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Record Nr.

UNINA9910884600903321

Autore

Sareen Siddharth

Titolo

Geographies of Solar Energy Transitions : Conflicts, Controversies and Cognate Aspects

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : UCL Press, , 2024

©2024

ISBN

9781800087309

1800087306

9781800087323

1800087322

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

MartinAbigail

Disciplina

333.7923

Soggetti

Solar energy

Renewable energy sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Cognate Aspects of Solar Energy Transitions  -- 2 Finance and the Solar Transition: Project Finance and Tax Credits as Drivers of the US Solar Rollout  -- 3 Energy Communities as Models of Social Innovation, Governance and Energy Transition: Spanish Experiences  -- 4 Beyond Power: The Social Situatedness of Community Solar Energy Systems  -- 5 Can Solar Energy Make Up for a Failing Grid? Solar Energy Deployment in Urban and Urbanising Localities of the Global South  -- 6 Accepting Idealised Solar Farm Portrayals? Exploring Underlying Contingencies -- 7 Comparative Visual Ethnographies of the Ensconcement of Solar Photovoltaics in the Urban Built Environment of Solar Cities Jaipur and Lisbon  -- 8 Community Solar Struggles in Portugal  -- 9 Geopolitical Ecologies and Gendered Energy Injustices for Solar Power in Ghana -- 10 Governing Solar Supply Chains for Socio-Ecological Justice  -- Index -- Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Geographies of Solar Energy Transitions focuses on how solar energy governance (both state-based regulations and more market-driven



modes of governance) is evolving to address a diverse range of conflicts and challenges.