1 Department of Renewable Energy Engineering, Henriott Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
2 Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria.
3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Univesity of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria.
4 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State, Nigeria.
5 Department of Geography, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria.
6 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Univesity of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria.
Review Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 23(03), 2435-2441
Received on 13 August 2024; revised on 20 September 2024; accepted on 23 September 2024
This review looks at how wind power, one of the most efficient renewable energy sources, could be better used in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, moving beyond what current research has covered. While studies from 2020 to 2024 have focused a lot on solar and hybrid systems, wind energy hasn’t been given much attention, especially for oil operations. Areas like powering offshore platforms, remote oil sites, and using wind power alongside carbon capture to cut emissions are still underexplored. There’s also not enough research on the technical constraints specific to Nigeria, such as connecting wind power to the existing grid and dealing with storage challenges. Asides that, the economic feasibility and the policies needed to support wind energy adoption in this sector haven’t been thoroughly analyzed. This review addresses these gaps by suggesting new ways to use wind power, such as offshore wind farms for oil operations, using wind energy to reduce gas flaring, and combining wind energy with carbon capture systems. It also emphasizes the importance of new policies and industry cooperation to tackle technical and financial obstacles. Ultimately, wind energy could play a big role in making Nigeria’s oil and gas industry more efficient and sustainable, opening up new opportunities for energy transition via this review.
Wind power integration; Offshore wind energy; Renewable energy solutions; Sustainability; Wind energy adoption; Hybrid renewable energy systems
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Onyeka Virginia Ekunke, Victor Ikechukwu Stephen, Ikechukwu Bismarck Owunna, Jude Oghenegare Alele, Favour Nnennaya Eze and Nosa Godwin Agbonze. Optimizing wind power integration for enhanced efficiency in the Nigerian oil and gas sector: Exploring novel applications beyond existing research.. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 23(3), 2435-2441. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2024.23.3.2910