Linking labour regimes and socio-ecological fixes: the low-carbon transition of electricity production in Greece

This article examines the reorganisation of capital–labour relations during the transition from coal to renewable energy (RE) by conceptually and empirically linking socio-ecological fixes and labour regimes. Based on mixed-methods research in the main Greek coal region, we unveil the structural conditions and the key agents at play at different scales. The findings reveal a profit-driven and path-dependent logic that drives land grabbing for RE and the exploitation of precarious labour to sustain capital accumulation. The counter-agency of local and regional authorities, unions, and grassroots movements reflects the contested geographical imaginaries that either maintain or challenge the dominant power structures.