Environmental justice and the expanding geography of wind power conflicts Sofia Avila Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) E-mail: acalerosofia@gmail.com Abstract Wind power is expanding globally. Simultaneously, a growing number of conflicts against large-scale wind farms are emerging in multiple locations around the world. As these processes occur, new questions arise on how electricity from wind is being generated, how such energy is flowing within societies, and how these production-flows are being shaped by specific power structures. The present paper explores the expanding geography of wind energy conflicts by analyzing 20 case-studies from across the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe. Based on the Environmental Justice Atlas database, it reflects on how land pressures and patterns of uneven development emerge as two features of the current expansion of wind farms. Following a relational analysis, these patterns are examined to interpret the plural instances of opposition emerging throughout the rural spaces of the world. The article argues that previously unexplored forms of collective action are expanding This is a post-print version. For printed version click here Please cite as: Avila, S (2018) Environmental justice and the expanding geography of wind power conflicts, Sustainability Science, 13: 599. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-018-0547-4