Dr Aran Eales

Research Associate

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

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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)
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
Demonstrating the value of generating and sharing data on off-grid energy systems : a case study from Malawi
Frame Damien, Mafuta Million, Galloway Stuart, Eales Aran
2023 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), pp. 84-89 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1109/GHTC56179.2023.10354879

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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

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Projects

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
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
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
Norwegian Church Aid MAB Project
Frame, Damien (Principal Investigator) Eales, Aran (Researcher)
Support for evaluation of solar irrigation and cold storage systems
01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2022

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Dr Aran Eales
Research Associate
Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Email: aran.eales@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 444 7266