Sarah Wykes

Senior research associate, Centre for Sustainable Transitions: Energy Environment and Resilience

Sarah Wykes is senior research associate in energy planning at the Centre for Sustainable Transitions: Energy Environment and Resilience (STEER), Loughborough University and co-creator of the EDM planning approach.

Insights

Informal settlement in Mumbai situated next to train tracks with various electric wires going above it.

Rethinking electricity access in informal settlements

Insight, 22 October 2025

Collecting water from a solar-based purification system supplied by CAFOD. Chila Union, Mongla District, Bangladesh. Photo: Photo: Paula Nyunt / CAFOD

CAFOD/IIED show context is key to sustainable energy for all

Insight, 16 September 2013

Publications

Accelerating local development through inclusive energy planning: lessons from Meru county, Kenya

23 March 2026

Planning pro-poor energy services for maximum impact: the Energy Delivery Model Toolkit (Indonesia)

01 December 2017

Using the EDM toolkit to analyse impact: a small-scale horticulture project in Kenya

01 October 2017

Civil Society Participation in the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative: a survey of six countries

01 December 2014

Securing social justice in green economies: a review and ten considerations for policymakers

01 October 2014

Energy in the Post-2015 Development Framework

01 June 2014

Securing social justice in the green economy

01 April 2014

An approach to designing energy delivery models that work for people living in poverty

01 September 2013