Large amounts of low-carbon hydrogen imports from the Global South are needed for the
hydrogen transition in Germany and the EU. In an unequal global system, it is far from …

The increasing role of electricity as an energy carrier in decarbonising economies is driving
a growing demand for electrical energy storage in the form of battery systems. Two battery …

This article elaborates on the notion of “decarbonisation by dispossession” in order to shed
light on the contradictory character of capital-driven energy transitions. First, we suggest …

Energy transitions are reshaping hydrosocial relations. How they will be reshaped, however,
depends on location and water's material relationship to other resources and industrial …

As demand for electrical energy storage scales, production networks for lithium-ion battery
manufacturing are being re-worked organisationally and geographically. The UK-like the US …

Following the goal of a post-fossil economy, institutional actors promote techno-managerial
solution strategies, for example the green economy and the bioeconomy. While these …

The world's major lithium reservoirs are located in South America in the so-called lithium
triangle, and now attract international investments while simultaneously generating …

Southern African ecosystems are threatened by biodiversity loss, but it remains highly
controversial whether nature conservation can be successfully achieved by commodifying …

Starting from the observation that value chain research has informed much of agricultural
development interventions in recent decades, this paper identifies five key challenges to …

In the context of climate change, electro-mobility has become a symbol of hope to reduce the
emissions of the growing transport sector. At the same time, it has also renewed interest in …