Catalyst for Transition: The Anschluss, Kaprun, and a Dual Energy Transition, 1938–1955 : RCC Perspectives 2014, no. 5: Energy (and) Colonialism, Energy (In)Dependence: Africa, Europe, Greenland, North America: Catalyst for Transition: The Anschluss, Kaprun, and a Dual Energy Transition, 1938–1955

The Kaprun hydroelectric facility occupies an extremely important position in both the Austrian and central European electricity supply. But the project has an ambiguous history due to its connections with the National Socialist period. This essay considers how the Kaprun project launched by Germany...

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Main Author: Landry, Marc
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Munich, Germany 2014
Subjects:
environmental politics
dams
resources
energy regimes
hydroelectric power
Greenland
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5282/rcc/6558
http://www.environmentandsociety.org/node/6558/
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Summary:The Kaprun hydroelectric facility occupies an extremely important position in both the Austrian and central European electricity supply. But the project has an ambiguous history due to its connections with the National Socialist period. This essay considers how the Kaprun project launched by Germany drove two critical but neglected energy transitions in postwar Austria.

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