Political ecologies of renewable energy
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Date: 3/27/2023
Time: 2:40 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Directors Row I, Sheraton, Plaza Building, Lobby Level
Type: Paper,
Theme: Toward More Just Geographies
Curated Track:
Sponsor Group(s):
Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group, Energy and Environment Specialty Group
Organizer(s):
Christopher Sneddon Dartmouth College
Chair(s):
Christopher Sneddon Dartmouth College
Description:
This session is devoted to discussions of the emerging political ecologies of renewable energy and the theorized energy transitions that will accompany their growing implementation across the globe. Presenters ask: what are the discourses and practices surrounding the promotion and adoption of renewable energy regimes from local to global levels? Are renewable energy technopolitical assemblages--and the energy landscapes they produce more just and/or less ecologically damaging than conventional energy systems? What kinds of socioecological conflicts are being generated by renewable energy projects, and how do these conflicts enroll a range of corporate, state, and community agents? Our aim is to interrogate a range of renewable energies (e.g., solar, biomass, wind, hydropower) being implemented in diverse geographical locales and use these cases to reflect on the different ways that energy production is being embedded within both old and new constellations of corporate and state power.
Presentations (if applicable) and Session Agenda:
Eve Vogel, University of Massachusetts - Amherst |
Connections, contradictions and contests of low-carbon electricity: Lessons from Massachusetts' drive for Hydro-Quebec Power |
Marissa Greer, University of Utah |
Renewable Energy in DFW: access, distribution, and equity |
Andrea Marston, Rutgers University |
Energy Frictions: Uneven Energy Transitions in Bolivia, Colombia, and Paraguay |
Christopher Sneddon, Dartmouth College |
The “world’s largest batteries”: A political ecology of pumped storage hydropower (PSH) |
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Political ecologies of renewable energy
Description
Type: Paper,
Date: 3/27/2023
Time: 2:40 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Directors Row I, Sheraton, Plaza Building, Lobby Level
Contact the Primary Organizer
Christopher Sneddon Dartmouth College
christopher.s.sneddon@dartmouth.edu
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