Publications

Alternative Fuels for Saudi Cement Manufacturing with Time-varying Carbon Pricing

Walid Matar, Doaa Filali

After cement production in Saudi Arabia surged in the first half of the 2010s due to the country’s rapid economic development, it has slowed measurably in recent years as economic growth has declined. This is shown in Figure 1, along…

Matar, Walid

Doaa Filali

Stagflation: Should the Oil Industry Worry?

Julio Arboleda, Majed Almozaini

Oil is an essential commodity with an almost perfectly inelastic demand, despite its volatile price. In recent months, fuel prices have declined significantly from approximately $120 per barrel (b) at the beginning of June to less than $85/b at the…

Arboleda, Julio

Almozaini, Majed

Hard-linking a Top-down Economic Model with a Bottom-up Energy System for an Oil-exporting Country with Price Controls

Science Direct

Olivier Durand-Lasserve, Axel Pierru, Hossa Almutairi, Abdullah AlJarboua, Shreekar Pradhan, Frederic Murphy

A Macroeconometric Model for Saudi Arabia: A Case Study on the World’s Largest Oil Exporter

Muhammad Javid, Jeyhun Mikayilov, Fakhri Hasanov, Fred Joutz

Open Access Brief Introduces the KAPSARC Global Energy Macroeconometric Model for Saudi Arabia Combines cutting-edge econometric methods, a well-established theoretical foundation, and empirical coherence Customizable for different research and policy questions   Click here to read the book

Javid, Muhammad

Mikayilov, Jeyhun

Hasanov, Fakhri

Joutz, Fred

Peak Demand-based Optimization Approach for Building Retrofits: Case Study of Saudi Residential Buildings

Springer Link

Mohammad Aldubyan, Moncef Krarti

Fostering Net-Zero Transition Pathways: The Role of Clean Hydrogen

Salaheddine Soummane, Rami Shabaneh

In early 2022, 80 countries (including Saudi Arabia), representing around 74% of global greenhouse gas emissions, pledged to reach net-zero emissions (NZE) in the coming decades. Achieving these ambitious climate policy objectives requires shifting the energy mix toward existing and…

Soummane, Salaheddine

Shabaneh, Rami

Status of Global Concentrated Solar Power Installations

Ahmed Al-Balawi

Concentrated solar power (CSP) is a type of renewable energy that uses mirrors to concentrate solar irradiation onto a receiver and convert it into heat. The heat can then be used directly or indirectly for thermal or electrical applications. CSP…

Ahmed Al-Balawi

Insights from India’s Journey to Over 100 Gigawatts of Renewable Energy

Shahid Hasan, Yagyavalk Bhatt

This commentary analyzes the key industry developments, policy and regulatory features, prevailing circumstances and challenges related to renewable energy (RE) in India. It also highlights learnings for other countries. As electricity is a concurrent subject as per the Indian Constitution,…

Hasan, Shahid

Bhatt, Yagyavalk

Saudis in the Private Sector: Women Leading the Way

Cian Mulligan

In Q3 2018, 30% of Saudi employment was in the private sector, and by Q1 2022 this had increased to 46%. A major driver of this increase was the comparative outperformance of Saudi women, of whom over 60% now work…

Mulligan, Cian

Gaming Out the Proposed Price Cap on Russian Oil

Colin Ward, Emre Hatipoglu, Majed A. Al Suwailem

In a June 29, 2022, communique, the G7 countries agreed to explore ways to impose a price cap on Russian oil exports. The main mechanism would be a ban on the provision of insurance, logistics and financial services by G7 nations for…

Ward, Colin

Hatipoglu, Emre

Al Suwailem, Majed A.

KAPSARC Oil Market Outlook (KOMO)

Declining gross domestic product (GDP) growth in Q4 2022 will add downward pressure to the underlying seasonality of oil demand trends in several countries, playing an important role in oil demand declines this quarter. OECD countries in North America and…

Oil Market Stabilization: The Performance of OPEC and Its Allies

IAEE

Axel Pierru, Hossa Almutairi, James L. Smith

The Circular Carbon Economy Index 2022 – Results

Mari Luomi, Fatih Yılmaz, Thamir Al Shehri

The circular carbon economy (CCE) concept provides a holistic, flexible and pragmatic framework for countries to plan their energy and economic transitions to lower carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emission levels and, ultimately, net-zero emissions. The CCE Index measures countries’…

Luomi, Mari

Yılmaz, Fatih

Al Shehri, Thamir

Key Issues for Policy-makers to Address at COP 27

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Mari Luomi

Choosing to Diet: The Impact and Cost-effectiveness of China’s Vehicle Ownership Restrictions

Science Direct

Rubal Dua, Arthur Lin Ku, Antung Liu, Wei-min Hu

Understanding the Trajectory of Urban and Transport Development in Riyadh

Ahm Mehbub Anwar

Riyadh has been a car-oriented city since the 1950s, a trend that was compounded by the economic boom of the 1970s. Likewise, the first master plan of Riyadh, a highway-based plan prepared by Doxiadis Associates International in 1973, encouraged the continued use of…

Anwar, Ahm Mehbub

Indiaʼs Updated NDC: A Pathway to Net-Zero by 2070?

Yagyavalk Bhatt, Puneet Kamboj

The meeting of the Union Cabinet of India on August 3, 2022, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved India’s updated nationally determined contribution (NDC). The NDC aims to enhance India’s contribution toward a global response to climate change. This…

Bhatt, Yagyavalk

Puneet Kamboj

Future of Fuels in the Aviation Sector

Aviation is crucial for connecting people and countries worldwide. Although aviation carriers, manufacturers, and governments have all aimed to increase energy efficiency through significant technological advances over recent decades, this transport mode has struggled to find alternatives to fossil-based fuels.…

How Can Governments, Oil and Gas Enterprises, and Research Institutions Collaborate to End Routine Gas Flaring?

Natural gas is a feedstock for the petrochemical industry and a fuel of choice in the power sector to help transition toward clean, sustainable, and affordable energy. As vital as gas is for electricity generation, the petrochemical industry, and the…

Fuel Consumption Elasticities, Rebound Effect and Feebate Effectiveness in the Indian and Chinese New Car Markets

Science Direct

Rubal Dua, Prateek Bansal