In this article, I develop a political ecology analysis of Vanuatu’s grid electricity policies, with a specific focus on Espiritu Santo Island. I show how the global political economy looms large in shaping the island’s energy geographies. Colonial legacies, ideologically conflictive donor aid programmes, multinational corporate legal discords, parliamentary political caprices and the vicissitudes of the local environment all intersect to shape the spatial dynamics of electricity access that raises numerous energy justice concerns. The development of the island’s electricity infrastructure is not neutral; rather, it is a socio-technical product of these political economy mediations.

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南太平洋的能源政治生态：瓦努阿图的能源转型政治

在本文中，我对瓦努阿图的电网电力政策进行了政治生态分析，特别关注圣埃斯皮里图岛。我展示了全球政治经济如何在塑造岛上的能源地理方面发挥重要作用。殖民遗产、意识形态冲突的捐助者援助计划、跨国公司法律纠纷、议会政治反复无常和当地环境的变迁都相互交织，形成了引发众多能源正义问题的电力供应的空间动态。岛上电力基础设施的发展不是中立的；相反，它是这些政治经济调解的社会技术产品。