Publications

Fostering Net-Zero Transition Pathways: The Role of Clean Hydrogen

Salaheddine Soummane, Rami Shabaneh

In early 2022, 80 countries (including Saudi Arabia), representing around 74% of global greenhouse gas emissions, pledged to reach net-zero emissions (NZE) in the coming decades. Achieving these ambitious climate policy objectives requires shifting the energy mix toward existing and…

Soummane, Salaheddine

Shabaneh, Rami

Status of Global Concentrated Solar Power Installations

Ahmed Al-Balawi

Concentrated solar power (CSP) is a type of renewable energy that uses mirrors to concentrate solar irradiation onto a receiver and convert it into heat. The heat can then be used directly or indirectly for thermal or electrical applications. CSP…

Ahmed Al-Balawi

Insights from India’s Journey to Over 100 Gigawatts of Renewable Energy

Shahid Hasan, Yagyavalk Bhatt

This commentary analyzes the key industry developments, policy and regulatory features, prevailing circumstances and challenges related to renewable energy (RE) in India. It also highlights learnings for other countries. As electricity is a concurrent subject as per the Indian Constitution,…

Hasan, Shahid

Bhatt, Yagyavalk

Saudis in the Private Sector: Women Leading the Way

Cian Mulligan

In Q3 2018, 30% of Saudi employment was in the private sector, and by Q1 2022 this had increased to 46%. A major driver of this increase was the comparative outperformance of Saudi women, of whom over 60% now work…

Mulligan, Cian

Gaming Out the Proposed Price Cap on Russian Oil

Colin Ward, Emre Hatipoglu, Majed A. Al Suwailem

In a June 29, 2022, communique, the G7 countries agreed to explore ways to impose a price cap on Russian oil exports. The main mechanism would be a ban on the provision of insurance, logistics and financial services by G7 nations for…

Ward, Colin

Hatipoglu, Emre

Al Suwailem, Majed A.

KAPSARC Oil Market Outlook (KOMO)

Declining gross domestic product (GDP) growth in Q4 2022 will add downward pressure to the underlying seasonality of oil demand trends in several countries, playing an important role in oil demand declines this quarter. OECD countries in North America and…

Oil Market Stabilization: The Performance of OPEC and Its Allies

IAEE

Axel Pierru, Hossa Almutairi, James L. Smith

The Circular Carbon Economy Index 2022 – Results

Mari Luomi, Fatih Yılmaz, Thamir Al Shehri

The circular carbon economy (CCE) concept provides a holistic, flexible and pragmatic framework for countries to plan their energy and economic transitions to lower carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emission levels and, ultimately, net-zero emissions. The CCE Index measures countries’…

Luomi, Mari

Yılmaz, Fatih

Al Shehri, Thamir

Key Issues for Policy-makers to Address at COP 27

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Mari Luomi

Choosing to Diet: The Impact and Cost-effectiveness of China’s Vehicle Ownership Restrictions

Science Direct

Rubal Dua, Arthur Lin Ku, Antung Liu, Wei-min Hu

Understanding the Trajectory of Urban and Transport Development in Riyadh

Ahm Mehbub Anwar

Riyadh has been a car-oriented city since the 1950s, a trend that was compounded by the economic boom of the 1970s. Likewise, the first master plan of Riyadh, a highway-based plan prepared by Doxiadis Associates International in 1973, encouraged the continued use of…

Anwar, Ahm Mehbub

Indiaʼs Updated NDC: A Pathway to Net-Zero by 2070?

Yagyavalk Bhatt, Puneet Kamboj

The meeting of the Union Cabinet of India on August 3, 2022, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved India’s updated nationally determined contribution (NDC). The NDC aims to enhance India’s contribution toward a global response to climate change. This…

Bhatt, Yagyavalk

Puneet Kamboj

Future of Fuels in the Aviation Sector

Aviation is crucial for connecting people and countries worldwide. Although aviation carriers, manufacturers, and governments have all aimed to increase energy efficiency through significant technological advances over recent decades, this transport mode has struggled to find alternatives to fossil-based fuels.…

How Can Governments, Oil and Gas Enterprises, and Research Institutions Collaborate to End Routine Gas Flaring?

Natural gas is a feedstock for the petrochemical industry and a fuel of choice in the power sector to help transition toward clean, sustainable, and affordable energy. As vital as gas is for electricity generation, the petrochemical industry, and the…

Fuel Consumption Elasticities, Rebound Effect and Feebate Effectiveness in the Indian and Chinese New Car Markets

Science Direct

Rubal Dua, Prateek Bansal

How Long Will the Semiconductor Crisis Affect the Traditional Automotive Sector? Implications for car fuel demand

Rubal Dua, Hamid M. Al Sadoon, Majed A. Al Suwailem

The 2020 semiconductor crisis has hit the automotive sector, as well as many other sectors. As a consequence of the COVID-19-induced shock, a worldwide semiconductor supply-demand imbalance arose between 2020 and 2022. Demand grew by around 17% annually while manufacturing…

Dua, Rubal

Al Sadoon, Hamid M.

Al Suwailem, Majed A.

Reliability Implications of Unexpected Tripping of Inverter-Based Resources

Ahmed Al-Balawi, Khalid Alhadhrami

A recent KAPSARC Instant Insight examined the reliability crisis in electric power grids, and proposed policy measures that can mitigate these risks (Felder 2022). The specific causes for these severe outages and blackouts differ, but the causes of greatest concern…

Ahmed Al-Balawi

Alhadhrami, Khalid

Trends in Global Solar PV Installation in 2021

Amro Elshurafa

In 2021, global solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity increased by a record 175 gigawatts (GW). This brought the total global cumulative installed PV capacity to around 942 GW at the end of 2021.

Elshurafa, Amro

The Effects of Russian Sanctions on the Global Economy

Abdullah Aldayel, Jennifer Considine, Emre Hatipoglu, Colin Ward

On February 24, 2022, Russia began a ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine, which quickly escalated into a militarized conflict across multiple fronts. The act drew immediate disapproval from the United Nations and led most members of the Western alliance to…

Aldayel, Abdullah

Considine, Jennifer

Hatipoglu, Emre

Ward, Colin

Your Mileage May Vary: Have Road-fuel Demand Elasticities Changed Over Time in Middle-income Countries?

Science Direct

Fakhri Hasanov