This paper traces the history of oil being reined in by the British Raj, from the 1870s to the early 20th C. I argue that oil is not a…
After four years of preparations, in the summer of 1981 Nairobi hosted the United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy. A…
Exploring the notion of an energy transition by way of specific energy calls for reconsidering the history of each energy individually, with gas…
This article seeks to understand the reasons for Victorian fatalism towards coal dependency – which led to in an inability to abandon this energy…
The major challenge to research on hydrocarbon history is the accessibility of archival sources. Among other factors, the restricted access to…
This paper presents the World Energy Council (WEC) as an archive for research on the history of energy. Since its foundation in 1924, this non-…
This article examines how the perils conjured by blackouts in American cities after 1965 became interpreted as a key point of political and…
This personal essay describes light(s) and darkness(es) in Longyearbyen,…
During the 19th C., the Industrial Revolution and technical…
