Off-grid solar electrification in Africa : a critical perspective / Nathanael Ojong, editor.

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,...

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Other Authors: Ojong, Nathanael (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Series:Energy, climate, and the environment series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Energy Justice and Off-Grid Solar Electrification in Africa : Trends, Narratives and Contestations / Nathanael Ojong
  • Off-Grid Enterprise : A Critical History of Small-Scale Off-Grid Solar in Sub-Saharan Africa / Paul Munro, Veronica Jacome, and Shanil Samarakoon
  • At the Margins of the Grid : The Politics of Off-Grid Electrification in Senegal / Pascale Trompette, Emilie Etienne, and Rhosnie Francius
  • A Decade of Change : Off-Grid Solar Energy in Rwanda / Iwona Bisaga
  • The Dark Side of the Sun : Solar Home Systems and Their Injustices in Africa / Nathanael Ojong
  • Framing Energy Justice : Perspectives from Malawi's Off-Grid Solar Market / Shanil Samarakoon and Collen Zalengera
  • Gender Differentiation, Equality and Equity in Off-Grid Solar Usage in Rural Tanzania : A Fraying Thread? / Annelise Gill-Wiehl, Isa Ferrall, and Daniel Kammen
  • On-Grid and Off-Grid Electrification in Kenya : Who are left Behind and Why? / Kirsten Ulsrud and Anjali Saini
  • Solar Home Systems in Rural Landscapes : Examining the Forces Shaping Solar Home Systems Adoption in Southeast Nigeria / Edlyne E. Anugwom
  • Assessing Enablers and Barriers to Off-Grid Solar Electrification in Urban Ghana / Wilson Kodwo McWilson and Gloria Mensah
  • Off-Grid Solar Electrification on the Rise in Africa, but Where to? / Nathanael Ojong.