Virtue or vice? Solar micro-grids and the dualistic nature of low-carbon energy transitions in rural Ghana

Nuru, Jude T.; Rhoades, Jason L.; Sovacool, Benjamin K.

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2021.102352

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“…However, regulatory planning challenges arise where drivers of higher urban density (beneficial for energy efficiency and transport energy cuts) reduce space for solar installations. This limits beneficiaries and diminishes the efficiency of installations (Poruschi and Ambrey 2019). These findings link to broader uncertainties for community energy and prosumer models to deliver just transitions (Hanke, Guyet and Feenstra 2021).…”

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“…The distribution of solar energy is also inequitable, with marginalised populations facing interrupted or inadequate current despite proximity to solar parks (Bedi 2022;Stock and Birkenholtz 2021). Yet even solar micro-grids unevenly distribute access to solar energy (Cantoni, Caprotti and de Groot 2022;Guillou and Girard 2022), and can engender resource dispossession and conflict (Nuru, Rhoades and Sovacool 2022). Solar infrastructures are thus material artefacts that mediate social relations.…”

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Solidaric solarities: Governance principles for transforming solar power relations

Sareen

Şorman

Stock

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Progress in Environmental Geography

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Solar energy has become the world's cheapest and fastest scaling electricity source. Multiple societal sectors are electrifying, and the scale and pace of change give some hope of near-future rapid climate mitigation through solar rollouts despite the bleak record to date. Critiques of utility-scale solar development foreground injustices like displacing marginalised groups and perpetuating resource inequity. Governance scholars argue for stringent regulations towards just transitions, and community energy research shows that smaller-scale solar solutions hold promise in being more equitable. Our contribution argues for the possibility of redistributive and emancipatory solar development, drawing from scholarship on governance (institutional configurations, policy mixes and cross-sectoral regulation) and scale (comparative energy geographies with attention to context-specificity and trans-local connection). We conceptualise and operationalise the term ‘solidaric solarities’ as modalities of harnessing solar energy to advance empowerment, interconnectedness and community wealth for victims of energy injustices. This focuses on political economy issues, where solar development can advance solidarity with historically marginalised groups, to create affordable distributed future renewable energy systems. The analysis underpinning this normative orientation leverages secondary research and scholarly expertise on solar rollouts. We offer pragmatic governance principles informed by values that engender solidarity, illuminating potential pathways to enable solidaric solar transitions.

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Solidaric solarities: Governance principles for transforming solar power relations

Sareen

Şorman

Stock

et al. 2023

Progress in Environmental Geography

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“…In this specific indicator, we emphasize the role of rural energy development, which is an indispensable part of national energy strategies in many current studies (Han et al , 2022; Wu and Han, 2022). A vital aspect of rural energy modernization is introducing household solar water heaters and household biogas digesters (Garcia et al , 2019; Nuru et al , 2022; Pizarro-Loaiza et al , 2021). Rural energy issues deserve much attention because we need to ensure people in remote areas have reliable access to energy and that they can afford it.…”

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Quantifying the energy trilemma in China and assessing its nexus with smart transportation

Zhao

Dong

2022

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Purpose Mitigating the energy trilemma (ET) is of great importance for dealing with climate change and realizing carbon neutrality. To this end, effectively assessing the level of the ET is essential. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the current situation and the spatio-temporal changes of the ET in the whole of China. Design/methodology/approach Moreover, based on provincial-level data in China for the period 2002–2017, and by using the dynamic estimation model, we aim to determine the specific marginal impacts of smart transportation (ST) on the ET, and the possible channels through which ST works on the ET. Findings We thus present the following findings: (1) The performance of both ET and its three pillars is gradually improving in China. Moreover, the situation tends to vary dramatically among various regions and provinces, and the gap between the best performers and the worst is large. (2) ST plays a significant role in inhibiting the ET, a finding that remains robust after a series of tests. And (3) the ET eradication effect of ST is caused mainly by improved innovation, advanced technical efficiency, and the increasing energy scale. Originality/value Accordingly, we put forward some policy recommendations to help tackle ET and accelerate ST in China.

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“…It will play a significant role in forecasting large-scale solar photovoltaic from rooftops. (Alfaro & Miller, 2021;Buechler & Martínez-Molina, 2021;Devereux et al, 2021;Jahangir & Cheraghi, 2020;Liu & Bah, 2021;Njoh et al, 2019;Nuru et al, 2022;Robert et al, 2021;Syahputra & Soesanti, 2021;Wirawan & Gultom, 2021)…”

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Urban Solar: Village Community Service Program, Narotama University, Surabaya, Indonesia-Based Renewable Energy Technology

Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management

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The research population is all students of Narotama University, 1633 students. There are 286 document results of urban solar articles on scopus.com. Select year range to analyze: 2011 to 2022, documents per year by source. More than 10 papers: Solar Energy 26 documents, Energy Procedia 16, Renewable Energy 13, IOP Conference Series Earth And Environmental Science 11. There are 286 document results of urban solar articles on scopus.com. Select year range to analyze: 2011 to 2022, documents by affiliation. More than 5 paper: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne 13 documents,

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Virtue or vice? Solar micro-grids and the dualistic nature of low-carbon energy transitions in rural Ghana

Cited by 19 publications

References 37 publications

Solidaric solarities: Governance principles for transforming solar power relations

Solidaric solarities: Governance principles for transforming solar power relations

Quantifying the energy trilemma in China and assessing its nexus with smart transportation

Urban Solar: Village Community Service Program, Narotama University, Surabaya, Indonesia-Based Renewable Energy Technology

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