Delivering energy justice
On a recent visit to write an article for
a future issue of Fuel Oil News, the
conversation turned to energy justice.
Investigating the subject further – blogs,
books, academic papers and social
media posts – are fuelling a worldwide
call to give power to the people.
This month the focus of the UK
Energy Research Centre’s annual
conference is on local energy systems.
Highlighted in the UK’s Industrial
Strategy and the Prospering from the
Energy Revolution programme, as being
able ‘to facilitate faster decarbonisation
than large scale systems, while providing
welfare and economic benefi ts.’
Among the authors of Energy
justice: a conceptual review is Dr Kirsten
Jenkins who reports that energy issues
are ‘often treated as technical problems
with technical fi xes’, which rely on
scientists, economists and engineers to
deliver solutions. This rather neglects
the human
side of energy
where there are
winners and
losers, a point
recently noted by OFTEC CEO Paul Rose
when commenting on the publication of
UK homes: fi t for the future?
“We need to bring people back
to the heart of energy decisions,” says
Kirsten; something echoed in recent
communications by FPS CEO Guy
Pulham and Ireland representative Nick
Hayes, in response to the Renewable
Energy Association’s Bio Energy Review
and Ireland’s Draft National Energy and
Climate Plan 2021-2030.
‘Switching from fossil fuel to
renewables is not going to happen
overnight, nor without consequences
for industry and consumers; fi nding
solutions to enable this to happen in a
cost-effective and energy effi cient way
is key.’
In Ireland alone, FPS members
still deliver heating oil to 686,000
households; ‘many customers simply
won’t be able to afford the upfront
installation costs of some low carbon
electric energy technologies and, even
those that can, will potentially end up
paying more for running costs.’ Does
that deliver energy justice?
Members of the Sodbury Fuels team gather together to celebrate
the company’s 5th anniversary – fi nd out more on pages 16 and 17.
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