An analysis of the power sector performance in Nigeria

Musiliu Oseni

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2011, vol. 15, issue 9, 4765-4774

Abstract: Rapid economic growth and sustainable development depends largely on the level of infrastructural development of a nation. This reasonably suggests that a good knowledge of the performance of infrastructural services in an economy is vital and an essential requirement for policy directed at attaining sound and vibrant economic development. Drawing from above, the study analyses the overall performance of the Nigeria power (electricity) sector and presents some policy guidelines for achieving a world standard power market and sustainable development. The study found that the Nigeria power sector is underperforming and there is an urgent need for proper policy towards achieving a quality and continuous well-functioning electricity market in the country. The installed capacity of the power plants in Nigeria currently stands at about 6000MW with just about 40% of it is generated annually. This greatly constrains the local industries from competing regionally and internationally, and also undermines industrialisation and employment generation in the country.

Keywords: Electricity; Nigeria; Natural gas; Load factor; Economic growth; Energy conservation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (13)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032111003200
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:rensus:v:15:y:2011:i:9:p:4765-4774

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/600126/bibliographic
http://www.elsevier. ... 600126/bibliographic

DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.075

Access Statistics for this article

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews is currently edited by L. Kazmerski

More articles in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().