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      Modeling of the Interconnected Middle East and North Africa Electricity System: Including Uncertainties to Better Inform Policymakers
      Electricity Sector Transitions

      Modeling of the Interconnected Middle East and North Africa Electricity System: Including Uncertainties to Better Inform Policymakers

      Frank Felder, Marie Petitet, Shahid Hasan, Amro Elshurafa

      The modeling of power systems can bring about insightful quantitative results to inform policymakers. This commentary reviews the literature on modeling the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region’s electricity interconnections and trade in the context of expanding variable and…

      Frank Felder Felder, Frank
      Marie Petitet Marie Petitet
      Shahid Hasan Hasan, Shahid
      Amro Elshurafa Elshurafa, Amro
      26th September 2023
      World Oil and Critical Mineral Study: A Global VAR Analysis
      Future of Global Oil Markets

      World Oil and Critical Mineral Study: A Global VAR Analysis

      Jennifer Considine, Abdullah Aldayel, Philipp Galkin, Emre Hatipoglu

      Critical minerals (CMs), such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, and rare earth metals, are essential for the development of clean energy technologies across the whole value chain of wind and solar power, electricity networks, and electric vehicles (EVs). Demand for these…

      Jennifer Considine Considine, Jennifer
      Abdullah Aldayel Aldayel, Abdullah
      Philipp Galkin Galkin, Philipp
      Emre Hatipoglu Hatipoglu, Emre
      26th September 2023
      Global Crude Oil Refinery Models: Parametric and Nonparametric Methods
      Models, Data and Tools

      Global Crude Oil Refinery Models: Parametric and Nonparametric Methods

      Evar Umeozor

      Crude oil refineries produce finished petroleum products through a series of processing steps known as refinery unit operations. The varieties and capacities of process units, along with their operational characteristics, differentiate one refinery from another. Over the years, the refining…

      Evar Umeozor Umeozor, Evar
      26th September 2023
      Reconsidering Inventories: An International Strategy for Strategic Storage Assets
      Future of Global Oil Markets

      Reconsidering Inventories: An International Strategy for Strategic Storage Assets

      Jennifer Considine, Philipp Galkin, Majed A. Al Suwailem, Abdullah Aldayel

      The purpose of this report is to recommend an interconnected regional and international strategy to share the burden of developing and maintaining commercial and strategic storage infrastructure for Saudi crude oil and products through an alliance with the Gulf Cooperation…

      Jennifer Considine Considine, Jennifer
      Philipp Galkin Galkin, Philipp
      Majed A. Al Suwailem Al Suwailem, Majed A.
      Abdullah Aldayel Aldayel, Abdullah
      26th September 2023
      Renewable Energy and Job Creation: An Automation Risk Assessment
      Productivity and Economic Diversification

      Renewable Energy and Job Creation: An Automation Risk Assessment

      Cian Mulligan

      The necessity of a green transition from traditional energy sources to renewable alternatives has brought with it optimism regarding the employment benefits of this change. Announcements of major renewable energy projects include forecasts of thousands of associated direct, indirect and…

      Cian Mulligan Mulligan, Cian
      20th September 2023
      An All-Hands-On-Deck Approach to Address Lifecycle Emissions
      Future of Transport and Fuel Demand

      An All-Hands-On-Deck Approach to Address Lifecycle Emissions

      Increasing demand for mobility will result in an increase in energy consumption and emissions from transportation. Governments worldwide are implementing regulations and policies to reduce vehicle tailpipe emissions, such as tailpipe CO2 emission standards, zero-tailpipe-emission vehicle mandates, and tailpipe criteria…

      20th September 2023
      The Surge in Riyadh’s Population: Electricity Demand Implications
      Models, Data and Tools

      The Surge in Riyadh’s Population: Electricity Demand Implications

      Jeyhun Mikayilov, Ryan Alyamani

      The city of Riyadh, the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is undergoing a makeover to become a global metropolis. Saudi Vision 2030 announced a wide range of projects in the city, placing it on…

      Jeyhun Mikayilov Mikayilov, Jeyhun
      Ryan Alyamani Alyamani, Ryan
      20th September 2023
      A Decomposition Approach to Energy Policy Analysis
      Evaluation of Public Investment Projects

      A Decomposition Approach to Energy Policy Analysis

      Walid Matar

      Index decomposition analysis (IDA) has been used to study energy use movements since the 1980s. Methods at that time consisted primarily of multiplying factors that ultimately yielded the aggregate quantity, such as energy use. IDA is a straightforward way for…

      Walid Matar Matar, Walid
      18th September 2023
      The Implementation of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation and Its Challenges for Aviation
      Future of Transport and Fuel Demand

      The Implementation of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation and Its Challenges for Aviation

      Abdulrahman Alwosheel, Andres Felipe Guzman

      The aviation sector is a fast-growing industry that contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. To address this issue, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) set aspirational emissions goals and introduced the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for…

      Abdulrahman Alwosheel Alwosheel, Abdulrahman
      Andres Felipe Guzman Andres Felipe Guzman
      14th September 2023
      Macroeconomic, Energy and Emission Effects of Solar PV Deployment at Utility and Distributed Scales in Saudi Arabia
      Models, Data and Tools

      Macroeconomic, Energy and Emission Effects of Solar PV Deployment at Utility and Distributed Scales in Saudi Arabia

      Amro Elshurafa, Fakhri Hasanov, Lester C. Hunt

      This study assesses the macroeconomic, energy and emissions impacts of solar photovoltaic (PV) deployment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the period 2021–2030. This is accomplished by linking an energy and environmental sector augmented macroeconometric model with a power…

      Amro Elshurafa Elshurafa, Amro
      Fakhri Hasanov Hasanov, Fakhri
      Lester C. Hunt Hunt, Lester C.
      14th September 2023
      Methane Emissions Baseline Forecasts for Saudi Arabia Using the Structural Time Series Model and Autometrics
      Productivity and Economic Diversification

      Methane Emissions Baseline Forecasts for Saudi Arabia Using the Structural Time Series Model and Autometrics

      Anwar Gasim, Lester C. Hunt, Jeyhun Mikayilov

      Reducing methane (CH4) emissions is key to near-term efforts to limit global warming. CH4 is the second most abundant anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) in the atmosphere after carbon dioxide (CO2). The production, transport, and consumption of fossil fuels, in addition…

      Anwar Gasim Gasim, Anwar
      Lester C. Hunt Hunt, Lester C.
      Jeyhun Mikayilov Mikayilov, Jeyhun
      14th September 2023