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He said Nigeria has nearly all renewable energy resources that could help the nation to achieve more than sufficient power desirable, adding that a renewable resource can be used repeatedly and replaced naturally.
“So I think we are on course, although it is not easy. Very soon, we will get to a level where we will have a 100,000 megawatt or 100 gigawatt by 2030 and the economy growing at the rate of about 7 per cent annually,” he said.
Dr. Onu stated that the change from fossil to renewable energy was informed by the need to provide power to revive our factories and build new ones in order to create, provide jobs and reduce poverty in the country.
“The suppliers need a little profit, the consumers must also agree with suppliers. Government, as regulator, should also be there to regulate the duo. They have to source for the service they are giving consumers, so we should reach compromise and not fight over tariff,” he said.
Iledare said Nigeria was a good example of a country that produced energy but did not consume enough of it and the more reason its economy was not expanding.
Onu stated that this can be achieved through the transformation of the nation’s economy from one based mainly on fossil fuel to a low carbon economy based around renewable energy and energy efficiency.
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