Event

Emergent geographical & social processes in the (solar) energy transition

LunchTalk held in English

Hosts

Prof Catherine JONES

Assistant professor in Digital Human Geographies
Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences
Department of Geography and Spatial Planning

Prof Phillip DALE

Full professor in Physics
Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine
Department of Physics and Materials Science

Abstract

The efforts to move towards renewable energy do not come without an impact on the social and geographic processes that comprise our everyday. In the first part of this talk, we explore how the emerging production sites of renewable energy are transforming rural and natural environments into energy suburbs of the urban. Whilst in the second part of the talk we explore the role of colour photovoltaics as a potential solution for encouraging decentralised energy production in urban environments and demonstrate how participatory mapping tools and immersive technology can support a greater understanding of local perceptions.

This event is part of the Sustainability LunchTalk series