Energy Justice and the Stakeholders Involved: A Case Study of Solar Power in Rural Haïti
Romulus, Elijah.
2017
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Abstract: This paper explores and analyzes energy justice and the stakeholders involved. Energy insecurity, specifically the lack of access to electricity effects over 1.3 billion people worldwide and energy justice is a way to address it. This paper is supported by a case study with data collected in the southern rural regions of Haïti regarding energy justice communities. Three cities were studied: ... read moreLes Cayes, Anse-á-Veau, and Les Anglais. It examines how solar businesses can aid energy justice communities seeking access to electricity. Stakeholders such as the communities themselves, solar businesses, and nonprofits in the region are studied and analyzed. The paper concludes solar businesses are helping said communities but needs participation from other stakeholders to be successful. Finally, there are five recommendations to build capacity, develop infrastructure in the region, explore the possibility of solar cooperatives, strengthen the solar economy in Haïti, and demand reparations.
Thesis (M.A.)--Tufts University, 2017.
Submitted to the Dept. of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning.
Advisor: Ann Rappaport.
Committee: Julian Agyeman.
Keywords: Urban planning, Environmental justice, and Alternative energy.read less - ID:
- g158bv291
- Component ID:
- tufts:22444
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