Graduate Student, Geography
Thesis Title: Exploring the Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy Technologies: The Case of Central America
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Dr Ed Brown
Prof Phil Eames |
About
Improving access to energy to one third of the world’s population thought to be living “off grid”, is considered crucial in meeting the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Renewable energy technologies are increasingly posited as a solution to such issues of energy insecurity and meeting developmental objectives. This study will examine the notion of “social acceptance”, exploring how micro-scale renewable energy systems have been adopted as a solution to meeting the energy needs of unelectrified rural Central American communities.
