All Outputs (4)

Solar energy for all? Understanding the successes and shortfalls through a critical comparative assessment of Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Mozambique, Sri Lanka and South Africa (2018)
Journal Article
Kumar, A., Ferdous, R., Luque-Ayala, A., McEwan, C., Power, M., Turner, B., & Bulkeley, H. (2019). Solar energy for all? Understanding the successes and shortfalls through a critical comparative assessment of Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Mozambique, Sri Lanka and South Africa. Energy Research and Social Science, 48, 166-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2018.10.005

Lanterns, homes systems, hot water systems and micro-grids based on small-scale solar have become prominent ways to address the energy access challenge. As momentum grows for this form of energy transition this paper draws together research on small-... Read More about Solar energy for all? Understanding the successes and shortfalls through a critical comparative assessment of Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Mozambique, Sri Lanka and South Africa.

Justice and politics in energy access for education, livelihoods and health: How socio-cultural processes mediate the winners and losers (2017)
Journal Article
Kumar, A. (2018). Justice and politics in energy access for education, livelihoods and health: How socio-cultural processes mediate the winners and losers. Energy Research and Social Science, 40, 3-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2017.11.029

The rhetoric on development benefits of energy access often focuses on education, livelihoods and health. Using case studies of two energy access projects in India, this paper demonstrates that these claims, while true in part, are neither simple nor... Read More about Justice and politics in energy access for education, livelihoods and health: How socio-cultural processes mediate the winners and losers.

Equity across borders: a whole-system approach to micro-generation (2013)
Book Chapter
Adams, C., Bell, S., Taylor, P., Alimisi, V., Hutchinson, G., Kumar, A., & Turner, B. R. (2013). Equity across borders: a whole-system approach to micro-generation. In K. Bickerstaff, G. Walker, & H. Bulkeley (Eds.), Energy justice in a changing climate : social equity and low carbon energy (91-115). Zed Books Ltd

Energy Access for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: The ‘Micro Renewable’ Solution (2011)
Book Chapter
Kumar, A. (2011). Energy Access for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: The ‘Micro Renewable’ Solution. In M. Schäfer, N. Kebir, & D. Philipp (Eds.), Micro perspectives for decentralized energy supply : proceedings of the international conference : Technische Universität Berlin, 7th-8th of April 2011 / ed. by Martina Schäfer, Noara Kebir, Daniel Philipp. – Berlin: Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin, 2011 (262-267). Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek

Energy and its access have been the principal driving forces behind development. While energy access has accelerated development, the traditional paths of achieving it have created the crisis of climate change. This makes energy and its access the pr... Read More about Energy Access for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: The ‘Micro Renewable’ Solution.