Photons vs. firewood: female (dis)empowerment by solar power in India

• Published in: Gender, place and culture : a journal of feminist geography Vol. 27; no. 11; pp. 1628 - 1651
• Main Authors: Stock, Ryan, Birkenholtz, Trevor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 10.09.2020; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Access; Alternative energy sources; Caste; Common lands; emotional geography; Empowerment; Feminism; Feminist political ecology; firewood; Grazing; Human ecology; Intersectionality; Pastoralism; Political ecology; Political economy; postcolonial; Postcolonialism; Power; Public lands; Renewable energy; Renewable resources; Social power; solar development; Solar energy; Women; India

Renewable energy transitions are accelerating in the Global South. Yet many large-scale renewable energy infrastructures are developed on public lands with unknown impacts on commons access and usage. A prime example of this is the Gujarat Solar Park (GSP) in India, which is one of the world's...