The Sun Also Rises in Portugal : Ambitions of Just Solar Energy Transitions / by Siddharth Sareen.

Front Cover -- The Sun also Rises in Portugal: Ambitions of Just Solar Energy Transitions -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures and Table -- About the Author -- Acknowledgements -- ONE Introduction -- Urgency, justice and scales in the Portuguese solar energy transition -- The spatial scales of a just solar transition -- TWO Methodology -- An energy researcher's tryst with Portugal during 2017-2023 -- Multi-sited and multi-scalar longitudinal ethnographic fieldwork -- THREE Solar Portugal 2017 -- From economic recession to unsubsidized solar energy projects in 2017 -- The latest darling of the European solar scene -- FOUR Solar Portugal 2018-2019 -- A new ministry and a world-record solar auction in 2018-2019 -- The conundrum of valuating a digitalizing electricity grid -- FIVE Solar Portugal 2020-2021 -- The best-laid plans and the mixed news of 2020-2021 for Portuguese solar -- Finding a balance between slow and fast emergencies -- SIX Solar Portugal 2022 -- A legislative basis for community energy in 2022 and slow solar growth -- The magic trick of a solar energy community -- SEVEN Solar Portugal 2023 -- The need for cross-sectoral action writ large in renewed ambitions in 2023 -- A past that is present in the future -- EIGHT Conclusion -- Lessons for policy and research for just solar energy transitions -- The slow vision of Solis or an idea whose time has come? -- Notes -- one Introduction -- two Methodology -- three Solar Portugal 2017 -- four Solar Portugal 2018-2019 -- five Solar Portugal 2020-2021 -- six Solar Portugal 2022 -- seven Solar Portugal 2023 -- eight Conclusion -- References -- Index.

Portugal has recently achieved a five-fold increase in solar capacity and its National Energy and Climate Plan has set an ambitious future target. This book considers whether this ambition will bear out in practice, and how social justice might be addressed, in a one-stop resource for policy makers, practitioners and scholars.

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