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 …

Mapping energy poverty: How much impact do socioeconomic, urban and climatic variables have at a territorial scale?

F Encinas, R Truffello, C Aguirre-Nuñez, I Puig… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Energy poverty, considered a form of deprivation distinct from income poverty, is associated
with three factors: low-income levels, high energy costs, and poor residential energy …

[HTML][HTML] “Don't cook or iron with it”: Heterogeneities and coping strategies for accessing and using electricity in the informal settlements of Kampala, Uganda

P Yaguma, F Caprotti, MR Jazuli, P Parikh… - Energy Research & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Uganda has one of the highest energy access deficits in the world, so low-income
households improvise to access electricity, often through heterogeneous infrastructure …

[HTML][HTML] The right to repairable energy: A political ecology off-grid solar repair in Zambia

PG Munro, S Samarakoon, M Kearnes, C Paisley - Political Geography, 2023 - Elsevier
The sale of off-grid solar products in Zambia has grown rapidly over the past decade, with
around 1 million small-scale solar products sold between 2018 and 2022. However, these …

[HTML][HTML] Financially-constrained solar development: A comparative analysis of urban fabrics and scalar expression in Portugal and Rajasthan

S Sareen - Energy Research & Social Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar energy takes many varied forms in and beyond the urban infrastructure. Compared to
large-scale plants, small-scale solar forms have received little attention, yet arguably hold …

[HTML][HTML] Bringing light, connectivity and waste to local communities: A study of the post-consumption value chain for off-grid solar devices in Kenya

C Majale, G Opinde, I Nygaard - Energy Research & Social Science, 2024 - Elsevier
In areas with low penetration of grid-based electricity, off-grid solar (OGS) devices have for
the last decade played an important role of providing light and access to communications …

Technical comparison of hybrid renewable energy systems for Information Technology services

J Adebisi, O Amusan, P Olawoore - Journal of Digital Food …, 2022 - journals.uj.ac.za
Several energy generations options that mitigate fossil fuel burning is currently being
considered across the globe by various researchers to reduce atmospheric and …

Motives for the Use of Photovoltaic Installations in Poland against the Background of the Share of Solar Energy in the Structure of Energy Resources in the Developing …

I Jonek-Kowalska - Resources, 2023 - mdpi.com
Increasing the use of renewable energy sources (RES) is one of the greatest challenges
faced by modern emerging and developing economies. Its effective implementation largely …

Off-grid enterprise: A critical history of small-scale off-grid solar in Sub-Saharan Africa

P Munro, V Jacome, S Samarakoon - Off-grid solar electrification in Africa …, 2022 - Springer
Since 2009, there has been an unprecedent boom in social enterprise start-up companies
selling and marketing off-grid solar products to Africa's energy poor. This boom has been …

Wellbeing, infrastructures, and energy insecurity in informal settlements

F Caprotti, J de Groot, N Mathebula, C Butler… - … in Sustainable Cities, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Understanding the intricate relationship between energy and wellbeing in
informal urban settlements is essential for developing effective interventions that address the …