Nigeria electricity crisis: Power generation capacity expansion and environmental ramifications

AS Aliyu, AT Ramli, MA Saleh - Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
Access to clean and stable electricity is essential in actualizing Nigeria's quest for joining the
league of twenty most industrious nations by the year 2020 (vision 20: 2020). No country can …

[PDF][PDF] Can Nigeria generate 30% of her electricity from coal

EI Ohimain - International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering, 2014 - Citeseer
Nigeria is blessed with diverse energy resources. The country had generated electricity from
coal in the 1950s, but this was abandoned in the wake of the civil war (1969-1970) and the …

Petrology, physicochemical and thermal analyses of selected cretaceous coals from the Benue Trough Basin in Nigeria

SA Akinyemi, OF Adebayo, BB Nyakuma… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Abundant coal resources that were previously neglected due to a crude oil boom need
revitalisation and integration into the national electricity mix to address the energy demands …

Analysis of clean coal technology in Nigeria for energy generation

BO Oboirien, BC North, SO Obayopo, JK Odusote… - Energy strategy …, 2018 - Elsevier
An analysis of clean coal technologies for the recovery of energy from Nigerian coals was
carried out. The coal mines studied are Onyeama, Ogwashi, Ezimo, Inyi, Amasiodo, Okaba …

Physicochemical, mineralogy, and thermo-kinetic characterisation of newly discovered Nigerian coals under pyrolysis and combustion conditions

BB Nyakuma, A Jauro, SA Akinyemi, HM Faizal… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
In this study, the physicochemical, microstructural, mineralogical, thermal, and kinetic
properties of three newly discovered coals from Akunza (AKZ), Ome (OME), and Shiga …

Characterization of some commercially available Nigerian coals as carbonaceous material for direct reduced iron production

PP Ikubanni, AA Adeleke, OO Agboola… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
Commercially available coals were characterized in this study in order to ascertain their
suitability as carbonaceous materials for direct reduced iron (DRI) production. The …

Diversification of Nigerian electricity generation sources

EI Ohimain - Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The electricity situation in Nigeria is grossly inadequate, which is largely responsible for the
slow development of the country. This article therefore focuses on the progress made by …

Coal power utilization as an energy mix option for Nigeria: a review

JO Oji - American Academic & Scholarly Research Journal, 2012 - aasrc.org
This work reviews the impact of coal energy utilization as a viable energy mix option for
Nigeria. Adequate power supply is unavoidably a prerequisite for any nation's growth and …

Evaluating the energy recovery potential of Nigerian coals under non-Isothermal thermogravimetry

B Bevan Nyakuma, O Oladokun, A Jauro… - IOP Conference …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
This study investigated the fuel properties and energy recovery potential of two coal samples
from Ihioma (IHM) and Ogboligbo (OGB) environs in Nigeria. The ultimate, proximate, and …

[HTML][HTML] Mineralogy, physicochemical and oxidative thermal analyses of Cretaceous coals from the Benue Trough, Nigeria

SA Akinyemi, BB Nyakuma, A Jauro, OF Adebayo… - Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The erratic supply of electricity in Nigeria has renewed interest in the utilisation of coal for
energy self-sufficiency and diversification of the national energy mix. In this study, selected …