Renewable Energy Regions

James Goodman; Gareth Bryant; Linda Connor; Devleena Ghosh; Jonathan Paul Marshall; Tom Morton; Katja Müller; Stuart Rosewarne; Riikka Heikkinen; Lisa Lumsden; Mareike Pampus; Priya Pillai

doi:10.1017/9781009485609.003

2 - Renewable Energy Regions

Cases and Policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 June 2025

Jonathan Paul Marshall ,

Tom Morton ,

Riikka Heikkinen and

James Goodman: Affiliation:
University of Technology Sydney
Gareth Bryant: Affiliation:
University of Sydney
Linda Connor: Affiliation:
University of Sydney
Devleena Ghosh: Affiliation:
University of Technology Sydney
Jonathan Paul Marshall: Affiliation:
University of Technology Sydney
Tom Morton: Affiliation:
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
Katja Müller: Affiliation:
Merseburg University for Applied Sciences
Stuart Rosewarne: Affiliation:
University of Sydney
Riikka Heikkinen: Affiliation:
University of Technology Sydney
Lisa Lumsden: Affiliation:
University of Technology Sydney
Mareike Pampus: Affiliation:
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
Priya Pillai: Affiliation:
University of Technology Sydney

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The chapter tracks the field of renewable energy transition in the three sub-national states where the ethnographic studies are located: Karnataka, Brandenburg, and South Australia. It applies the conceptual model outlined in Chapter 1 to address the full scope of the transition in these regions. The model is used to analytically ‘unbundle’ the dimensions of transition in the three contrasting regions of study, allowing deeper understanding of the relations in play. The chapter focuses on each state in turn, providing historical and contemporary data about renewable energy policy-making and development at the region level in the context of national authorities and global institutions and agencies. We demonstrate the process of renewable ‘capture’ by capital, but also how it is contested and the extent to which it prefigures more democratic social relations and new ‘forms of collective life’.

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energy regions renewables governance neoliberal renewables

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The Promise of Renewable Energy Regions
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