The Necessity of the Development of Standards for Renewable Energy Technologies in Nigeria

Vincent Nnaemeka Emodi, Samson D. Yusuf, Kyun-Jin Boo

Department of Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.

DOI: 10.4236/sgre.2014.511024                

Abstract

Clean energy is vital for the sustainability of any economy in the world. Many industrialized nations have increased their production capacity of renewable energy while other countries lacking the technical expertise and resource have resorted to import these technologies. The imported technologies mostly have standards that are followed by the manufactures while others are manufactured cheaply and exported to developing countries that do not have adequate standards and certification bodies. Nigeria which is a fast growing country has no existing standards to check the influx of renewable energy technologies into the country. This study stresses the need for the development of standards for renewable energy technologies in order to prevent the importation of substandard renewable energy technologies in Nigeria. The study reviews the renewable energy potentials in Nigeria, introduces the concept of standardization and discusses the development of standards for renewable energy technologies.

Keywords

Standards, Standardization, Renewable Energy Technologies, Substandard

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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