This paper examines the potential of renewable energy
resources in Nigeria that can be harnessed for continuous energy
supply, most especially in rural areas. The paper is organized as
follows. Section 2 enumerates the present state of conventional
generation in Nigeria. Section 3 discusses the existing potentials of
the RE resources. The government energy policies are outlined in
Section 4. A set of proposed measures and policies that can
effectively advance RE in Nigeria is spelled out in Section 5, while
Section 6 highlights the prospects of RE for rural energy provision.
Finally, Section 7 provides the conclusions.