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AuthorDr Ellen Fungisai Chipango

Dr Ellen Fungisai Chipango is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Johannesburg. She is an energy and environmental justice researcher. She obtained her PhD from the University of Johannesburg. She was awarded an African Pathways NIHSS-CODESRIA doctoral scholarship for her research. Her research interests are: energy and environmental justice, political ecology, social justice and rural development and policy processes within development bureaucracies.

Why renewable energy won’t end energy poverty in Zimbabwe

by Dr Ellen Fungisai Chipango May 3, 2021May 1, 2021

Socio-economic and political factors keep conventional energy out of reach of the poor. The study shows that they can do the same with renewable energy. These factors may even worsen inequality. Adding renewable energy technologies into the existing energy sector structures is like pouring new wine into old wine skins.

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