Equality and justice

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Projects

Energy Hub Futures

This project will research how can a community hub be developed and scaled to support a just...

Place-based Approaches to Accelerating Delivery of Net Zero Energy Systems

This project is focused on generating action on the local scale through local and regional net zero...

Distributional and Economy-Wide Impacts of Social and Flexible Tariffs

This project will explore the prospect of Social Tariffs and Flexibile Tariffs' impact on people...

Equity and Justice in Energy Markets

This project will investigate the interactions between retail energy markets and their...

Policy Pathways to Justice in Energy Efficiency

This project will explore some of the key gaps in knowledge regarding justice in energy efficiency...

Publications

Briefing paper

Paying For Net Zero: Can We Find A Way That Is More Equitable And Less Costly To The Economy Than Placing The Burden On Electricity Bills?

This policy brief suggests a consumption tax approach is likely to be less regressive and less damaging to the economy than levies on energy bills.

03 February 2026

Consultation response

Call for Evidence response: Energy Security and Net Zero Committee on ‘Unlocking community energy at scale’

UKERC welcomes this inquiry and the UK government’s ambition to achieve clean power by 2030, including 8GW of local and community-owned energy.

12 February 2025

News

Article

Can Government Cut Energy Bills and Deliver Net Zero? Energy Experts Say Yes

The central political question for the discussion at Westminster was: “Where does energy policy...

23 July 2026

Article

Towards a Combined Critical-spatial Lens for Understanding the Social Acceptance of Overhead High Voltage Power Lines

Existing research has over-focused on negative community responses to Overhead High Voltage Power...

05 May 2026

Blog

Reflecting on the Warm Homes Plan: How UKERC Research Can Help Deliver

The Warm Homes Plan (WHP) has been welcomed by various organisations as a significant step forward...

04 February 2026

Blog

Can Social and Smart Tariffs Improve Energy Affordability and Drive Economic Growth?

This blog explores the key questions, challenges and insights on improving energy affordability and...

09 April 2025

Article

UKERC Responds to Energy Security and Net Zero Committee call for evidence on ‘Unlocking community energy at scale’

UKERC welcomes this inquiry and the UK government’s ambition to achieve clean power by 2030,...

12 February 2025

Article

Talking Energy: The UKERC Podcast – The Crunchy Decade for Energy Policy with Dhara Vyas

Check out the latest episode of the UK Energy Research Centre podcast with the new Energy UK CEO...

26 November 2024

Blog

Understanding Scotland’s energy transition

At this joint UKERC-CXC event in Edinburgh on 3 October 2024, around 100 stakeholders from across...

29 October 2024

Article

A Call-Out to Energy Professionals from Ethnic Minority Backgrounds

In September 2022, UKERC funded a project at Herriot-Watt University studying intersectionality in...

12 October 2023

Blog

EXPO-ENGAGE Fieldwork: Reflecting on the Practicalities of In-person Surveys

The team from the EXPO-ENGAGE project – part of UKERC’s Whole Systems Networking Fund – share...

05 October 2023

How lockdown is disrupting the usual coping strategies of the fuel poor

Households are spending an average of £32 extra a month on energy during lockdown. This blog by...

22 July 2020

Women Buying Green – Six Lessons Learnt

UKERC researcher Caterina Brandoni shares some lessons learned in the one-year project Women Buying...

21 November 2019

How do we make developing countries’ energy systems more resilient?

Many low-income countries are vulnerable to natural hazards, long-term processes of ecological...

03 October 2019

Measure for measure – progress towards the UN SDGs depends on how we assess them

Our challenges need new measures relating to our economy, society and the environment, argues UKERC...

12 September 2019

Article

Justice in the Energy Transition – the challenge of our time

Many countries are realizing the enormity of the Energy Transition. This has been prompted by...

06 March 2019

Women and Energy in Academia

Following International Day of Women and Girls in Science on February 11th, we reshare a blog by...

15 February 2019

INWED18 – Presenting Ioanna Ketsopoulou

To celebrate International Women in Engineering Day, we invited Ioanna Ketsopoulou, UKERC Research...

25 June 2018

INWED18 – Presenting Professor Patricia Thornley

To celebrate International Women in Engineering Day, we invited Professor Patricia Thornley to...

22 June 2018