Longreads

In-depth analysis and essays on a variety of interesting topics.

  1. Who profits from the green energy rush? Derisking and power relations in Africa’s renewable energy finance

    • State of Power
    • Energy Democracy
    • Just Transition
    Longread by
    • Steffen Haag
    • Johanna Tunn
    • Tobias Kalt
    • Franziska Müller
    • Jenny Simon
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  2. Waste to Energy A privatised false solution

    • State of Power
    • Energy Democracy
    Longread by
    Vera Weghmann
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  3. Facilitating energy flows, containing humans Authoritarian energy transitions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region

    • State of Power
    • Middle East and North Africa
    Longread by
    • Benjamin Schütze
    • Elia El Khazen
    • Charlotte Mueller
    • Philipp Wagner
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  4. Reclaiming Power? Shifting geographies of extractivism in South Africa and visions for a just transition from below

    • State of Power
    • Energy Democracy
    • Just Transition
    Longread by
    • Lisa Pier
    • Matthews Hlabane
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  5. Power switch Building a just energy transition in an age of corporate and imperial power

    • State of Power
    • Just Transition
    • Energy Democracy
    • Middle East and North Africa
    Longread by
    • Timothy Mitchell
    • Thea Riofrancos
    • Ozzi Warwick
    • Nick Buxton
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  6. Negotiating a global energy crisis on our stairwell Lessons from Lebanon

    • State of Power
    • Energy Democracy
    • Middle East and North Africa
    Longread by
    Ebla Research Collective
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  7. Socialising energy Lesson from radical housing campaigns in Germany

    • State of Power
    • Energy Democracy
    Longread by
    Communia Collective
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  8. Energy revolution A community-based approach to socio-ecological transformation

    • State of Power
    • Public Community Collaborations
    • Transformative Local Politics
    • Energy Democracy
    Longread by
    • Tatiana Roa Avendaño
    • Eliana Carolina Carrillo Rodríguez
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  9. Decarbonising Electricity The costs of private sector-led renewable energy, and opportunities for alternatives in Australia, Germany and India

    • State of Power
    • Energy Democracy
    • Just Transition
    Longread by
    • James Goodman
    • Decarbonising Electricity research group
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  10. Power-off Lessons from the struggles against Big Oil

    • State of Power
    • Stop Corporate Impunity
    Longread by
    • Olivier Petitjean
    • Clémence Dubois
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