Professor Norbert Edomah
Professor of Energy Systems & Policy
Professor Norbert Edomah is an interdisciplinary energy systems engineer, with over two decades of professional experience in the energy field spanning across industry and academia. His experience in the manufacturing and engineering services sector spans plant operations and maintenance to sales, marketing and business development of engineering products and solutions with leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) such as Schneider Electric and TetraPak. He is currently a Professor of Energy Systems and Policy and Head, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the School of Science and Technology, Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, Nigeria. He completed his doctorate degree in Energy Systems and Environmental Sustainability in 2017 at the Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge, United Kingdom.
His research focuses on understanding how people respond to (and influence) changes in energy systems and how these interactions impact energy policy. His principal research lie in the multidisciplinary field of energy transitions, energy policy, electricity planning and sustainability. He is on the editorial board of some academic journals published by reputable publishers. He serves as project funding bid reviewer for the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the National Research Council, Canada. He was the 2025 Anglia Ruskin University Vice Chancellors Alumni Sustainability Champion Award winner.
Professor Edomah has contributed immensely to national and international energy policy dialogues and reports. He has attracted research grants to the Pan-Atlantic University through research projects funded by different funding agencies, including the United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the European Commission. He is author of several academic peer-reviewed journal articles on various aspects of energy. His book on Electricity and Energy Transition in Nigeria, published by Routledge, is the first major research monograph that covers the dynamics of energy systems change in Nigeria from a historical, policy, governance, consumer, industrial policy and future perspectives. He is a Chartered Engineer with the Engineering Council (UK) and a registered engineer with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN). He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance-HE) UK.
Grants Obtained
1. 2020 – 2021: UKRI Global Challenges Research Fund – Quality Related (GCRF-QR) funded project that explored gender dynamics and energy access in the global south in four (4) countries in Africa (Nigeria and Ghana) and Asia (Pakistan and India).
2. 2020 – 2025: UKRI Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded project that explored energy democracy and the politics of energy transition in African countries.
3. 2023 – 2024: European Commission funded project that explored green waste management and micro-entrepreneurship Vocational Education and Training in Nigeria and Ghana.
4. 2024 – 2026: European Commission funded project on Solar Hands-on training and International Network of Exchange (SHINE)
5. 2024 – 2026: UKRI Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) funded project on converting waste to energy.
6. 2025 – 2026: UKRI Innovate UK Zero Emission Generation (ZE-Gen) funded project on Thermophotovoltaic Thermal Energy Storage Pilot Demonstrator.
Publications, Seminars & Workshop Participation
Peer Reviewed Journal articles
Dioha, M., Edomah, N., Ordano, L. 2025. “Technological options and optimal pathways to a net-zero electricity system in Nigeria across different timelines” Progress in Energy 8, 014001. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1083/ae2bd7
Edomah, N. 2025. “Drivers of sustainability education and green vocational education and training in Africa’s solar sector: A case study of Nigeria, Ghana, and Uganda,” PRX Energy 4, 043011. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/kyt5-r138
Dong, D., Emem, O., Liu, L., Sen, B., Rasmussen, K., Edomah, N., Musango, J. K., Baninla, Y., Sergienko, O., & Liu, G. (2025). Solar Photovoltaic Development in West Africa Will Face Million-Ton Waste Challenges, and Off-Grid Systems Will Dominate. Environmental Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c06339
Edomah, N., Bamigboye, A. 2025. A Review of Skills Gaps in Africa’s Waste Management Sector: A Case Study of Nigeria and Ghana. Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences, 7, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.30564/jees.v7i3.8055
Edomah, N., 2023. Who triggers change? Social network mapping, stakeholder analysis and energy systems interventions in Nigeria’s electricity sector. International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management, 37, 5–20. https://doi.org/10.54337/ijsepm.7246
Pavanelli, J.M.M., Sang, E. V., de Oliveira, C.E., dos Reis Campos, F., Lazaro, L.L.B., Edomah, N., Igari, A.T., 2023. An institutional framework for energy transitions: Lessons from the Nigerian electricity industry history. Energy Research and Social Science. 97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.102994
Edomah, N., 2022. Rural electrification in Africa: A case study of Yebu community solar minigrid. Environmental Research Infrastructure and Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1088/2634-4505/ac9014
Schiffer, A., Greene, M., Khalid, R., Foulds, C., Vidal, C.A., Chatterjee, M., Dhar-Bhattacharjee, S., Edomah, N., Sule, O., Palit, D., Yesutanbul, A.N., 2022. Brokering Gender Empowerment in Energy Access in the Global South. Buildings & Cities 3, 619–637. https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.236
Edomah, N., 2022. Can a shift to electric vehicles fast track Africa’s energy transition? Joule 6, 715–717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2022.03.002
Dioha, M., Edomah, N., Caldeira, K., 2022. Fixing the Disconnect Around Energy Access. Issues in Science and Technology. 38 (2), 151–56.
