Abstract
Energy poverty in Nigeria undermines national development. In addition, the heavy reliance on fossil fuel powered energy sources continues to devastate the Nigerian environment and to threaten ecosystem functionality. RE which provides promising alternative remains largely undeveloped. The aim of this paper was to contribute to RE development and deployed in Nigeria. The paper adopted the doctrinal method of research. Textual analysis of the provisions of relevant statutes and legal instruments was used. This was complimented with judicial decisions and opinions expressed in articles and books. The paper found that
challenges to RE development in Nigeria are intermittency, investment costs, grid access and grid security and lack of technical and technological know-how. It identified and discussed the following legal interventions to the challenges: feed- in-tariff, funding interventions, access to land and research and development. The paper concluded that the legal interventions are grossly inadequate to effectively promote RE development in Nigeria. It recommended the enactment of a Renewable Energy Act to address the challenges.
Keywords: Renewable Energy, Laws, Nigeria.