Striving for Excellent Engineering Practice Through Energy Mix Implementation Strategies and Sustainable Policy

Abstract

The energy mix is needed for optimal performance of industries, strategic management of engineering resources and enhanced opportunities in the energy sector. This paper identified criteria for excellent engineering practice through energy-mix implementation strategies and sustainable policies. Challenges confronting the excellent implementation of proper energy mix were highlighted. Salient points and way forward were carefully checked and relevant discussions were made. Findings revealed that there are issues traceable to an inadequate energy mix that culminates into undersupply of energy, lack of capacity for expansion, the deficit of sustainable policy regarding energy mix and lack of circular economy and inadequate quality assurance. Nigeria as a nation need to key into global activities, and this places a premium of emphasis on energy efficiency. It was concluded that infrastructural development in the power, transportation and energy sector requires a solid foundation in the energy mix for viable investment and the combination of an adequate proportion of various sources of energy should be encouraged to prevent environmental pollution and energy deficit in Nigeria. Hence, there is a need to strive for excellent engineering in practice through strategic energy-mix implementation, job creation, effective energy management, improvement of energy security, capacity building and sustainable policy. Regulatory bodies, engineering family, stakeholders, educators, investors and every tier of government have a special role to play in the formulation of the sustainable policy being sought for energy-mix implementation. Keywords: Sustainable Policy, Energy Mix, Implementation, Engineering Practice, Strategic Management