Prof. Olayinka S. Ohunakin is an internationally recognized professor of Energy Systems &
Thermofluids. He is a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Covenant
University, Nigeria. He is a Beahrs Fellow, College of Natural Resources, University of
California, Berkeley; Visiting Scholar, Center for African Studies, University of California,
Berkeley; Visiting Professor, Centre for Petroleum, Energy Economics and Law (CPEEL),
University of Ibadan, Nigeria; Visiting Professor, Faculty of Engineering & the Built
Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa; Visiting Professor, Pan African
University Institute of Water and Energy Sciences (PAUWES), Algeria. He is also the co-
founder and Director, The Energy and Environment Research Group (TEERG), Department of
Mechanical Engineering, Covenant University, Nigeria.
Prof. Ohunakin is an energy and environmental expert with vast knowledge in renewable
energy technologies, distributed generation, and hybrid grid systems, design and evaluation of
low-carbon systems, energy modeling, climate modeling, energy audits, cost-benefit analysis
of renewable energy investments, energy efficient building simulations and designs, energy
economics, policies, finance and management, with in-depth researches in energy conversion
and management, energy efficiency and conservation techniques, conventional energy sources
and power plants(https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jNzSObcAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao).
Prof. Ohunakin is a registered member of several professional bodies; he has written several
articles widely published on energy in leading peer-reviewed ‘high impact’ journals cutting
across Springer, Elsevier, Sage and Taylor & Francis publishers, and so on.
(https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jNzSObcAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao). He served in the
capacity as the Conference Chair, International Conference on Engineering for a Sustainable
World (ICESW) in the 2021 and 2022 edition,(https://icesw2023.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/contact/), and reviewer/editorial membership to numerous energy journals. He has also presented several position papers in conferences and
workshops both locally and internationally.
Recently, Prof. Ohunakin won a grant with other project partners across four institutions
(Technische Universität Berlin (Germany), Wuppertal Institut (Germany), Obafemi Awolowo
University (Nigeria, Academia), Université Abdou Moumouni WASCAL program (Niger,
Academia)) for the project: Optimization of Off-Grid Energy Supply Systems in Nigeria
(Project Funding Reference Number: 03SF0606). The project being funded by the German
Federal Ministry of Education and Research: bmbf.de, has a funding volume: € 1, 614, 290
(One Million Six Hundred and Fourteen Thousand Two Hundred and Ninety Euros) from
01/07/2020 – 30/06/2023. Full description of the project is given via: https://www.bmbf-
client.de/en/projects/peoplesun.
Prof. Ohunakin has been involved in several national assignments among which are: (i)
Interim Head/Chair – Environmentally Sound Management: ECOWAS Workshop on
Appliance Standards and Regulations-Institutional Capacity and Efficient Lighting Strategy,
Organised by the ECOWAS Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE),
UNEP and SEAD, October, 2013, Cotonou, Benin Republic, (ii) Member, Inter-Ministerial
Committee on Climate Change (ICCC): Preparatory Meeting of ICCC towards the 19th Session
of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change-Conference of Parties,
(UNFCCC-COP19) on Climate Change, October, 2013, Abuja, Nigeria, (iii) National
Delegate: Negotiators Team for Nigeria, Africa, G77+ and China at the 19th. Session of the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change-Conference of Parties, (UNFCCC-
COP 19) on Climate Change, Warsaw, Poland, 11th. – 22nd. November, 2013, (iv) National
Delegate: Negotiators Team (Technology Transfer, Capacity Building and Finance) for
Nigeria, Africa, G77+ and China at the 20th. Session of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change-Conference of Parties, (UNFCCC-COP 20) on Climate
Change, Lima, Peru, 1st. – 12th. December, 2014, (v) Member, Workshop for the Development
of Nigeria’s Biennual Update Report (BUR) to the UNFCCC, October, 2015, Abuja, Nigeria,
and (vi) Member, Inter-Ministerial Committee on Climate Change (ICCC): Preparatory
Meeting of ICCC towards the 21th. Session of the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change-Conference of Parties (UNFCCC-COP21) on Climate Change, October 2015,
Abuja, Nigeria, and technical expert on various energy appliances standards for the Standard
Organization of Nigeria.
Prof. Ohunakin has just been elected as the Chairman, National Mirror/Technical Committee
on Built Environment (NM/TC-2) for the Standards Organization of Nigeria and Vice-
Chairman, National Mirror/Technical Committee on Energy Generating Equipment (NM/TC-
13) for the Standards Organization of Nigeria. Prof. Ohunakin has been serving as a consultant
on several projects for the Worldbank/IFC, AfDB, KfW, AFD, GIZ, Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA), UNDP-GEF project on Energy Efficiency in Nigeria, etc. He is
also a consultant to several NGOs and private bodies (both foreign and local). Prof. Ohunakin
is currently a Nominated National Expert for Nigeria at the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
(https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/roestaging/Pages/RosterOfExperts.aspx).