ADEQUATE EDUCATION AND INFORMATION SHARING: KEY TO ATTAINING ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

Abstract

Access to sustainable energy has been considered paramount in meeting all or most of the sustainable development goals. This is because of the pervading impacts of energy to human, economic and social developments. However, meeting the global demands for sustainable energy, especially for a developing country such as Nigeria, has never been easier due to poor information sharing and educational knowledge. This scenario contributes towards the difficulty in picking and choosing energy technological winners that are more sustainable from limited choices available to producers, consumers from developing countries.  It also leads to the inadequate knowledge of what works and what does not work among the emerging renewable technologies. From the conventional fossil fuels to Nuclear energy up to the emerging renewable energy, no one technology is could be said to be a winner because each energy type has advantages and disadvantage. However, the lack of adequate information and educational knowledge, on both old technologies and emerging ones has affected choices of technologies. The objective of this paper is to reassess the contribution of education and adequate knowledge in promoting access to sustainable energy.

 Key Words: Education, Information Sharing, Sustainable Energy, and Developing Countries.