Edomah, N., 2021. The governance of energy transition: lessons from the Nigerian electricity sector. Energy. Sustainability. And Society. 11, 1–12. doi:10.1186/s13705-021-00317-1
Edomah, N., Ndulue, G., Lemaire, X., 2021. A review of stakeholders and interventions in Nigeria’s electricity sector. Heliyon 7, e07956. doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07956
Edomah, N., Bazilian, M., Sovacool, B. (2020). Sociotechnical typologies for national energy transitions. Environmental Research Letters, 15, 111001 https://doi.org/10.1088/174-9326/abba54
Edomah, N., & Ndulue, G. (2020). Energy Transition in a lockdown: An analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on changes in electricity demand in Lagos Nigeria. Global Transitions. 2, 127-137 (Special issue on COVID-19) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.glt.2020.07.002
Edomah, N. (2019). Governing Sustainable Industrial Energy Use: Energy Transitions in Nigeria’s Manufacturing Sector. Journal of Cleaner Production. 210, 620–629.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.11.052
Edomah, N. (2017). Modelling Future Electricity: Rethinking the Organizational Model of Nigeria’s Electricity Sector. IEEE Access 5(1), 27074–27080. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8094118/
Edomah, N., Foulds, C., & Jones, A. (2017). Influences on energy supply infrastructure: A comparison of different theoretical perspectives. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 79, 765-778. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2017.05.072
Edomah, N., Foulds, C., & Jones, A. (2017). Policy making and energy infrastructure change : A Nigerian case study of energy governance in the electricity sector. Energy Policy, 102, 476–485. http://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2016.12.053
Edomah, N., Foulds, C., & Jones, A. (2016). The Role of Policy Makers and Institutions in the Energy Sector: The Case of Energy Infrastructure Governance in Nigeria. Sustainability, 8(8). 829. http://doi.org/10.3390/su8080829
Edomah, N., Foulds, C., & Jones, A. (2016). Energy Transitions in Nigeria: The Evolution of Energy Infrastructure Provision (1800–2015). Energies, 9(7), 484. http://doi.org/10.3390/en9070484
Edomah, N. (2016). On the path to sustainability: Key issues on Nigeria’s sustainable energy development. Energy Reports, 2, 28 – 34. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2016.01.004
Edomah, N. (2015). An Analysis of the Techno-Economic Dynamics of Energy Infrastructure Investment. International Energy Journal, 15(2), 83–92. http://www.rericjournal.ait.ac.th/index.php/reric/article/view/1352
Edomah, N. (2013). Optimizing Energy Consumption in Industrial Plants through Effective Energy Monitoring & Targeting International Journal of Engineering and Technology (IJET) 3 (7), 702-705. http://iet-journals.org/archive/2013/july_vol_3_no_7/1222113675614.pdf
Edomah, N. (2012). Economic Implications of Poor Power Quality Journal of Energy & Power Engineering (JEPE) 6(4). 883 – 666. DOI:10.17265/1934-8975/2012.04.020.
