Dr Aran Eales
Research Associate
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Personal statement
Personal statement
A skilled and knowledgeable researcher and consultant with proven competency and experience in research and project management of decentralised renewable energy projects in developing countries. Research expertise and interests in market assessment methodologies and community driven initiatives for energy access in the global South. Track record of delivering international and cross disciplinary research and implementation projects on energy access, specifically in sub Saharan Africa. Broad knowledge of renewable energy, international development and environmental sustainability linked to engineering and education.
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Publications
- Understanding solar minigrid sustainability and impact through a holistic Key Performance Indicator framework
- Eales Aran, Banda Elizabeth, Frame Damien, Strachan Scott
- Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability Vol 4 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/2634-4505/ad8fcd
- Power to the people: do with or do for? : Exploring community agency in African mini-grids
- Eales Aran
- (2024)
- Global Perspectives on Community Energy for a Just Transition : The Case for UK-Africa Community Energy Twinning
- Eales Aran
- (2024)
- Financial aspects of community energy systems
- Eales Aran
- Community Energy and Sustainable Energy Transitions Experiences from Ethiopia, Malawi and Mozambique (2024) (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57938-7_5
- A review of the standards, methodologies, technical needs and available resources related to digital monitoring, reporting and verification for modern cooking devices in the context of carbon finance
- Little Matthew, Richter Annika, Eales Aran, Muller-Karpe Zoltan
- (2023)
- Estimating mini-grid demand in Malawi : initial findings from a mini-grid scale-up assessment
- Frame Damien, Eales Aran, Bayani Edgar Kapiza
- IEEE Power Engineering Society Conference and Exposition in Africa IEEE Power Engineering Society Conference and Exposition in Africa (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerAfrica57932.2023.10363288
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Professional Activities
- Ian O'Neil
- Host
- 9/12/2024
- Rural Energy Access through Social Enterprise and Decentralisation (EASE) closing dissemination event
- Organiser
- 18/4/2024
- Malawi National Energy Conference 2023
- Invited speaker
- 26/10/2023
- CESET/LCEDN Building Resilient Energy Communities workshop
- Keynote/plenary speaker
- 28/9/2023
- 4th International Conference on Solar Technologies and Hybrid Minigrids to improve energy access
- Speaker
- 27/4/2023
- Accelerating Off-grid Energy Access in Malawi
- Speaker
- 13/10/2022
Projects
- Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Social Inclusion for a Just Energy Transition in Ethiopia, Malawi,Mozambique, and Tanzania (JustGESI)
- Eales, Aran (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2027
- Building partnerships to accelerate energy access through minigrids in Zambia
- Eales, Aran (Principal Investigator)
- International Science Partnership Fund (Scottish Funding Council)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- Data for Energy Access: Scaling Solar Minigrids in Malawi
- Eales, Aran (Principal Investigator) Frame, Damien (Co-investigator)
- International Science Partnership Fund (Scottish Funding Council)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- ReSTOR: Designing recyclable flow batteries for locally managed energy storage in developing countries
- Brightman, Edward (Principal Investigator) Eales, Aran (Academic) Galloway, Stuart (Co-investigator) Ijomah, Winifred (Co-investigator)
- 22-Jan-2024 - 28-Jan-2025
- UNDP - African Minigrids
- Galloway, Stuart (Principal Investigator) Eales, Aran (Co-investigator) Frame, Damien (Co-investigator)
- 09-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2025
- UNDP Africa Minigrids Project
- Eales, Aran (Principal Investigator)
- 20-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2022
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Contact
Dr
Aran
Eales
Research Associate
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: aran.eales@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 444 7266