ABSTRACT
Feminist planning and design in the Global North has long argued for minimizing the distances over which we need to move – for childcare, provisioning, leisure and work – with public transport prioritized over private transport. India’s desire for growth will demand a substantial increase in electricity production, and the International Energy Authority predicts that India will experience the highest demand of any country over the next 20 years, and is enthusiastic about India meeting much of this demand through low-carbon energy production. A feminist energy agenda draws attention to the need to moderate our overall energy consumption, with the countries of the Global North needing to be the first to do so. Women are slightly more likely to be employed in the renewable energy sector than men, albeit most often in administrative and sales, rather than engineering positions. Developing a gender-just energy transition will require more than increasing the number of women in renewable energy projects.
