Publications

Taking Stock of China and the Geopolitics of Energy

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Dongmei Chen

Systematically Mapping Innovations in Electricity Using Startups: A Comprehensive Database Analysis

Science Direct

Rolando Fuentes, Dongmei Chen, Frank Felder

New Oxford Energy Forum – The Evolution of Carbon Markets and their Role in Climate Mitigation and Sustainable Development – Issue 132

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Dongmei Chen

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

Accelerating the Just Energy Transition Through Enhanced and Integrated Critical Minerals Supply Chains

T20

Dongmei Chen, Noura Mansouri, Rolando Fuentes

Cost‒Benefit Analysis for Petrochemical Projects

Philipp Galkin, Dongmei Chen, Colin Ward

Cost‒benefit analysis (CBA) has been used to assess investment projects for decades with the aim of quantifying their externalities and potential impacts on social welfare. However, the domain where CBA is applied has been primarily limited to direct public financing…

Galkin, Philipp

Chen, Dongmei

Ward, Colin

Chapter 5: China’s energy investment through the lens of the Belt and Road Initiative

Dongmei Chen, Philipp Galkin

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): Progress Amid Controversies Overview of the BRI President Xi Jinping announced the BRI in 2013 during his official visits to Kazakhstan and Indonesia. The vision for a Silk Road Economic Belt connecting Central Asia…

Chen, Dongmei

Galkin, Philipp

Reframing of Global Strategies and Regional Cooperation Pathways for an Inclusive Net-Zero Strategy in the Energy Transition Framework

Dongmei Chen, Julio Arboleda, Jitendra Roychoudhury, Majed A. Al Suwailem

The Implications for the Power Sector from Innovation by Startup Companies

Rolando Fuentes, Dongmei Chen

We compiled a multi-regional database of 320 startups from 36 countries whose focus is on new technologies in the electricity sector. To reach this number, we performed internet searches with neutral key words such as ‘startups,’ ‘electricity,’ ‘innovation,’ and avoided…

Fuentes, Rolando

Chen, Dongmei

Balancing China’s Energy Security and Its Transition to Carbon Neutrality

Dongmei Chen, Mari Luomi

At the United Nations (UN) General Assembly’s seventy-fifth session held on September 20, 2020, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged that China would reach peak carbon emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. This is seen as a significant…

Chen, Dongmei

Luomi, Mari

Potential implications of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

Bertrand Rioux, Dongmei Chen

From 2023 onward, the European Union’s (EU’s) Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will require importers to declare the embedded carbon emissions of electricity, iron, steel, aluminum, cement and fertilizers. The CBAM will ultimately transition into a carbon import tax, with…

Rioux, Bertrand

Chen, Dongmei

China’s BRI and Saudi Vision 2030: A Review to Partnership for Sustainability

Dongmei Chen

This study reviews the comprehensive strategic partnership between Saudi Arabia and China and the interconnection between China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Saudi Vision 2030. These connections have significantly improved cooperation in trade, investment, energy and new technology development…

Chen, Dongmei

The RCEP and its Potential Impact on Saudi Regional Exports

Philipp Galkin, Dongmei Chen

On November 15, 2020, 10 Southeast Asian economies, joined by Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea, formed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) – the world’s largest trading bloc, representing about a third of the global economy (BBC…

Galkin, Philipp

Chen, Dongmei

China’s Belt and Road initiative: Changing Investment Priorities in Pursuit of Energy Security and Carbon Neutrality

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Gathering momentum for the energy transition—supported by ambitious net-zero roadmaps by governments (EU, China, and US) and multinational corporations—has sparked debate on what the energy map will look like in 30 years. For more than half a century now, access…

Dongmei Chen

The Impact of the US-China Trade Dispute on the GCC

Dongmei Chen

The trade dispute between the United States (U.S.) and China has escalated since March 2018. On March 22, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a memorandum directing the U.S. government’s response to the investigation on China’s economic activities, trade policies and practices…

Chen, Dongmei

Bridging the Gaps and Mitigating the Risks: Tackling the Challenges of Sustainable Crossborder Energy Infrastructure Finance

T20

Efforts to integrate cross-border energy infrastructure and regional power markets have been gaining momentum worldwide. Such efforts have the potential of optimizing regional generation resources, delivering more variable renewable energy to the grid, and improving social equity through more reliable…

Philipp Galkin, Dongmei Chen, Qiankun Wang, Xinyue Ma, Yongzhong Wang, Feng Zhou

Fit-For-Purpose Energy Transition Strategies: Case Studies from G20 Members

T20

While the G7 is responsible for most anthropogenic climate change, the global climate challenge is being exacerbated as large populations in Asia and Africa move toward universal electricity and energy access that use large amounts of high carbon-emitting fossil fuels.…

Majed A. Al Suwailem, Kaushik Deb, Shahad Turkistani, Kanako Tanaka, Dongmei Chen, Anupama Sen, Koichi Yamada

Assessment of Coronavirus Effects on Oil Demand Implied by Price Elasticities

Ronald Ripple, Dongmei Chen, Abdullah Aldayel, Hamid M. Al Sadoon

There appears to be a significant response in the crude oil markets to the coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and has since spread globally. Many cities in Hubei, of which Wuhan is the capital, have been…

Ripple, Ronald

Chen, Dongmei

Aldayel, Abdullah

Al Sadoon, Hamid M.

China’s Energy Investment Through the Lens of the Belt and Road Initiative

Philipp Galkin, Dongmei Chen, Junyuang Ke

The Chinese government launched the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013 as a vision to promote growth and cooperation among the economies of Asia and Europe. Over the five years since its inception, the BRI has expanded in both…

Galkin, Philipp

Chen, Dongmei

Ke, Junyuang

The Impact of China’s Oil Cap Pathway on Saudi Arabia’s Economic Transition

Dongmei Chen

On October 15, several leading Chinese research institutes released a joint study, “Research on China’s Oil Consumption Peak and Cap Plan” (ERI 2019). It analyzes China’s future oil demand and the policy instruments it could use to cap its use…

Chen, Dongmei