Energy Consumption in Transport Sector in Nigeria: Current situation and ways forward

Abstract

Energy use in the transportation sector includes the energy consumed in moving people and goods by road, rail, air, water, and pipeline. Transportation sector energy demand hinges on growth rates for both economic activity and the driving-age population. Economic growth spurs increases in industrial output, which requires the movement of raw materials to manufacturing sites, as well as the movement of manufactured goods to end users. Nigerian transportation fuel use, much of it in the form of liquid fuels increased over the period from 2005 to 2009. Passenger transportation energy use includes fuels used in light-duty vehicles, buses, aircraft, and passenger trains. Freight transportation energy use includes fuels used by large trucks, freight trains, and both domestic and international marine vessels. This paper discusses among other things, the transport modes and their energy consumption pattern looking at the implications of the trend in energy utilization to the national energy consumption. It also looks at the share of the transport sector energy consumption in the country and recommended the possible ways of improving it.

Keywords: Energy Consumption, Energy Balance, fossil fuel, Transportation modes, etc.