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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2011): Journal of Energy Policy Research and Development
In this maiden issue, the Editorial Board decided to solicit papers from Energy Commission of Nigeria, its six Energy Research Centers and some eminent scholars in the field of energy. Consequently, this issue has nine articles featuring on various aspects of energy. The first paper is a contribution from Professor Sambo, A. S, who is the Director General, Energy Commission of Nigeria and Vice Chair, World Energy Council-Africa (WEC-Africa). The paper highlights the energy outlook of Nigeria's energy demand over a period of 30 years, in which bottom-up analysis of Nigeria's energy demand over the period 2005 – 2030, conducted by Energy Commission of Nigeria, for meeting the socio-economic development aspiration of Nigeria. The energy requirements for the country's development aspirants were assessed within the framework of scenario analysis by using the Model for Analysis of Energy Demand (MAED), which was developed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).