Edomah, N. (2009). Effects of Voltage Sag, Swell and other disturbances on Electrical Equipment and their Economic implications IEEE Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Electricity Distribution (CIRED) DOI: 10.1049/cp.2009.0502
Peer Reviewed Book Review Articles
Edomah, N. (2020). The Rise and Fall of OPEC in the Twentieth Century, Giuliano Garavini, Oxford University Press, Oxford (2019), p. 448, ISBN: 9780198832836. Energy. 198, 117322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.1173222
Peer Reviewed Encyclopedia/Reference Handbook Articles
Edomah, N. (2018) Economics of Energy Supply, In Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.11713-0
Peer Reviewed Book Chapters & Special issues
Edomah, N. (2020). Regional Development in Africa: An Overview, in Edomah, N. (Ed.), Regional Development in Africa. InTechOpen, London, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.90423. Available from: https://www.intechopen.com/books/regional-development-in-africa/regional-development-in-africa-an-overview
Edomah, N. (2018). Historical Drivers of Energy Infrastructure Change in Nigeria (1800–2015), in Gokten, S. (Ed.), Energy Management for Sustainable Development. InTechOpen, London, United Kingdom, pp. 23–45. doi:10.5772/intechopen.74002
Edomah, N. (2018). Deindustrialization and Effects of Poorly Implemented Energy Policies on Sustainable Industrial Growth. In M. Yülek, ed. Industrial Policy and Sustainable Growth. Springer Nature Singapore, pp. 311-322. Available at: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-981-10-5741-0_26.pdf
Edomah, N., & Nwaubani, S. (2014). Energy security challenges in developing African mega cities: the Lagos experience. Infrastructure, Risk and Resilience: Managing Complexity and Uncertainty in Developing Cities, The Institution of Engineering and Technology. Pg. 3–12 https://www.theiet.org/media/1679/infra-risk.pdf
Books (peer reviewed research monographs)
Edomah, N. (2020), Electricity and Energy Transition in Nigeria. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. London and New York, https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367201456
Edited Books
Edomah, N. (2020) (Ed.), Regional Development in Africa. InTechOpen, London, United Kingdom. https://www.intechopen.com/books/regional-development-in-africa
Policy Briefs, Reports & Professional Magazine Articles
Edomah, N., 2024, What drives Green Vocational Education and Training in Uganda’s Solar Sector?. Solar Hands-on training and International Network of Exchange – SHINE Project https://shine-project.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/SHINE-Factsheet-Uganda.pdf
Edomah, N., 2024, What drives Green Vocational Education and Training in Nigeria’s Solar Sector?. Solar Hands-on training and International Network of Exchange – SHINE Project https://shine-project.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/SHINE-Factsheet-Nigeria.pdf
Edomah, N., 2024, What drives Green Vocational Education and Training in Ghana’s Solar Sector?. Solar Hands-on training and International Network of Exchange – SHINE Project https://shine-project.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/SHINE-Factsheet-Ghana.pdf
Edomah, N., 2024, Challenges and Drivers pf Green Vocational Education and Training in Africa’s solar sector. Solar Hands-on training and International Network of Exchange – SHINE Project https://shine-project.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/SHINE-Factsheet-Africa.pdf
Edomah, N., 2023, Citizen Participation and Energy Access in Nigeria: Policy Brief. Energy Democracy in Africa (ENR_Demos) Project, https://www.enrdemosproject.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ENRDemos-Nigeria-Policy-Brief-Final.pdf
Edomah, N., 2022. How policy workers shape energy systems [WWW Document]. New Energy World. URL https://knowledge.energyinst.org/new-energy-world/article?id=127029 (accessed 11.11.22)
Edomah, N., Foulds, C., and Malo, I., 2021, Energy Access and Gender in Nigeria: Policy Brief. Cambridge: Global Sustainability Institute.
