The Energy Institute has stressed the need for the Federal Government to increase the use of renewable energy sources in its energy mix in a bid to improving power supply in the country.
“We have no choice. What we have to do as a country is what every other country is doing; we need the mix of all energy types; you need coal, gas, renewable including solar..
“We need all because the fact is that you cannot use one to reach everybody; there is no reason why the whole of the northern Nigeria should not be bubbling with solar energy.
“For example, we don’t need to start sending gas to the North but we have not thought about all these and that is why we are where we are now. However, there is even a global initiative that even compels Nigeria to also be looking in that direction; so all those agreements, which we have signed on are going to be monitored from now on forward; so, we really don’t have a choice.”.......... ...The Chairman, Energy Institute, Mr. Osten Olorunsola,
My Take......
Nigeria cannot afford to remain and live perpetually in the past while the other parts of the world are taken giant stride and quantum leap.
The outdated hydroelectric power generation that we bank on in this nation has not avail in anyway and it is not going to avail us much because there are better, sustainable and adaptable sources and power generation.
Renewable energy is generally defined as energy that is collected from resources which are naturally replenished on a human timescale, such as sunlight, wind , rain, tides, waves , and geothermal heat.
Renewable energy often provides energy in four important areas: electricity generation , air and water heating/cooling, transportation, and rural (off-grid) energy services.
Renewable energy resources exist over wide geographical areas, in contrast to other energy sources, which are concentrated in a limited number of countries. Rapid deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency is resulting in significant energy security , climate change mitigation , and economic benefits. The results of a recent review of the literature concluded that as greenhouse gas(GHG) emitters begin to be held liable for damages resulting from GHG emissions resulting in climate change, a high value for liability mitigation would provide powerful incentives for deployment of renewable energy technologies. In international public opinion surveys there is strong support for promoting renewable sources such as solar power and wind power.
If Nigeria as a country is going to experience change, power stability and sustainable power generation, we must begin to look at renewable power generation sources. Rapid deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency is resulting in significant energy security , climate change mitigation , and economic benefits. And we as a country will be on a disadvantage position if we don't harness and deploy this trend of renewable energy.
It is high time the government of our country begin to think outside of the box and do the needful as regard power generation. Instability in power supply is one of the bane of our national development.
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