Energy transition emphasizes a drastic reduction in fossil fuel energy sources and to step up the... more Energy transition emphasizes a drastic reduction in fossil fuel energy sources and to step up the deployment of alternative and renewable energies as pathways to industrialization and development. Attention is therefore shifting from coal and crude oil to solar, wind, geothermal and natural gas sources of energies. Although the use of coal for electrical power generation has been on the decline and it is being discouraged world-wide, the Smokeless Coal Research Team at IBB University has been able to differentiate “good” from “bad” coals. Not all coals are environmentally harmful for electrical power generation. And even for the so-called “bad coals the team at the IBBU has identified processes to clean up such coals. Whether generated from dams, gas turbines or thermal sources, Nigeria has been a nation with an acute supply of electricity; yet the country has far more resources of oil, gas and coals than it has the demand for them. The country is currently challenged by series of e...
Energy transition emphasizes a drastic reduction in fossil fuel energy sources and to step up the... more Energy transition emphasizes a drastic reduction in fossil fuel energy sources and to step up the deployment of alternative and renewable energies as pathways to industrialization and development. Attention is therefore shifting from coal and crude oil to solar, wind, geothermal and natural gas sources of energies. Although the use of coal for electrical power generation has been on the decline and it is being discouraged world-wide, the Smokeless Coal Research Team at IBB University has been able to differentiate “good” from “bad” coals. Not all coals are environmentally harmful for electrical power generation. And even for the so-called “bad coals the team at the IBBU has identified processes to clean up such coals. Whether generated from dams, gas turbines or thermal sources, Nigeria has been a nation with an acute supply of electricity; yet the country has far more resources of oil, gas and coals than it has the demand for them. The country is currently challenged by series of e...
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