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Winds of Change, or Winds of Exclusion? A Critical Analysis of Corporate Framings of the Lake Turkana Wind Project Silences, Discourse, and Energy Justice

Dürr, Alexander LU (2025) MIDM19 20251
Department of Human Geography
LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management
Abstract
This thesis critically examines how corporate stakeholders frame the social impacts of the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project (LTWP) in Kenya. By scrutinising how social impacts are framed, this thesis sets out to analyse how discursive strategies can shape justice outcomes of renewable energy projects. By doing so, contribute to the current academic discourse on energy justice of renewable energy projects in the Global South.A qualitative case study of the LTWP was applied to investigate the contextual realities-of the LTWP whilst connecting my research findings to the broader socio-political context. I-draw on models from Carol Bacchi and Norman Fairclough to conduct a critical discourse-analysis of corporate framing and discursive... (More)
This thesis critically examines how corporate stakeholders frame the social impacts of the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project (LTWP) in Kenya. By scrutinising how social impacts are framed, this thesis sets out to analyse how discursive strategies can shape justice outcomes of renewable energy projects. By doing so, contribute to the current academic discourse on energy justice of renewable energy projects in the Global South.A qualitative case study of the LTWP was applied to investigate the contextual realities-of the LTWP whilst connecting my research findings to the broader socio-political context. I-draw on models from Carol Bacchi and Norman Fairclough to conduct a critical discourse-analysis of corporate framing and discursive strategies. Additionally, I apply Energy Justice (EJ)-as a lens to analyse how corporate framing influences procedural, recognitional anddistributional justice of the LTWP.The findings of this thesis highlight how corporate stakeholders of the LTWP emphasise-the positive impacts while downplaying the negative social implications. The findings suggest-that corporate framing of social impacts legitimises unequal distribution of benefits and-downplays procedural injustices of the project. The findings reveal how discursive strategies of-corporate stakeholders can reinforce structural inequalities, extractivism, and green colonialism. (Less)
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author
Dürr, Alexander LU
supervisor
organization
course
MIDM19 20251
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Energy Justice, Renewable Energy, Lake Turkana Wind Power Project, Kenya, Sustainable Development
language
English
id
9194107
date added to LUP
2025-06-18 10:06:53
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2025-06-18 10:06:53
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  abstract     = {{This thesis critically examines how corporate stakeholders frame the social impacts of the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project (LTWP) in Kenya. By scrutinising how social impacts are framed, this thesis sets out to analyse how discursive strategies can shape justice outcomes of renewable energy projects. By doing so, contribute to the current academic discourse on energy justice of renewable energy projects in the Global South.A qualitative case study of the LTWP was applied to investigate the contextual realities-of the LTWP whilst connecting my research findings to the broader socio-political context. I-draw on models from Carol Bacchi and Norman Fairclough to conduct a critical discourse-analysis of corporate framing and discursive strategies. Additionally, I apply Energy Justice (EJ)-as a lens to analyse how corporate framing influences procedural, recognitional anddistributional justice of the LTWP.The findings of this thesis highlight how corporate stakeholders of the LTWP emphasise-the positive impacts while downplaying the negative social implications. The findings suggest-that corporate framing of social impacts legitimises unequal distribution of benefits and-downplays procedural injustices of the project. The findings reveal how discursive strategies of-corporate stakeholders can reinforce structural inequalities, extractivism, and green colonialism.}},
  author       = {{Dürr, Alexander}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Winds of Change, or Winds of Exclusion? A Critical Analysis of Corporate Framings of the Lake Turkana Wind Project Silences, Discourse, and Energy Justice}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}