Abdulla Alabbasi is an Research Fellow at the Bahrain Centre for Strategic Studies and Energy (Derasat). He obtained a BSc in Electrical Engineering from King Fahad University, Dharan, Saudi Arabia and an MSc in Renewable Energy Engineering from the University of Surrey, UK, where he is currently undertaking his PhD in Renewable Energy. Abdulla is a charted engineer with experience in power networks and is a published researcher.
Derasat's recent Virtual Think Talk was presented by Eng. Saeed AlBalhaddad, the General Manager of Gulf Renewables Lab in Saudi Arabia and moderated by Eng. Abdualla Alabbasi, Research Fellow, Derasat.
In collaboration with the Bahrain Polytechnic, Eng. Abdulla AlAbbasi participated as a speaker on April 6th 2021, in a webinar on, 'Accelerating the Transition to Sustainable Energy'.
Eng. Abdulla AlAbbasi participated in the University of Bahrain's postgraduates' forum, titled "Future Perspectives of Innovation and Sustainable Developments", held online on December 24th, 2020.
Derasat's research fellow, Eng. Abdulla AlAbbasi, participated in the 2020 Power Industry Digitalization Workshop, focusing on emerging digital technologies, and was held online on December 16th.
Derasat's latest Experts' Bulletin with Eng. Abdulla Al-Abassi, on Weds, 19th August, 2020, explored, "The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Developing the Power Sector", and at the potentials for integrating renewables into Bahrain's energy mix.
The latest Energy Report from DERASAT looks into US Competition for Russia in the European Gas Markets.
Abdulla Al-Abbasi (PhD candidate Renewable Energy) reflects on the crucial role culture plays in adapting and accepting new forms of technology and at the importance of recognising this as Bahrain expands it's use of new sustainable energy sources such as solar panels.
China is witnessing rapid growth in the consumption of natural gas, among other sources of energy. Analysts Abdulla Al-Abbasi and Abdulaziz Al-Dosari discuss some of the implications in the recently published Energy Report 1/19.
Derasat Analyst, Abdulla Isa AlAbbasi, is a co-author of a recent study published by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation and the United Nations Development Programme on "South-South Ideas: Renewable Energy in the Middle East and North Africa Region – Potential and Limits."
The 60,000 word report was authored by a team of specialist researchers, headed by independent development expert, Dr. Craig Naumann, and featuring three Bahrainis affiliated to Derasat: economist Dr. Omar Al-Ubaydli, economist Ms. Ghada Abdulla, and renewable energy specialist Eng. Abdulla Alabbasi. It covers the period 2005-2018...............
Although renewable energy has proved itself to be a viable practical and economic investment, overall the last 3 years have seen declining investments in the energy sector. Read more in the final Energy Report for 2018......
Although the electric vehicle industry has witnessed significant improvements, particularly in the field of the efficiency of batteries and fast charging techniques, there are still challenges to widespread adoption........
The Gulf States decided in 2006 to develop a joint nuclear program, but the disastrous meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear reactor in Japan in 2011 prompted Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman to withdraw from the program..........
Demand for electricity in the Arab world has increased tenfold since 1980. The latest Energy Report considers factors contributing to this increase in demand, the most important of which is an increased population and urban and industrial growth ..............
