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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

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

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

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

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

Khalid Alhadhrami

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

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

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

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

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

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

Extending the Reliability Framework for Electric Power Systems to Include Resiliency and Adaptability

Science Direct

Frank Felder, Marie Petitet

Cost, Footprint, and Reliability Implications of Deploying Hydrogen in Off-grid Electric Vehicle Charging Stations: A GIS-assisted Study for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Science Direct

Amro Elshurafa, Abdelrahman Muhsen, Frank Felder

Cost, Emission, and Macroeconomic Implications of Diesel Displacement in the Saudi Agricultural Sector: Options and Policy Insights

Science Direct

Amro Elshurafa, Hatem Al Atawi, Fakhri Hasanov, Goblan Al Gahtani, Frank Felder

Cost, Emission, and Macroeconomic Implications of Diesel Displacement in the Saudi Agricultural Sector: Options and Policy Insights

Amro Elshurafa, Hatem Al Atawi, Fakhri Hasanov, Frank Felder

The Saudi agricultural sector relies on diesel for irrigation, which is provided to farmers at a much lower price than the average global price, implying significant opportunity costs. With the aid of soft-coupled power and macro-econometric models, we assess the…

Elshurafa, Amro

Al Atawi, Hatem

Hasanov, Fakhri

Felder, Frank

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