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Energy, Power and Transition State of Power 2024

120 minutes read

The fossil fuel based energy system has shaped capitalism and our geopolitical order. Our 12th State of Power report unveils the corporate and financial actors that underpin this order, the dangers of an unjust energy transition, lessons for movements of resistance, and the possibilities for transformative change.

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Energy, Power and Transition: State of Power 2024 (PDF, 3.02 MB)
Average time to read: 120 minutes
Publication type
Online report
Part of series
State of Power , 12

Authors

  • Nick Buxton
  • Timothy Mitchell
  • Thea Riofrancos
  • Ozzi Warwick
  • Steffen Haag
  • Johanna Tunn
  • Tobias Kalt
  • Franziska Müller
  • Jenny Simon
  • Ebla Research Collective
  • Gz. MeeNilankco Theiventhran
  • Kristian Stokke
  • Olivier Petitjean
  • Clémence Dubois
  • James Goodman
  • Decarbonising Electricity research group
  • Daniel Chavez
  • Lala Peñaranda
  • Tatiana Roa Avendaño
  • Eliana Carolina Carrillo Rodríguez
  • Communia Collective
  • Ashley Dawson
  • Matt Rota
  • Benjamin Schütze
  • Elia El Khazen
  • Charlotte Mueller
  • Philipp Wagner
  • Lisa Pier
  • Matthews Hlabane
  • Vera Weghmann

This is an online report, below you can find the featured essays and infographics. A downloadable PDF version is also available here.

Infographics

Essays

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Titanic Encounters Geopolitics at the centre of energy transitions in the Sri Lanka

    State of Power
    Longread by
    • Gz. MeeNilankco Theiventhran
    • Kristian Stokke

  • Power-off Lessons from the struggles against Big Oil

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

  • 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

  • State-Run Oil Companies and the Energy Transition The case of Colombia’s Ecopetrol

    • State of Power
    • Just Transition
    Longread by
    • Daniel Chavez
    • Lala Peñaranda

  • 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

  • Socialising energy Lesson from radical housing campaigns in Germany

    • State of Power
    • Energy Democracy
    Longread by
    Communia Collective

  • Dual Power Building a Movement for the Abolition of Fossil Capital and the Construction of Public Renewables

    • State of Power
    • Energy Democracy
    Longread by
    Ashley Dawson

  • 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

  • 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

  • Waste to Energy A privatised false solution

    • State of Power
    • Energy Democracy
    Longread by
    Vera Weghmann

  • Illustrating Energy, Power and Transition State of Power 2024

    • State of Power
    • Energy Democracy
    • Just Transition
    • Climate Crisis
    Longread by
    Matt Rota

Building a Just Energy Transition in an Age of Corporate and Imperial Power

Podcast

Nick Buxton in Conversation with Thea Riofrancos, Ozzi Warwick, and Timothy Mitchell

Is the Just Energy Transition underway, or is it a pipe dream?

The fossil fuel based energy system has shaped capitalism and our geopolitical order. On the 50th year of TNI's existence, the State of Power report unveils the corporate and financial actors that underpin this order, the dangers of an unjust energy transition, lessons for movements of resistance, and the possibilities for transformative change.
 

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Authors

  • Nick Buxton
  • Timothy Mitchell
  • Thea Riofrancos
  • Ozzi Warwick
  • Steffen Haag
  • Johanna Tunn
  • Tobias Kalt
  • Franziska Müller
  • Jenny Simon
  • Ebla Research Collective
  • Gz. MeeNilankco Theiventhran
  • Kristian Stokke
  • Olivier Petitjean
  • Clémence Dubois
  • James Goodman
  • Decarbonising Electricity research group
  • Daniel Chavez
  • Lala Peñaranda
  • Tatiana Roa Avendaño
  • Eliana Carolina Carrillo Rodríguez
  • Communia Collective
  • Ashley Dawson
  • Matt Rota
  • Benjamin Schütze
  • Elia El Khazen
  • Charlotte Mueller
  • Philipp Wagner
  • Lisa Pier
  • Matthews Hlabane
  • Vera Weghmann

Illustrations by Matt Rota

Infographics by Evan Clayburg

Infographic research by Elaine Forde

This is an online report, below you can find the featured essays and infographics. A downloadable PDF version is also available here.

Energy, Power and Transition: State of Power 2024 (PDF, 3.02 MB)
Average time to read: 120 minutes

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