Gulu’s grassroots energy pathways: The case of used lead-acid car batteries in Northern Uganda

Human Geography, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 21, 2025

This paper explores historical and current grassroots energy practices in Gulu, Northern Uganda, focusing on low- middle-income communities, the socio-technical networks developed over decades, their socio-territorial impacts. By examining circulation of used car batteries role battery repairers, study highlights disconnect between government-led transition narratives construction infrastructure Uganda. analysis sheds light global dominance models driven by technological innovation market logic. In a context significant distributional inequality, emphasizes available storage options and, more importantly, local solutions devised off-grid urban populations to power versatile electric lives. Despite diversity solar technologies, batteries, integrated with other system components, remain viable sustainable option for segments populations. The focuses maintenance low-tech ingenuity “Doctor Battery” repairers offer situated critique diverse forms southern cities.

Language: Английский

Nairobi’s batteryscape: everyday electricity storage, energy justice, and infrastructural heterogeneity in urban Africa

Sustainability Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 12, 2025

Language: Английский