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View article: Governing rural electrification in Senegal: of monopolies, mini grids and beyond
Governing rural electrification in Senegal: of monopolies, mini grids and beyond Open
Despite major progress in electricity access and renewable energy deployment over recent decades, Senegal continues to face challenges in achieving universal rural electrification, a country where 55% of the rural population lack access. A…
View article: Electricity Capital and Energy Poverty
Electricity Capital and Energy Poverty Open
This chapter focuses on developing core themes around electricity capital, providing a conceptual basis for the book. The first theme, the “financialisation of development”, explores the evolving nexus between development finance, private …
View article: Uganda: The Political Economy of Off-Grid Solar Capitalism
Uganda: The Political Economy of Off-Grid Solar Capitalism Open
This chapter draws on insights from in-depth stakeholder interviews and secondary data to critically examine the political economy of off-grid solar in Uganda, emphasising the theme of the financialisation of development . We begin with an…
View article: Conclusion
Conclusion Open
This chapter synthesises the findings from the book, highlighting key themes linking electricity capital and energy transitions within the global South. This includes unpacking how global development agenda has fostered profit-driven strat…
View article: Vanuatu and the Ecologies of Solar Waste
Vanuatu and the Ecologies of Solar Waste Open
In this chapter, we draw on recent empirical insights from surveys, interviews, and secondary data, to discuss the repair and waste implications of Vanuatu’s rapid adoption of off-grid solar products, emphasising this book’s theme on the e…
View article: Energy Poverty and Developmental State Capitalism in Indonesia: A Geographical Political Economy Reading
Energy Poverty and Developmental State Capitalism in Indonesia: A Geographical Political Economy Reading Open
Using a geographical political economy lens, this chapter examines the uneven and relational characters of developmental state capitalism and energy transition in Indonesia, and how such dynamics impact the way that energy poverty is spati…
View article: The Paradox of Energy Poverty Datafication in Zimbabwe: An African Ubuntu View
The Paradox of Energy Poverty Datafication in Zimbabwe: An African Ubuntu View Open
While datafication—the growing presence, use and impact of data in social processes—plays a significant role in new technologies for energy access and the alleviation of energy poverty, little has been said about how these technologies, su…
View article: Of Energy Transitions and the State. The Case of Mexico’s Attempted Electricity Reform
Of Energy Transitions and the State. The Case of Mexico’s Attempted Electricity Reform Open
The chapter presents the reform of the electricity sector proposed in Mexico by former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, in office between 2018 and 2024, who broke with the neoliberal institutional legacy inherited after almost four d…
View article: The ‘capability’ of South African energy governance to deliver urban sustainable transitions
The ‘capability’ of South African energy governance to deliver urban sustainable transitions Open
Critical to the trajectory and outcome of urban sustainable energy transitions is the ability of government institutions to foster conditions for change and innovation. In this paper, a theoretical perspective combining state power and loc…
View article: The Political Economy of South Africa’s Carbon Tax
The Political Economy of South Africa’s Carbon Tax Open
The subject of carbon pricing is rising up the global policy agenda, as countries take action in the aftermath of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Conference of the Parties 26 summit in November 2021. South Afric…
View article: New frontiers of electricity capital: energy access in sub-Saharan Africa
New frontiers of electricity capital: energy access in sub-Saharan Africa Open
While recent years have seen the rapid growth of off-grid solar power, ten per cent of the world’s population, the majority in sub-Saharan Africa, still lack access to electricity. Meanwhile, standalone solar home systems using pay as you …
View article: Renewable Energy Procurement in Ethiopia: Overcoming Obstacles in Procurement from Independent Power Producers
Renewable Energy Procurement in Ethiopia: Overcoming Obstacles in Procurement from Independent Power Producers Open
Developing countries are increasingly using auctions for the procurement of utility-scale renewable electricity, due to the potential for attracting private investment. However, auction design and implementation can face serious obstacles …
View article: Governing procurement of renewable electricity amid power sector reforms
Governing procurement of renewable electricity amid power sector reforms Open
Renewable energy procurement (REP) is gaining increasing importance globally as a policy instrument in driving energy diversification and sustainable development agendas, yet little is known about the institutional dynamics of how these po…
View article: ‘Candles are not bright enough’
‘Candles are not bright enough’ Open
In this chapter, we discuss the key issue of how to envisage a just, fair and equitable energy transformation in the South African context. We argue that the move towards a new energy landscape cannot simply be described as a transition, b…
View article: Procurement, finance and the energy transition: Between global processes and territorial realities
Procurement, finance and the energy transition: Between global processes and territorial realities Open
Utility-scale renewable electricity generation is essential to decarbonisation as well as to ensuring affordable and secure electricity supplies around the world. Yet thus far there has been limited critical thinking dedicated to the compl…
View article: Scales of governance: Translating multiscalar transitional pathways in South Africa’s energy landscape
Scales of governance: Translating multiscalar transitional pathways in South Africa’s energy landscape Open
In this paper, we argue for a multiscalar focus on the governance of energy policy and practice. This perspective reveals the translation of agendas and policies across scales stretching from the global to the local. We analyse South Afric…
View article: Resource fluctuations inhibit the reproduction and virulence of the human parasite <i>Schistosoma mansoni</i> in its snail intermediate host
Resource fluctuations inhibit the reproduction and virulence of the human parasite <i>Schistosoma mansoni</i> in its snail intermediate host Open
Resource availability can powerfully influence host–parasite interactions. However, we currently lack a mechanistic framework to predict how resource fluctuations alter individual infection dynamics. We address this gap with experiments ma…
View article: Beyond Cost and Carbon: The Multidimensional Co-Benefits of Low Carbon Transitions in Europe
Beyond Cost and Carbon: The Multidimensional Co-Benefits of Low Carbon Transitions in Europe Open
The paper explores the myriad potential benefits of four low-carbon transitions beyond those in the environmental or economic domain. Drawn from a rich set of original mixed methods data—across expert interviews, focus groups, and public i…
View article: Decarbonization and its discontents: a critical energy justice perspective on four low-carbon transitions
Decarbonization and its discontents: a critical energy justice perspective on four low-carbon transitions Open
Low carbon transitions are often assumed as normative goods, because they supposedly reduce carbon emissions, yet without vigilance there is evidence that they can in fact create new injustices and vulnerabilities, while also failing to ad…