Environmental Management & Energy Investigative Research

Nigeria is currently facing air and solid waste pollutions as a result of poor solid waste management and high dependency on fossil fuel as a source of energy. The use of biomass for energy production is one of those alternatives that have recently become attractive around the world as a source of clean and sustainable energy. Biofuel utilization is environmentally friendly as it emits less carbon and, hence, a credit less carbon in global warming. Nigeria mainly depends on fossil fuel as the dominant primary source of energy, which accounts for over 90% of Nigerian foreign exchange earnings. The fear of escalation in the price of petrol, depletion of the total volume of oil reserve (as the oil experts speculate), and increase in air pollution and emission of pollutants are deemed as negative effects of using petroleum fuels. Therefore, it has become necessary for Nigeria, which faces many economic challenges, to find and provide alternative sources of energy. If achieved, it will help immensely in reviving the gradual dwindling of Nigeria’s economy.