The Sun Also Rises in Portugal: Ambitions of Just Solar Energy Transitions (Bristol Shorts Policy and Practice) - Softcover

Sareen, Siddharth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 152924210X ISBN 13: 9781529242102

Publisher: Bristol University Press, 2024

Synopsis

Available open access digitally under CC-BY licence.

Portugal is among the best-placed European countries to take advantage of solar power, having achieved a five-fold increase in installed capacity during 2017-2023 despite financial constraints. In 2023, its National Energy and Climate Plan set an ambitious target for a further eight-fold increase from 2.5 GW to 20.4 GW by 2030.

How can such fast-paced deployment secure sociospatial justice? What insights do political economic dynamics hold for future transitions? Drawing on long-term, multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork, this book is a one-stop resource for policy makers, practitioners, scholars, and anyone interested in just solar energy transitions.

Siddharth Sareen won the 2024 Nils Klim Prize, recognising his exemplary work in the search for renewable and sustainable sources of energy.

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About the Author

Siddharth Sareen is a human geographer, development researcher and political ecologist. He is Professor in Energy and Environment at the University of Stavanger, and Professor II at the Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation at the University of Bergen.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 152924210X
• ISBN 13: 9781529242102
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 168