Energy poverty "occurs through the commodification of energy and the capture of resources, infrastructure and strategic knowledge by dominant sectors."

"There are many cases in regions such as Latin America and North Africa where investment and technical cooperation agreements aim to establish veritable private estates for wind and solar photovoltaic production, the megawatts from which will be destined for green hydrogen plants.
"One of the central objectives is to invest in the technological development of ‘green’ energy commodities. Since it is not possible to export wind and solar energy directly to other distant continents, the approach is to use them as an electricity source for the production of green hydrogen and even conversion into green ammonia, which in turn can be exported for use as fuel or fertilisers."

https://the.ecocene.blog/i/193983969/what-we-mean-by-energy-poverty

#exports #sovereignty #electricity #energy #commodities #Cuba #polycrisis #Brazil #unequalExchange #privatisation #Lula #dependency

"#ValueCapture is the deviation between value realisation and production. Results show that China is the largest giver of value while the USA is the largest capturer of value in the world economy. Unproductive activities (real estate, finance, trade) and capital-intensive industries (manufacturing, mining, oil) are value capturers. Labour-intensive industries (health, education, construction, agriculture, services) transfer value away."
https://tomasrotta.com/2025/01/13/value-capture-and-value-production-in-the-world-economy-a-marxian-analysis-of-global-value-chains-2000-2014/

#unequalExchange #economics #value