Furthermore, rising crude oil prices has forced nations of the
world to think about alternative energy sources. Of the different
available energy options, solar energy is considered the most effective,
and can even afford the environmental protection of plants.
Plants are known to convert and store enormous solar energy in
biomass, harnessing these energy stores will best replace all fossil
energy resources in the future (Deublein and Steinhauser, 2008).
Unfortunately the new alternative energy sources like the solar,
hydro, wind etc. require huge economic investment and technical
power to operate, which seem to be very difficult for the developing
countries like Nigeria.