Oui aux énergies renouvelables bien faites !

The document is a training guide designed to move beyond a simple replacement of fossil fuels with renewables, advocating instead for a systemic change based on energy justice. It structures learning into three phases: 'Discover' (focusing on energy sufficiency and extractivism), 'Define' (conceptualizing just transitions), and 'Develop' (exploring circular systems and community-owned energy). The manual highlights the risks of 'green extractivism' and 'narrative injustice,' where climate goals are used to justify the expropriation of land and resources in the Global South. It provides case studies of community energy projects in Gambia, Denmark, Brazil, and the UK to illustrate scalable models of popular power and energy sovereignty.

• The document argues that simply replacing fossil fuel systems with renewable energy is insufficient; a systemic change is required to ensure renewables are 'well done' and do not replicate existing injustices.
• The guide distinguishes between 'basic energy access'—which it describes as a 'model of limited opportunities'—and 'energy sufficiency,' which allows for collective uses and reduces the burden of labor for women in rural patriarchal societies.
• The manual identifies 'energy extractivism' as an economic model rooted in colonialism that expropriates natural resources from developing countries to facilitate overconsumption elsewhere, extending now to 'green extractivism' for renewable technologies.
• The document highlights 'internal extractivism,' where resources in rural areas are exploited for the benefit of urban centers, citing the Rewa Mega Solar project in India as an example where local populations lost agricultural land without gaining electricity.
• Community energy is presented as a viable alternative, with examples ranging from the Batokunku wind project in Gambia and the CRELUZ cooperative in Brazil to the Middelgrunden offshore wind farm in Denmark and the GMCR initiative in Greater Manchester, UK.
• In Scotland, the government has set a target of 2 GW for community-owned renewables by 2030, supported by the CARES program and a community remuneration system of £5,000 per year per installed MW.

APA

Schiffer, A., Chandrasekaran, K., Shaw, S., & Fandel, G. (2025). Oui aux énergies renouvelables bien faites ! Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/FR-RDR-Module.pdf

Chicago

Schiffer, Anne, Kirtana Chandrasekaran, Sara Shaw, and Ghislaine Fandel. Oui aux énergies renouvelables bien faites ! Friends of the Earth International, 2025. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/FR-RDR-Module.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{schiffer2025oui, author = {Schiffer, Anne and Chandrasekaran, Kirtana and Shaw, Sara and Fandel, Ghislaine}, title = {{Oui aux énergies renouvelables bien faites !}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2025}, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/FR-RDR-Module.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }