Finding Opportunity in Economic Power Dispatch: Saving Fuels without Impacting Retail Electricity Prices in Fuel-producing Countries Science Direct Marie Petitet, Frank Felder, Amro Elshurafa
Electricity Sector Transitions An Emerging Framework for the Probabilistic Cost- Benefit Analysis of the Reliability, Resiliency, and Adaptability of Electric Power Systems Frank Felder, Marie Petitet Probabilistic cost-benefit analyses of the reliability, resiliency, and adaptability of electric power systems can inform policymakers on how to efficiently reduce the frequency, magnitude, duration, and costs of power outages; how to cost-effectively improve the integration of variable and intermittent… Felder, Frank Marie Petitet
Electricity Sector Transitions How Can Bilateral Contracts Support Electricity Trade? A Regional Electricity Model Perspective for the GCC Plus Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq Marie Petitet, Benjamin Ricaud, Frank Felder, Amro Elshurafa Cross-border electricity trading in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) can provide cost and environmental benefits. However, for historical reasons, electricity trading has not reached a mature stage in this region. Based on a bespoke economic dispatch model for… Marie Petitet Benjamin Ricaud Felder, Frank Elshurafa, Amro
Electricity Sector Transitions Assessment of the Potential of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines in the Red Sea Ahmed Al-Balawi, Nora Nezamuddin, Frank Felder, Abdelrahman Muhsen, Amro Elshurafa Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) have recently gained traction and are being installed in several regions of Europe and Asia. These turbines use the same technology as typical offshore wind turbines but are not directly anchored to the seabed. Instead,… Ahmed Al-Balawi Nezamuddin, Nora Felder, Frank Muhsen, Abdelrahman Elshurafa, Amro
Finding Opportunity in Economic Dispatch: Saving Fuels Without Impacting Retail Electricity Prices Marie Petitet, Frank Felder, Amro Elshurafa For important domestic public policy reasons, many oil- and natural-gas-producing countries allocate fuels to their electricity sector at administratively set prices that are below fuel opportunity costs. This article shows that dispatching power units based on fuel opportunity costs can… Marie Petitet Felder, Frank Elshurafa, Amro
Electricity Sector Transitions Recent Developments and Trends in Cybersecurity in the Power Sector Ahmed Al-Balawi, Frank Felder, Muhammad Khurram Khan The power sector is a crucial component of critical national infrastructure, and its continuous and resilient operation underpins the socioeconomic prosperity of any nation. Energy security is a priority in many regions of the world, as it is essential for… Ahmed Al-Balawi Felder, Frank Muhammad Khurram Khan
Future of Transport and Fuel Demand How Can the European Energy Crisis Reshape the Power Sector Reform Endeavors of GCC Countries? Marie Petitet, Amro Elshurafa, Frank Felder Energy prices in Europe have been soaring, and policymakers are trying to find solutions to immediately contain the energy prices for end-consumers and to enhance the market design in the longer term. This paper discusses some of the current events… Marie Petitet Elshurafa, Amro Felder, Frank
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… Felder, Frank Marie Petitet Hasan, Shahid Elshurafa, Amro
Electricity Sector Transitions An Overview of Integration Costs of Variable Renewables in the Power Sector Faris Aljamed, Frank Felder, Amro Elshurafa In recent years, the cost of electricity generated by renewables has significantly decreased to the point where it is cost competitive with conventional plants. However, incorporating variable renewable energy (VRE) technologies like wind and solar photovoltaics (PV) into the power… Aljamed, Faris Felder, Frank Elshurafa, Amro
Making Electricity Capacity Markets Resilient to Extreme Weather Events IAEE Marie Petitet, Frank Felder
One Year After the Texas Blackout: Lessons for Reliable and Resilient Power Systems Marie Petitet, Khalid Alhadhrami, Frank Felder In February 2021, Texas experienced an extreme cold snap causing a dramatic electricity blackout that left millions of households without electricity, resulting in over two hundred fatalities and economic damages of approximately $100 billion. The Texas blackout has been used… Marie Petitet Alhadhrami, Khalid Felder, Frank
How Firm Capacity and Forced Outage Rate Assumptions of Renewables Impact Capacity Expansion Model Results Amro Elshurafa, Marie Petitet, Frank Felder We assess how varying the firm capacity (FC) and forced outage rate (FOR) assumptions of renewable energy (RE) resources impact capacity expansion models (CEM). Eight scenarios that vary the FC and FOR, RE share targets, and annual RE uptake were… Elshurafa, Amro Marie Petitet Felder, Frank
Systematically Mapping Innovations in Electricity Using Startups: A Comprehensive Database Analysis Science Direct Rolando Fuentes, Dongmei Chen, Frank Felder
Electricity Sector Transitions What Innovations Are Chinese Electricity Startups Pursuing? Rolando Fuentes, Dongmei Chen, Frank Felder We provide a snapshot of the innovations that Chinese electricity startups are pursuing and compare them with the innovation efforts of their worldwide and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) counterparts. We contrast types of innovation, technological domains and focuses on megatrends… Fuentes, Rolando Chen, Dongmei Felder, Frank
Modeling Cross-seasonal Fuel Savings From Load Shifting in the Saudi Industrial Sector and Interlinkages to Export Revenues Science Direct Salaheddine Soummane, Amro Elshurafa, Hatem Al Atawi, Frank Felder
Electricity Sector Transitions How Firm Capacity and Forced Outage Rate Assumptions of Renewables Impact Capacity Expansion Model Results Amro Elshurafa, Marie Petitet, Frank Felder The undergoing energy transition relies heavily on the deployment of renewables such as solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind power for the generation of electricity. These variable and intermittent resources would modify power systems’ reliability compared to the situation where electricity… Elshurafa, Amro Marie Petitet Felder, Frank
Overbuilding Transmission: A Case Study and Policy Analysis of the Indian Power Sector Science Direct Frank Felder
Electricity Sector Transitions Innovation by Gulf Cooperation Council Electricity Startups: A Global Comparison Rolando Fuentes, Frank Felder The electric power sector is the cornerstone for achieving the energy transition goals of economic progress, energy security and environmental improvements. Substantial and timely innovations are necessary to accomplish these goals. In this commentary, we investigate innovations in the electric… Fuentes, Rolando Felder, Frank
Electricity Sector Transitions Lessons From the European Electricity Crisis Frank Felder, Marie Petitet On January 23, 2023, the European Commission initiated a public consultation to reform the European Union’s electricity market (European Commission 2023) on the heels of extremely high wholesale electricity prices in Europe in the last months and days of 2022.… Felder, Frank Marie Petitet
Electricity Sector Transitions Cost, Footprint, and Reliability Implications of Deploying Hydrogen in Off-grid Electric Vehicle Charging Stations: A GIS-assisted Study for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Amro Elshurafa, Abdelrahman Muhsen, Frank Felder We quantify the cost, footprint and reliability implications of using hydrogen in off-grid electric vehicle charging stations (CS) using an optimization model coupled with a geographical information system (GIS) analysis for the city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We also account… Elshurafa, Amro Muhsen, Abdelrahman Felder, Frank
