Renewable energy: Roadmap for addressing climate change
At a time power crisis becomes unbearable, clean energy, otherwise known as renewable energy remains the main solution to tackling the intractable problem of unreliable national grid in the country.
Of course, it bears stating the fact that fossil energy sources such as oil and gas are extensively exploited in Nigeria, most are exported or wasted through leakages or flaring according to the African Development Bank (AfDB) just as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IIPCC) further asserts that burning of fossil fuel and the attendant increase in GhG emissions fuels global warming.
At 17.2 billion metric-cube of natural gas per year along with crude oil exploration, the Niger Delta accounts for 40% of the gas flared in Africa every year, according to Anslem Ajugwo of the Department of Haematology, Madonna University, Elele.
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