Oyedepo, Sunday Olayinka (2012) On energy for sustainable development in Nigeria. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 16. pp. 2583-2598.
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Abstract
The fuel driving the engine of growth and sustainable development of any nation is the nation’s access to reliable and adequate energy. Access to energy is a crucial enabling condition for achieving sustainable development. Prudent energy policies and research can play an important role in steering both industrialized and developing countries onto more sustainable energy development paths. Specifically, they can strengthen the three pillars of sustainable development: the economy, by boosting productivity; social welfare, by improving living standards and enhancing safety and security; and the environment, by reducing indoor and outdoor pollution and remediating environmental degradation. Many factors that need to be considered and appropriately addressed in moving towards energy sustainability in Nigeria are examined in this article. These include full exploitation and promotion of renewable energy resources and application of energy conservation measures in various sectors such as manufacturing industrial set-up, office and residential buildings and transportation.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Engineering Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Sunday O Oyedepo |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Sep 2016 10:26 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Sep 2016 10:26 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/7061 |
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