KAPSARC Oil Value Chain Analyzer (KOVA) The goal of this project is to build a global oil value chain model that is capable of replicating/simulating and... Models, Data and Tools Active Project
Saudi Arabia and the Hydrogen Economy: Domestic Developments and International Opportunities Hydrogen is currently perceived as an energy vector: one that facilitates energy storage and can be used in the production... Regional Energy Markets Active Project
Energy Transitions Journal Energy Transitions delivers leading research that evaluates the policy, economic, and technical challenges and opportunities arising from initiatives to move toward... Future of Global Oil Markets Active Project
Revisiting Fiscal Breakeven Oil Prices The fiscal breakeven oil price (FBOP) is the oil price that is necessary to balance the budget of an oil-exporting... Energy and Economic Vulnerability Active Project
KAPSARC Spatial Urban Energy System (KSUES) Understand energy consumption in local (urban, regional and interregional) and global transportation activities using a transport network modeling approach based on... Future of Transport and Fuel Demand Active Project
Role of Policy in Impacting Energy Demand in India and South Asia The Indian energy economy is amidst an energy transition that has significant ramifications for fossil fuel producers seeking to expand their exports... Future of Transport and Fuel Demand Active Project
Impacts and Innovation of Advanced Transportation Technologies in Saudi Arabia Transportation and Urban Infrastructure Program Vehicle electrification, automation, and shared mobility are three revolutions that will transform transportation over the coming decades, and the first two... Future of Transport and Fuel Demand Past Project
Energy Resiliency Modeling: Keeping the Lights on After a Natural Disaster The goal of this project is to develop and adapt a methodology that can help decision makers understand the impact of natural disasters (such as an extreme weather event) on... Energy and Economic Vulnerability Active Project
Shaping the Global Governance of Energy and Climate Change: A Supply-side Perspective This project aims to inform the Saudi policy-making process in the context of ongoing UNFCCC negotiations and in light of... Climate Change Policies and Governance Active Project
Modeling Residential Energy Demand and Energy Efficiency in Saudi Arabia This project will develop KAPSARC modeling capability in two areas: a physics-based building energy model and a long-term energy system optimization... Productivity and Economic Diversification Active Project
Energy Productivity – Paradigm for Managing the Saudi Energy Transition Energy productivity is a paradigm for evaluating energy policy increasingly being used by G20 governments and leading companies looking to maximize the value created from energy use. At the most basic level... Climate Change Policies and Governance Active Project
Modeling Final Energy Demand and the Impacts of Energy Price Reform There are multiple components to this project: The estimated econometric models will provide important elasticity estimates for policymakers. They will also generate... Productivity and Economic Diversification Active Project
Dynamics of Energy Transitions and the Role of Sustainable Finance The energy transitions towards renewables is a top policy agenda in many countries. Despite internationally coordinated efforts (e.g., Paris Agreement), data... Electricity Sector Transitions Active Project
Innovations in Market Design, Network Regulations, Low-carbon Investments and Technologies Saudi Arabia’s policymakers aim to transform the electricity sector by pursuing a dual agenda of electricity reform and decarburization, supported by an... Electricity Sector Transitions Active Project
Geographic Information System Development Plan Model – (GIS) A geographic information system (GIS) is a framework for gathering, managing, and analyzing data. Rooted in the science of geography, GIS integrates... Models, Data and Tools Active Project
Energy Markets and Geopolitics Most research into the future of oil and gas markets utilizes economic approaches that focus on well-functioning markets that are not... Future of Global Oil Markets Active Project
Household Budget Allocation Model This project will develop a framework to evaluate how households in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) allocate their budgets. Framework allows to... Productivity and Economic Diversification Past Project
Digital Carbon Accounting & Governance Saudi Arabia’s plan to tackle climate change is the Circular Carbon Economy (CCE), where the entire carbon cycle (more than just emissions) is... Climate Change Policies and Governance Active Project
Global Uncontrolled Oil Movement Once believed to be economically infeasible, shale oil has now emerged as a key component in the energy market. Over the... Future of Global Oil Markets Active Project
KGEMM Policy and Research Studies This project is leveraging the work done for the KGEMM model development. This project aims at producing research and policy... Models, Data and Tools Active Project