Kiron Neale is a second year D.Phil. student at the University of Oxford’s School of Geography and the Environment, UK. His work focuses on renewable energy transitions and the diffusion of sustainable energy innovations in hydrocarbon-based island systems, specifically in the context of residential solar energy. His research is centered on his home island of Trinidad with Barbados and Hawaii as related cases. Mr. Neale is interested in the nexus between solar energy policies and the culture of adopting innovations, especially when this relationship is set against the backdrop of overarching energy institutions that promote fossil fuel usage at both the technical and social levels. Mr. Neale holds a B.Sc. in geography and environmental and natural resource management from the Universities of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, and an M.Sc. in environmental change and management from the University of Oxford, UK.