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Research project

Resilient and sustainable energy networks for developing countries

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor AbuBakr Bahaj

Professor of Sustainable Energy

Research interests

  • Renewable Energy (Solar photovoltaics, Marine energy, Wind energy)
  • Low carbon cities and infrastructure
  • Energy for Development
Connect with AbuBakr

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

Other researchers

Professor Patrick James

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

Energy and Climate Change Group

The research group seeks engineering solutions for reliable, affordable and sustainable energy stemming from renewable resources.

Research outputs

Tidal current power effects on nearby sandbanks: a case study in the Race of Alderney
Luke Blunden, Stephen Geoffrey Haynes & Abubakr Bahaj, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A, 378(2178), 20190503
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2019.0503
Type: article
New approach to determine the Importance Index for developing offshore wind energy potential sites: supported by UK and Arabian Peninsula case studies
AbuBakr S. Bahaj, Mostafa Mahdy, Abdulsalam S. Alghamdi & David J. Richards, 2020, Renewable Energy, 152, 441-457
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2019.12.070
Type: article
Electrical minigrids for development: Lessons from the field
Abubakr Bahaj & Patrick James, 2019, Proceedings of the IEEE, 107(9), 1967-1980
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2019.2924594
Type: article
Dust removal from solar PV modules by automated cleaning systems
Abdulsalam Alghamdi, Abubakr Bahaj, Luke Blunden & Yue Wu, 2019, Energies, 12(15)
DOI: 10.3390/en12152923
Type: article
How does energy matter? Rural electrification, entrepreneurship, and community development in Kenya
Antoine Vernet, Jane N.O. Khayesi, Vivian George, Gerard George & Abubakar S. Bahaj, 2019, Energy Policy, 126, 88-98
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.11.012
Type: article