Off-Grid Solar Electrification in Africa - A Critical Perspective (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)

This book evaluates off-grid solar electrification in Africa by examining how political, economic, institutional, and social forces shape the adoption of off-grid solar technologies, including how issues of energy injustice are manifested at different levels and spaces. The book takes a historical, contemporary, and projective outlook using case studies from pre- and ongoing electrification communities in non-Western countries such as Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, Malawi, Tanzania, and Nigeria. Beyond the diverse nature of these countries in terms of their geographical location in West, East, and Southern Africa, each offers a different experience in terms of colonial history, economic and institutional infrastructure, social and cultural context, and level of adoption of off-grid solar technologies. Notably, the book contributes to the off-grid solar and energy justice scholarship in low-income non-Western contexts. It examines various approaches to energy justice and does so by engaging with Western and non-Western philosophical notions of the concept. It takes into consideration the major principles of Ubuntu philosophy with the adoption of off-grid solar technologies, hence enriching the energy justice framework. Finally, the book interrogates the degree to which the social mission that catalysed the expansion of the off-grid solar sector is being undermined by broader structural dynamics of the capital investment upon which it is reliant. It also argues that the ascendance of off-grid solar electrification in Africa is transformative in that it enables millions of people without access to or facing uncertainties linked to centralised grid energy to have access to basic energy services.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Energy, Climate and the Environment
Release date:	November 2022
First published:	2022
Editors:	Nathanael Ojong
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	373
Edition:	1st ed. 2022
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-113824-9
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Professional & Technical > Energy technology & engineering > Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Promotions
LSN:	3-03-113824-4
Barcode:	9783031138249

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