Solar Technology and Global Environmental Justice - The Vision and the Reality

Building on insights from ecological economics and philosophy of technology, this book offers a novel, interdisciplinary approach to understand the contradictory nature of Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology.

List of contents

Acknowledgements 1. Solar power at the brink 2. Earthing philosophy of technology 3. The historical context of solar technology 4. Global asymmetries in the rise of solar power 5. The inherent politics of global solar technology 6. The world and the solar module 7. Solutions beyond solar illusions Index

About the author

Andreas Roos is an interdisciplinary scholar with a doctoral degree in the field of human ecology. His work draws from ecological economics, environmental history and philosophy of technology to understand the contentious relation between technology and ecology. Roos’s most recent work focuses on assessing the potential of renewable energy technologies to transform modern human-environmental relations. Publishing in top ranking journals, Roos’s other contributions include ecological perspectives on the digital economy and the possibilities for commons-based energy technology.

Summary

Building on insights from ecological economics and philosophy of technology, this book offers a novel, interdisciplinary approach to understand the contradictory nature of Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology.

Product details

• Authors: Andreas Roos
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032273396
• ISBN: 978-1-032-27339-6
• No. of pages: 218
• Weight: 420 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Studies in Environmental Justice
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Sustainability, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, ENERGY, SCIENCE / Energy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Applied ecology, Environmental Economics, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology