Publications

Countries’ Progress and Enablers for Circular Carbon Economies

The circular carbon economy (CCE) is a new concept, developed in detail by Saudi scholars and stakeholders since 2019 and promoted via Saudi Arabia’s Group of Twenty (G20) presidency in 2020. The CCE is conceptualized as an economy in which…

Flight and Passenger Flows in Saudi Arabia

Nora Nezamuddin, Abdelrahman Muhsen

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has four major international airports. They are King Khalid International Airport (RUH), King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED), King Fahd International Airport (DMM) and Prince Muhammed Bin Abdulaziz International Airport (MED). Before the COVID-19 pandemic,…

Nezamuddin, Nora

Muhsen, Abdelrahman

How Can Energy Storage Catalyze the Electricity Policies of Gulf Cooperation Council Members? Issues and Options

Rolando Fuentes, Shahid Hasan, Frank Felder

Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members are working in parallel to reform their electricity markets and achieve ambitious renewable energy deployment goals. The motivation for this agenda is multifaceted, and increasing economic efficiency is one of several…

Fuentes, Rolando

Hasan, Shahid

Felder, Frank

A Saudi Perspective on COP26 and Current Initiatives

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

The 26th Conference of the 197 Parties (COP) who make up the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change will take place in Glasgow, Scotland, from 1 to 12 November 2021. Negotiations will be conducted in the shadow of the dire…

Noura Mansouri, Aisha Al-Sarihi

Resilient Cities in the Gulf Cooperation Council

KAPSARC hosted a webinar, “Resilient Cities in the Gulf Cooperation Council,” on July 20, 2020, to discuss the relationships between governmental leads and non-governmental capabilities to support risk mitigation policy formulation. The webinar drew global participants from diverse sectors and…

Projecting Saudi Sectoral Electricity Demand in 2030 Using a Computable General Equilibrium Model

Salaheddine Soummane, Frédéric Ghersi

Projecting future demand for electricity is central to power sector planning, as these projections inform capacity investment requirements and related infrastructure expansions. Electricity is not currently economically storable in large volumes. Thus, the underlying drivers of electricity demand and potential…

Soummane, Salaheddine

Frédéric Ghersi

Keeping the Nuclear Energy Option Open

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Noura Mansouri

Sectoral Employment Analysis for Saudi Arabia

Taylor & Francis

Jeyhun Mikayilov, Fakhri Hasanov, Muhammad Javid

Climate and Power System Reliability in the Aftermath of the Texas Blackouts

Marie Petitet, Burcin Unel, Rolando Fuentes, Frank Felder

The February 2021 blackout in Texas underscored the importance of reliable and resilient power systems. In this commentary, we discuss the roles of regulators, markets, fuel and generation supply chains, and interdependent infrastructures, and finds that they need to be…

Marie Petitet

Burcin Unel

Fuentes, Rolando

Felder, Frank

Sectoral Investment Analysis for Saudi Arabia

Muhammad Javid, Fakhri Hasanov, Carlo Andrea Bollino, Marzio Galeotti

This study aims to investigate the determinants of short- and long-run investment behavior in Saudi Arabia for eight non-oil sectors. Saudi Arabia is currently proceeding with its historic Vision 2030 reform plan, which aims to significantly increase the private sector’s…

Javid, Muhammad

Hasanov, Fakhri

Bollino, Carlo Andrea

Galeotti, Marzio

Saudi Non-oil Exports Before and After COVID-19: Historical Impacts of Determinants and Scenario Analysis

Fakhri Hasanov, Fred Joutz, Muhammad Javid

The diversification of the non-oil sector, including its exports, is at the core of Saudi Vision 2030. This study investigates Saudi non-oil exports in a novel way. Specifically, it differs from previous studies on this topic owing to its modeling…

Hasanov, Fakhri

Joutz, Fred

Javid, Muhammad

Are Consumers Myopic About Future Fuel Costs? Insights from the Indian two-wheeler market

Prateek Bansal, Rubal Dua, Rico Krueger, Daniel Graham

India has the world’s third highest carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, after China and the United States. The transportation sector is the third largest contributor to carbon dioxide emissions in India, accounting for roughly 11% of all carbon dioxide emissions in 2016. Road transport accounts for around…

Bansal, Prateek

Dua, Rubal

Rico Krueger

Daniel Graham

KAPSARC Oil Market Outlook (KOMO)

The drivers of this quarter’s significant demand growth will be the reopening of COVID-related shutdowns/behaviors, continued economic recovery and seasonal consumption patterns. We anticipate that the most significant quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) growth will come from the U.S., followed by the OECD…

Sectoral Employment Analysis for Saudi Arabia

Taylor & Francis Online

This study aims to explore the impact of output and wage on labour demand in Saudi Arabia at sectoral level. We applied cointegration and equilibrium correction methods to the time-series data of 10 sectors over 1995–2016 using the demand side…

Fakhri Hasanov, Jeyhun Mikayilov, Moayad H. Al-Rassasi, Mohammed Alabdullah

Role of Energy Efficiency and Distributed Renewable Energy in Designing Carbon Neutral Residential Buildings and Communities: Case Study of Saudi Arabia

Science Direct

The impacts of improving energy efficiency of housing units on designing carbon neutral grid-connected residential communities in Saudi Arabia are evaluated in the study summarized in this paper. The analysis utilizes both PV systems and wind turbines as on-site renewable…

Moncef Krarti, Mohammad Aldubyan

The Pacifying Effect of Energy Dependence on Interstate Conflict: A Large-N analysis

Science Direct

Energy remains essential to all forms of economic and military activity and constitutes one of the most valuable and strategic commodities in international trade. Using the newly released Global Energy Relations Dataset, we assess whether trade in energy resources systematically…

Osman Zeki Gökçe, Emre Hatipoglu, Mehmet Ali Soytas

Trends in Global Solar PV Installation in 2020

Amro Elshurafa

Dozens of governments worldwide have supported, and still support, renewable energy technology deployment, including solar photovoltaics (PV). This has been driven by their ambitions to be energy independent, meet carbon emissions reduction targets, and contribute to their domestic economies through…

Elshurafa, Amro

Measuring to Manage: The Case for Improving CO2 Monitoring and Reporting in Saudi Arabia

Mari Luomi, Thamir Al Shehri, Nicholas Howarth

To support the transition to a circular carbon economy, there is an urgent need to develop robust domestic systems of carbon dioxide (CO2) and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) monitoring and reporting in the Kingdom. Such systems provide the essential evidence…

Luomi, Mari

Al Shehri, Thamir

Howarth, Nicholas

Beyond Smart Meters

Shahid Hasan, Noura Mansouri, Thamir Al Shehri

Over the last two decades, many countries have installed millions of smart meters to improve the efficiency, reliability, and quality of service in the electric power sector. Compared with traditional meters, smart meters measure consumers’ electricity usage at 5- or…

Hasan, Shahid

Mansouri, Noura

Al Shehri, Thamir

Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Report of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, Volume 4: Decision XXXI/7 – Continued Provision of Information on Energy-Efficient and Low Global Warming Potential Technologies

Thamir Al Shehri, EE Task Force, UNEP TEAP

In the context of accelerating climate change, cooling demand is also increasing rapidly. If unmanaged, this will result in a vicious circle, with increasing global warming through greater energy consumption combined with the use of higher GWP refrigerants. Addressing access…

Al Shehri, Thamir

EE Task Force

UNEP TEAP