AU  - Usman,Zubairu Gatugel
AU  - Supervisor: Tekbıyık Ersoy, Neyre 
TI  - Performance of power sector policies and reforms in Brazil, India and Nigeria: A comparative study
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Nicosia
PB  - Cyprus International University
KW  - Policies
KW  - Politikalar
KW  - Reforms
KW  - Reformlar
N1  - Includes references (92-99 p.); 1; ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS; 1; CHAPTER 1; 1; INTRODUCTION; 1; General İnformation about Nigeria; 2; Objectives of this thesis; 3; Motivation; 3; Contribution of this thesis; 5; Thesis organization; 6; CHAPTER 2; 6; LITERATURE REVIEW; 7; Brazilan power sector; 9; Indian Power sector; 12; Nigerian power sector; 16; CHAPTER 3; 16; COMPARISON METHODS; 16; Data collection; 16; Decision criteria; 20; CHAPTER 4; 20; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; 20; INTRODUCTION; 21; Brazil; 22; India; 23; Nigeria; POWER SECTOR CHALLENGE AND REFORMS; 28; Brazil; 30; India; 31; Nigeria; 43; HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; 43; Brazil; 45; India; 50; Nigeria; 53; WIND POWER GENERATION; 53; Brazil; 53; India; 57; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; 58; Brazil; 59; India; 62; Nigeria; 62; TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS CAPACITIES AND LOSSES; 62; Brazil; 63; India; 65; Nigeria; 66; ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; 67; Brazil; 68; India; 69; Nigeria; 69; PERFORMNACE ANALYSIS; 70; Energy sources; 71; Power sector challenges; 72; Thermal power generation; 74; Hydroelectric power generation; 74; Wind power generation; 75; Solar power generation; 75; Cumulative power generation and generation mix; 77; Transmission  capacity and Transmission and Distribution losses; 78; Energy sustainability index; 79; Energy efficiency policies and laws; 81; Electricity consumption per capita; 83; CHAPTER 5; 83; RECOMMENDATIONS; 83; Recent Energy Issues Issues; 86; Energy efficiency; 86; Expliotation of renewable energy sources; 87; Regional integration; 88; Energy subsidies; 89; Electric cooperation societies; 89; Mega thermal policy; 89; Research and Development; 90; Transmission and distribution(T&D) losses; 90; Proper Planning of generation and transmission capacities; 91; Effective monitoring; 91; CONCLUSION; 92; REFERENCES
N2  - 'ABSTRACT Nigerians have been experiencing acute power shortages within the last three decades despite the country's vast energy resources which include both fossil fuels and renewable energy sources. Numerous policies and reforms have been adopted and implemented by the government in order to address the power sector challenges, but with minimum effects. This comes at a time when countries like Brazil and India with huge populations and challenges like Nigeria have recorded significant development in their power sectors. The two countries have tropical weather and similar resource diversity with Nigeria which they harnessed effectively to develop an advanced power sector. Most of Brazil's achievement is recorded in the renewable energy sector through its alternative energy incentives program known as Programa de Incentivo as Fontes Alternativas de Energia Electrica. India's achievement, on the other hand, is recorded in the fossil fuel generation sector due to the availability of coal and the government's incentive programs such as the Mega Power Policy. Although Nigeria commenced a comprehensive reform of its power sector, it still experiences considerable challenges due to lack of proper policy framework.  This thesis provides a comparative analysis on the policies and reforms implemented in Brazil, India and Nigeria. The main focus was to analyze the critical aspects of the corresponding power sector's development and provide recommendations on how to improve Nigeria's power sector performance. The recommendations provided were based on multiple criteria such as; the resources of the countries, the potentials, evaluation of policies that positively impacted the development of power sectors of Brazil and India, and, the current energy issues in Nigeria.  Key words: Policies, Reforms, Brazil, India, Nigeria. '
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