7
Will a Transition to Renewable Energy
Promote Energy Security Amid Energy
Crisis in Nigeria?
Cosmos Nike Nwedu
7.1 Introduction
The economic growth and industrial development of several countries
have over century depended on energy resources, of which conventional
energy such as oil, gas and coal primarily characterized early production
and supply of such resources. 1 This scenario of an overly dependence
on conventional energy sources (CES) and its revenue is still a typical
tendency of most countries in transition to economic prosperity today
and can be seen well in African countries such as Nigeria. Although there
are various efforts on the African continent to embrace clean energy,
the anticipated increase in demand for fossil fuels to meet the estimated
increase in population growth and boom in urbanization cannot be
1 Dieter Helm, Burn Out: The Endgame for Fossil Fuels (Yale University Press 2017).
C. N. Nwedu (B)
Faculty of Law, Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Abakaliki, Nigeria
e-mail: cosmos.nwedu@funai.edu.ng
© The Author(s) 2021
V. R. Nalule (ed.), Energy Transitions and the Future
of the African Energy Sector,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56849-8_7
231
Will a Transition to Renewable Energy
Promote Energy Security Amid Energy
Crisis in Nigeria?
Cosmos Nike Nwedu
7.1 Introduction
The economic growth and industrial development of several countries
have over century depended on energy resources, of which conventional
energy such as oil, gas and coal primarily characterized early production
and supply of such resources. 1 This scenario of an overly dependence
on conventional energy sources (CES) and its revenue is still a typical
tendency of most countries in transition to economic prosperity today
and can be seen well in African countries such as Nigeria. Although there
are various efforts on the African continent to embrace clean energy,
the anticipated increase in demand for fossil fuels to meet the estimated
increase in population growth and boom in urbanization cannot be
1 Dieter Helm, Burn Out: The Endgame for Fossil Fuels (Yale University Press 2017).
C. N. Nwedu (B)
Faculty of Law, Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Abakaliki, Nigeria
e-mail: cosmos.nwedu@funai.edu.ng
© The Author(s) 2021
V. R. Nalule (ed.), Energy Transitions and the Future
of the African Energy Sector,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56849-8_7
231