Framework of Sustainable Energy Development in a Bereft Power Supply Economy of Nigeria
I. U. Hussaini *
Faculty of Environmental Technology, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Nigeria.
S. K. Abubakar
Faculty of Environmental Technology, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Nigeria.
M. A. Danmaraya
Faculty of Environmental Science, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria.
S. K. Ibrahim
Faculty of Environmental Technology, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Nigeria.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Attempts at improving energy performance of any nation borders on increasing energy supply to meet up energy demand; and also reducing energy consumption through efficiency practices to attain sustainable energy utilization. Nigeria as a nation is bedeviled with the problems of inadequate energy supply as well as inefficient utilization of the low-supplied energy. In spite of the enormous and abundant energy resources across the country (renewable and non-renewable alike), the question of sustainable energy development in Nigeria remains a farce. All spheres of energy development (generation, transmission and distribution) together with consumption is occasioned by irregularities that have plunged the nation into a protracted energy crisis for decades due to its inability to harness adequately the abundant energy resources, and sustainably utilize the low-supplied energy. This study therefore attempts to review the state of energy development in Nigeria with its attendant limitations in terms of energy supply and its utilization in a bid to attaining a sustainable national energy development. Thus, a framework of strategies towards attaining sustainable energy development through the deployment of renewable energy resources and energy efficiency practices is therefore proffered.
Keywords: Sustainable energy development, energy efficiency, renewable energy resources, Nigeria