Publications

Growing energy demand in the GCC countries

Taylor & Francis Online

The energy sector in GCC countries plays a vital role in achieving economic and social development and contributing to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Furthermore, the energy sector plays a major role in meeting the water and food needs in…

Shahad Albardi, Imtenan Al-Mubarak

Estimating the learning curve of solar PV balance–of–system for over 20 countries: Implications and policy recommendations

Journal of Cleaner Production

Solar photovoltaic systems installed on homes and commercial building rooftops are deemed central for a low-carbon future. As capital costs of photovoltaics continue to fall, its role towards making buildings more sustainable and environmentally-friendly will continue to grow. Capital costs…

Amro Elshurafa, Shahad Albardi, Simona Bigerna, Carlo Andrea Bollino

BOS is Boss: Global Learning Curves for Solar PV Balance–of-Systems

Energy Policy Journal

Shahad Albardi

Collaboration paper with DERASAT: How mathematical modeling helps the GCC countries make energy policy decisions: A case study of KEM

Shahad Albardi

GCC Energy System Overview – 2017

David Wogan, Shreekar Pradhan, Shahad Albardi

This paper presents data sets that support economic and policy analyses of countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The objective is to provide an overview of the GCC energy systems and serve as a reference for researchers performing quantitative…

Wogan, David

Pradhan, Shreekar

Albardi, Shahad

Estimating the Learning Curve of Solar PV Balance-of-Systems for Over 20 Countries

Amro Elshurafa, Shahad Albardi, Carlo Andrea Bollino

The capital cost of a solar photovoltaic (PV) system comprises the module and balance-of-systems (BOS). The latter refers to everything else that is needed to make the solar system functional including cables, mounts, labor, etc. While modules are priced internationally,…

Elshurafa, Amro

Albardi, Shahad

Bollino, Carlo Andrea

The Economics of Solar PV Energy

HAEE Energy Conference

Amro Elshurafa, Shahad Albardi, Carlo Andrea Bollino, Simona Bigerna

How Mathematical Modeling Helps The GCC Countries Make Energy Policy Decisions: A Case Study Of The KAPSARC Energy Model

DERASAT

Imtenan Al-Mubarak, Shahad Albardi

Solar Photovoltaic Toolkit

Amro Elshurafa, Shahad Albardi

This data set compiles capital costs (CAPEX) and levelized cost of energy (LCOE) data for the solar photovoltaic (PV) technology by year and country and presents the data in an interactive manner. Although, the data set contains information that dates…

Elshurafa, Amro

Albardi, Shahad

Changing Competitive Landscape: Transition Policy’s Blind Spots

Shahad Albardi, Jorge Blazquez, Amro Elshurafa, Nora Nezamuddin

For the past two to three decades, and particularly in the wake of the Great Recession, clean energy transitions have been sold as a three-for-the-price-ofone policy: creating “green collar” jobs to get the unemployed back to work, using domestic resources…

Albardi, Shahad

Blazquez, Jorge

Elshurafa, Amro

Nezamuddin, Nora