Methane Extraction on Lake Kivu

Green Extractive Humanitarianism

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ID2098513
AuthorsKristin Doughty (0000-0002-8801-1315), Dieudonné Uwizeye (0000-0002-9733-8969), Elyseé Uwimana
Year2021
Volume64
Issue2
Pages434-457
Publication date2021-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrican Studies Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/asr.2020.69
OpenAlexW3113622769
LanguageEN
References cited28

In 2016, Rwanda began extracting methane gas from Lake Kivu, an innovative project designed to reduce the risk of a deadly spontaneous gas release while providing clean and renewable power to an energy-strapped region. Based on qualitative research in Rwanda from 2016 to 2019, Doughty, Uwizeye, and Uwimana use the Kivu methane extraction project to ask, How do we balance urgent electrification needs with responsible energy policies that respond to environmental risks, particularly in post-conflict contexts? Analyzing the Kivu methane projects as "green extractive humanitarianism" provides cautions within the promises of sustainability and "green capitalism

Balance (ability · Business · Economics · Electricity · Electrification · Environmental protection · Extraction (chemistry · Methane · Methane gas · Natural resource · Natural resource economics · Political science · Renewable energy · Sustainability · Chemistry · Ecology · Energy and Environment Impacts · Engineering · Environmental Science · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Law · Natural Resources and Economic Development

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