Abstract
This article introduces the concept of renewable energy in relation to concepts like 'Peace' and 'Justice'. This is followed by analyzing reality of 'renewable energy' via raw material exaction; land contracting; operational impacts; energy-use; and decommissioning. This demonstrates the serous stakes involved in the uncritical embrace and celebration of so-called “renewable energy” for peace and justice studies. The final section concludes by discussing what appropriate low-carbon technologies might look like and forms of renewable energy we should aim to create..
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Authors
Alexander Dunlap
Alexander Antony Dunlap was Postdoctoral Fellow at Centre for Development and the Environment, 2019-2023.
