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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

Fortis Unum: Clustering mini-grid networks to widen energy access and enhance utility network resilience
Abubakr Bahaj, Majbaul Alam, Victoria Aragon, Oscar Avukuse, Abubakr Bahaj, Luke Blunden, Patrick James, Keren Kabarere, Patrick Karimi, Charles Ndung'u, Evans Makori, Prossy Mutesi, Samson Njoroge, Daniel Nyandera, Adrian Onsare, Al-mas Sendegeya & Philip Turner, 2021
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P0095
Type: report
Small hydropower development in China : Growing challenges and transition strategy
Lixiao Zhang, Mingyue Pang, Abubakr Bahaj, Yongchuan Yang & Changbo Wang, 2021, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 137
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2020.110653
Type: article
Pathways to universal electricity access for rural communities in Africa
A. S. Bahaj, M. Alam, L. S. Blunden, P. A.B. James & I. Kiva, 2020
DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/588/2/022047
Type: conference
The energy yield potential of a large tidal stream turbine array in the Alderney Race
D. S. Coles, L. S. Blunden & A. S. Bahaj, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A, 378(2178)
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2019.0502
Type: article
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