SOLAR ENERGY IN NIGERIA -STATUS, UTILITY AND PROCUREMENT

Abstract

Africa is full of natural resources but is lacking to fulfil the energy needs of continent due to lack of technology. Nigeria as it seems is situated in the of Africa. with over 210 million population and 768 km2 area Nigeria is still struggling to fulfil the electricity requirement of the country, as the data shows 46% of overall nation public is still non linked to the grid and most of the electricity generation is being done by non-renewable energy resources which is responsible for pollution in the country. being as a developing nation Nigeria must find out new possibilities to fulfil the electricity requirement and what is a better way than utilising the resource the entire Africa is known for i.e., sun. solar radiation level of Africa is far more than of the other continents. the research paper consists of the study of six zones of Nigeria and its potential to generate green energy in the country.