Sustainable Energy Transformations, Power and Politics: Morocco and the Mediterranean

ISBN-13: 9780367586782 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 260 str.

Sharlissa Moore

Opis

This book analyses energy transitons and the opportunities and challenges for building sustainable energy systems to improve human capabilities while protecting the environment.

Spis treści

List of figures

List of tables

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

PART I

Large-scale energy system transformations

1. Introduction: Visions for sustainable energy transformations











2. The history of concentrating solar power and large-scale engineering projects for the Mediterranean











3. The critical geopolitics of renewable energy and spatial energy justice: Envisioning the Mediterranean, perceiving Desertec











4. The life cycle of a vision: Desertec system designs










PART II





Nation-state visions for just and socially sustainable energy development












5. The social pillar of sustainable development in Morocco’s solar imaginary











6. Neocolonial or not? Evaluating North-South-South partnership on electricity integration











7. Socially sustainable solar power development: From national dreams to local outcomes











8. Conclusion: Energy justice and security in visions of multi-scalar systems

Index

O autorze

Sharlissa Moore is an Assistant Professor of International Energy Policy, jointly appointed between the International Relations fields in James Madison College and the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Michigan State University, USA.