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The National Centre for Energy and Environment charged with the responsibility of conducting cutting edge research in Bioenergy and Environment has to its credit a Bioenergy and Environmental Forensics laboratory equipped to support her research activities.The Laboratory is organised into various sections which serve research needs of units in the centre. These sections are Environmental Laboratory, General laboratory, Spectrophotometer Laboratory and Ecotoxicology Laboratory.
The laboratory primarily provides support for Research and Development activities in Biodiesel and Biogas production, Solar/Wind, Waste-to-Energy, Ecotoxicology, Environmental pollution/Remediation. It also renders services to students and academics of our immediate host Community – University of Benin as well as researchers in institutions within the region.
It is our aspiration that in no distant future, the Centre’s Laboratory will be a hub for astounding analysis in the South-South geopolitical region.
Equipments Available
Several equipment available in the Centre’s Laboratory include but are not limited to the following:
The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Laboratory is a research facility funded, maintained, and supported by the Centre to promote and facilitate the applications of Geographic Information Systems, Remote sensing, Cartography, Spatial analysis to research in alternative energy technologies and the environment. The GIS Laboratory provides support to the Centre’s research staff and members of the University of Benin Academia. The Unit is staffed with senior GIS staff of the Centre.
In accordance with the mandate on which the Centre was established, the biodiesel workshop was built in 2013. It was designed and constructed for the sole aim of producing biodiesel from non-edible seed such as jatropha seed, rubber seeds etc.
Equipment and Materials Available
