Solar power and its discontents: critiquing off‐grid infrastructures of inclusion in East Africa

J Cross, T Neumark - Development and Change, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Since 2010, solar energy companies in North America and Europe have played a pivotal
role in delivering clean, reliable and sustainable electricity to millions of people living off the …

[HTML][HTML] Off-grid solar waste in sub-Saharan Africa: Market dynamics, barriers to sustainability, and circular economy solutions

C Kinally, F Antonanzas-Torres, F Podd… - Energy for Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
The rate of access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is just 42%. The private market
for household-scale off-grid solar (OGS) products (pico solar and solar home systems) is …

Energy poverty in Uganda: Evidence from a multidimensional approach

VF Ssennono, JM Ntayi, F Buyinza, F Wasswa… - Energy Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
Energy poverty measurement has taken various approaches with the most preferred being
Multidimensional in nature. This paper augments the multidimensional energy poverty …

New frontiers of electricity capital: energy access in sub-Saharan Africa

L Baker - New Political Economy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Limits of the corporate-led market approach to off-grid energy access: A review

AC Groenewoudt, HA Romijn - Environmental Innovation and Societal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Markets not only enable wide technology diffusion but also shape sustainability transitions.
From this perspective, it is critical to investigate the shaping effects of markets and market …

Solidaric solarities: Governance principles for transforming solar power relations

S Sareen, AH Sorman, R Stock… - Progress in …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

The afterlives of off-grid solar: The dynamics of repair and e-waste in Malawi

S Samarakoon, P Munro, C Zalengera… - … Innovation and Societal …, 2022 - Elsevier
There has been profound growth in the adoption of off-grid solar devices across Sub-
Saharan Africa over the last decade. However, there has been limited attention given to the …

Off-grid electrical urbanism: emerging solar energy geographies in ordinary cities

PG Munro, S Samarakoon - Journal of Urban Technology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Off-grid solar products, which are typically positioned as a solution to rural energy poverty,
have experienced rapid sales growth in urban centers across the Global South over the last …

[HTML][HTML] Solar home systems in Malawi: Commercialisation, use and informal waste management

C Kinally, F Antonanzas-Torres, F Podd… - Sustainable Production …, 2023 - Elsevier
To address electricity deprivation, the Malawi Government aims to provide off-grid solar
products to 45% of the country's population by 2030, currently in the absence of a waste …

Rethinking the off-grid city

F Caprotti, J de Groot, K Bobbins, N Mathebula… - Urban …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
There has been a resurgence in interest in the off-grid city in the Global South, and on how it
functions as a collection of places, lived spaces, and dynamic infrastructural configurations …