Apart from diversification of sources of power generation, the dearth of skilled manpower and use of technology are areas that should be given serious attention if the problems of the power sector should get sustainable solution, it was learnt.
The Special Adviser to Bayelsa State Governor on Power, Olice Dickson Kemenanabo, who was the guest lecturer at the 12th Distinguished Electrical and Electronics Engineer Annual Lecture in Yenogoa, Bayelsa State, highlighted ways to surmount the problems in the power sector.
In his paper entitled: Surmounting the obstacles to the development of a sustainable power system in Nigeria: the Techno-economic approach, he said renewable sources of energy in the country are grossly underutilised.
He noted the importance of exploring alternative sources of power generation as against the undue dependence on conventional sources such as fossil fuels for thermal power stations. He said that long before we learnt how to manipulate and control ambient energy otherwise known as alternative energy, other countries had established ways to intervene in the use of the natural energies of the sun, moving air and water to deliver the basic comforts of life.
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