Energy Justice
The fossil-fuel energy revolution was driven by profit, not justice, and the scars and inequalities resulting from that transition remain today, defining global geopolitics. Centralizing Energy Justice, in creating an energy system that is fair, inclusive, and sustainable, and ensuring that the distribution of benefits and burdens of energy production and consumption, is essential to an effective clean energy transition.
Access to energy is a key metric to quality of life, and foundational to economic development, education, and healthcare. Researchers in RASEI explore different aspects of Energy Justice, from the analysis of impact on different communities of transitioning to renewable energy, to how energy justice can be integrated into early-stage design of fundamental scientific investigations in the energy fields.