Around the world, communities are fighting fossil fuel corporations, taking control of energy and finding new and more democratic ways of meeting their needs while respecting the limits of the environment. While none of these are perfect and there are still challenges to overcome, they demonstrate that there are real alternatives to corporate control of our energy systems.
Report and reflections on Transforming the Energy Sector, a one-day workshop in London on September 15th 2016, organised by Global Justice Now, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Brussels Office and Transnational Institute.
The Maghreb and EU Energy Policy EU foreign policy aims to lock North African natural gas and renewable energy into the European grid and is heavily influenced by arms and corporate interests. The priority has always been EU “energy security” and interests with a view towards convergence and more harmonisation and standardisation dictated by this…
For nearly a century, it’s been considered conventional wisdom that larger-scale power generation means lower-cost electricity. This wisdom is built on two basic theories of economies of scale.
This report summarises the discussions and outcomes from an international workshop on energy democracy held in Amsterdam in February 2016. The workshop was organised by the Transnational Institute, in partnership with Global Justice Now, the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Brussels Office, Platform London, Switched on London, Berlin Energy Roundtable, the Alternative Information and Development Centre, Public Services International, and the Trade Unions for Energy Democracy initiative.