high energy losses from power generation and billing which lead
to insufficient cash generation as a result of these inefficiencies (A. Iwayemi
2008).
An estimated
60-70% of the Nigerian population does not have access to electricity. Energy
demand in Nigeria is dominated by fuel wood and women and children are the most
affected in the energy crisis. At present only 10 % of rural households and 30-
40% of the country’s total population has access to electricity (Sambo 2007).
The energy sector in Nigeria totally rely on government subsidize fuel and
funding of major energy plants and energy capital projects by the federal
government, states and government agencies.
Nigeria is
endowed with vast oil and gas reserves and also an abundance of renewable
energy potentials. Yet the country is suffering an energy crisis, which has a
major impact on its ability to reduce poverty and achieve the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs).
Perhaps it
is only individuals that are neither living nor doing business in Nigeria who
will not know that lack of adequate energy supply especially electricity, is
the major challenge the country is facing to fully utilize its economic
potentials in other to achieve economic development. This is also the most
significant factor which is affecting the country’s race to be one of the
biggest and top twenty economies of the world by 2020. It is also evidently the
issue how to find lasting and permanent solutions to the problems has remained
a priority of every successive government in the last ten years.
The Nigerian
government has not been able to find permanent solutions that will resolve the
problems due to the adaptation of short term, hasty policies and also still
undergoing energy projects which are detriment to long term energy policies
that will help the nation to achieve sustainable energy and energy efficiency.
For example, what the country have done is still usage of the various
alternatives that are still within the limits of fossil fuels, which are the
only source that currently powers the nation economy (J. Kennedy-darling, N.
Hoyt, K. Murao, A. Ross, 2008).
1.2 Research Objectives
Access to
energy is fundamental for socio-economic development and poverty alleviation. A
huge development challenge in Nigeria is reaching out to the 60-70% of the
Nigerian population that does not have access to electricity and modern energy
services. Renewable energy technology is a promising solution to the energy
crisis in Nigeria. Renewable energy, apart from being sustainable and
inexhaustible, it can be set up in small units and is therefore suitable for
community management and ownership (Uyigue, Agho, Edevbaro, 2007). Adopting the
use of renewable energy sources will lead Nigeria to achieve stable energy
supply and also achieve energy efficiency.
Alternative
energy sources are good and wonderful options because they are limitless. We
will not run out of them as we may run out of the fossils fuels which are the
major sources of energy in Nigeria. Also it is not only the declining levels of
fossil fuels that is the only major concern that will make Nigeria to adapt and
switch to the use of renewable energy sources. Climate change, which is cause
as a result of carbon emissions and environmental pollution, is drawing world
attention and forcing
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