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Research project

Resilient and sustainable energy networks for developing countries

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor AbuBakr Bahaj

Professor of Sustainable Energy
Research interests
  • Renewable energy,  (Solar photovoltaics, Marine energy, Wind energy)
  • Energy access/energy for development,
  • Energy, cities and infrastructure,
Connect with AbuBakr

Email: A.S.Bahaj@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Patrick James BSc PhD FCIBSE CEng SFHEA FRSA

Professor of Energy and Buildings
Research interests
  • His work looks at energy across scales from the dwelling, to the neighbourhood, city or region. Patrick undertakes studies in the UK, China, sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.
Connect with Patrick

Email: P.A.James@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Management of environmental impacts of fossil fuel use in refugee camps through transition to renewable energy infrastructure: case studies in Uganda and Bangladesh
AbuBakr S. Bahaj, Majbaul Alam & Luke S. Blunden, 2025, Journal of Environmental Management, 374
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124039
Type: article
Data Collection for the Solar Photovoltaic (PV) based Electricity Access assessment to Replace Diesel generators in Refugee Camps in Southern Bangladesh and Northern Uganda
Abubakr Bahaj, Maj Alam & Luke Blunden, 2024
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1175
Type: report
Book of abstracts for the 2022 International Conference on Evolving Cities
Philip Turner, Abubakr Bahaj, Stephanie Gauthier, Tom Rushby & Luke Blunden, 2022
DOI: 10.55066/proc-icec.2022.abstracts
Type: report
Solar power potential from industrial buildings and impact on electricity supply in Bangladesh
Muhammad Talut, AbuBakr S. Bahaj & Patrick James, 2022, Energies, 15(11)
DOI: 10.3390/en15114037
Type: article
Floating solar PV to reduce water evaporation in water stressed regions and powering water pumping
Lewis W. Farrar, AbuBakr S. Bahaj, Patrick James, Arif Anwar & Nafn Amdar, 2022, Energy Conversion and Management, 260
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2022.115598
Type: article