Articles in Preprints
Edomah, N., (2019). Politics on the consumer side: The role of end-users in shaping the Nigerian electricity market… https://doi.org/10.31124/advance.10245443.v1.
Selected Peer-reviewed Conference/International Workshop Papers presented
Edomah N. “Energy governance and interventions: The role of policy levers in Nigeria’s energy transition” International Conference on ‘Critical Perspectives on Energy Transition in Africa’. Merian Institute for Advanced Studies on Africa (MIASA), University\y of Ghana, Accra. Ghana. 145– 17 December 2020.
Edomah N. “Political Dynamics of Energy Transition in the Global South: The case of Nigeria” International Workshop on ‘The Governance of Sustainable Energy Transition in the Global South’. Merian Institute for Advanced Studies on Africa (MIASA), University\y of Ghana, Accra. Ghana. 16 – 17 September 2019. .
Edomah N. (2018) “The quest for competitiveness: Energy transitions in Nigeria’s manufacturing sector”. ProPak West Africa Conference and Exhibition. Landmark Centre, Lagos Nigeria. 18 – 20 September 2018.
Edomah N. “Influences underlying changes in energy supply infrastructure in Nigeria” Summer School Workshop on ‘Accelerating Innovation to Reduce Energy Demand’. Centre on Innovation in Energy Demand (CIED), University\y of Sussex, Brighton. United Kingdom. 10 – 12 July 2017. .
Edomah N. (2016) “Energy transitions in Nigeria: the role of institutions in the governance of energy infrastructure provision (1800 – 2015)”. 7th International Sustainability Transitions Conference. Wuppertal Germany, 6 – 9th September 2016.
Edomah N. (2015). Sustainable energy development in Nigeria: barriers and role of public policy 2nd Global Sustainability Research Conference, 26th January, 2015. Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
Webinars and International Workshop Presentations and Panel Moderations
Chairing a virtual session on Infrastructure and Sustainability for Energy Access under the Environmental Research virtual series organized by IOP Publishers on 15th November 2023,. Different speakers addressed salient issues on infrastructure and sustainability challenges and how they affect energy access as a goal (SDG7).
I moderated a panel session on vision for a circular energy sector in Nigeria organized by the Nigerian Chapter of the African Circular Economy Network on 13th July 2022, (from 1:55:00 of the link provided). This hybrid event sparked a lot of interest that led to further engagements beyond the event.
Edomah N Training Workshop on Global Energy Transition for Senior staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Commission (NNPC) held at Ibis Hotel Ikeja Lagos on 1st – 5th August 2022.
Edomah N. “Sociotechnical typologies for national energy transitions”. MIASA IFG4 Public Lecture Series (virtual webinar). Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA), University of Ghana 22nd October 2020.
Edomah N. “The Role of Effective Energy Policies in advancing industrial development in Nigeria”. Energy Institute Evening Lecture Series. Oriental Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria. 8th February 2018. https://www.energyinst.org/media-relations/media-centre/1734
Edomah N. and Ward J. “Nigeria: energy past to climate future” GSI Seminar Series, Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom 9th March, 2016.
Edomah N. “Transforming energy: the politics of energy choices” Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Ghana Local Network Guest Lecture delivered at the All Nations University College, Kiforidua, Ghana. 17th February, 2016.
Edomah N. “Social psychology, energy efficiency and energy use: understanding the connection”. Lord Ashcroft International Business School (LAIBS), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 3rd September 2015.
Workshop participation
“New recommendations on energy efficient external lighting systems” organized by the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) and the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), 7th July 2015, Westminster Conference Centre, London, United Kingdom.
“Teaching & Learning in Practice in Higher Education”. Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 1st – 3rd Sept 2015. (A workshop as part of the requirements for the Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, UK)
“Energy Systems” 5th Annual Oxford Energy Conference. Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford UK. 13th June 2016.