Towards achieving energy for sustainable development in Nigeria
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The importance of energy availability in the economic growth, social and political development of every
nation cannot be overemphasized. Affordable and reliable energy availability is the precondition for
sustainable development. Sustainable development calls for an efficient, reliable and decentralized
energy economy, based on local and clean energy sources, in which the price paid by the consumer will
reflect the real cost of energy products to the economy. There is clear evidence that Nigeria is blessed
with abundant resources of fossil fuels as well as renewable energy resources. The major challenge is
inefficient utilization of energy in the country. There is no doubt that the present power crisis afflicting
Nigeria will persist unless the government diversifies her energy sources and adopt new available
technologies to reduce energy wastages and save cost. This study examines the perspective of energy
efficiency and renewable energy in the making of strategies for a sustainable development in Nigeria.
Such strategies involve energy savings on the demand side, efficiency improvements in the energy
production, and replacement of fossil fuels by various sources of renewable energy. Factors that need to
be considered in the shift to its sustainable energy future are examined in this article.
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HC Economic History and Conditions, TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery, TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering