Publications

Saudi Arabia’s Climate Change Policy and the Circular Carbon Economy Approach

Taylor & Francis

Thamir Al Shehri, Jan Frederik Braun, Nicholas Howarth, Alessandro Lanza, Mari Luomi

Unintended Transnational Effects of Sanctions: A Global Vector Autoregression Simulation

Taylor & Francis

Emre Hatipoglu, Jennifer Considine, Abdullah Aldayel

Understanding the Dynamics of Renewable Energy Transition: Country Performance and Potential

Fatih Yılmaz

Renewable energy (RE) is a vital stream of the global energy transition toward sustainable alternatives. Various mitigation strategies, such as enhancing energy efficiency, utilizing fuel switching, deploying nuclear power and adopting carbon capture, have been developed. Of these, RE has…

Yılmaz, Fatih

Understanding the Dynamics of the Renewable Energy Transition: The Determinants and Future Projections Under Different Scenarios

Fatih Yılmaz

The global energy system’s current structure has severe environmental consequences that necessitate an urgent transformation toward more sustainable alternatives. Besides many available mitigation actions, such as enhancing energy efficiency, deploying nuclear energy, switching fuels and adopting carbon capture technologies, renewable…

Yılmaz, Fatih

Moving Saudi Arabia’s Role in the Global Methane Pledge Forward

Rami Shabaneh, Bertrand Rioux, Fahad Bin Haji

In our previous Instant Insight, The Global Methane Pledge: What It Means for the Oil and Gas Industry Post-COP26, we shed light on the increased momentum behind the issue of methane emissions and how it is taking center stage in…

Shabaneh, Rami

Rioux, Bertrand

Fahad Bin Haji

The European Energy Collapse: A Chain of Contingencies or a Recurring Nightmare?

Zlata Sergeeva, Nikolay Fedorov

Choosing to rely exclusively on renewable energy sources (RES) and eliminating hydrocarbons can lead to significant difficulties for an energy system. Challenges may arise when energy storage is insufficient to guarantee a stable power supply. The lack of suitable technologies…

Sergeeva, Zlata

Nikolay Fedorov

Impact of Stay-home Orders on the Electricity Demand of Residential Buildings: Case Study of Saudi Arabia

Mohammad Aldubyan, Moncef Krarti

The analysis presented in this paper evaluates the impact of the COVID-19 stay-home order (or lockdown) on electricity consumption among Saudi residential building stock. Our analysis is based on an assessment of monitored data obtained for a sample of housing…

Aldubyan, Mohammad

Krarti, Moncef

Cross-seasonal Fuel Savings from Load Shifting in the Saudi Industrial Sector

Salaheddine Soummane, Amro Elshurafa, Hatem Al Atawi, Frank Felder

Load shifting, that is, moving demand from peak to off-peak hours, is an important type of demand response. It can reduce the overall operating costs of a power system and improve the reliability of the power grid. This study estimates…

Soummane, Salaheddine

Elshurafa, Amro

Al Atawi, Hatem

Felder, Frank

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

Revisiting Energy Subsidy Calculations: A Focus on Saudi Arabia

IAEE

Walid Matar, Anwar Gasim

Role of Energy Efficiency in Designing Carbon-neutral Residential Communities: Case Study of Saudi Arabia

Moncef Krarti, Mohammad Aldubyan

This study focuses on the impact of improving the energy efficiency of housing units on the design of carbon-neutral grid-connected residential communities in Saudi Arabia. Particularly, it examines the efficacy of both photovoltaic systems and wind turbines as on-site renewable…

Krarti, Moncef

Aldubyan, Mohammad

Plastics in the Circular Carbon Economy

Plastics are a critical category in the chemicals value chain and have helped shape the modern economy. The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of plastics in people’s lives. Throughout the international community, the demand for plastic has surged during…

Inventories and the Term Structure of Oil Prices: A Complex Relationship

Elsevier

Jennifer Considine, Abdullah Aldayel, Philipp Galkin

Understanding the Willingness to Make the Modal Shift to the New Metro in Riyadh

Ahm Mehbub Anwar

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital and main financial hub, is currently facing substantial urban growth pressures. The city suffers from serious traffic congestion, especially at peak hours. Owing to the city’s high level of urbanization, travel demands are expected to increase.…

Anwar, Ahm Mehbub

Documenting Energy Flows between States: The Global Energy Relations Dataset (GERD), 1978–2014

Taylor & Francis

Emre Hatipoglu, Osman Zeki Gökçe

Achieving Renewable Energy Targets Without Compromising the Power Sector’s Reliability

Amro Elshurafa, Frank Felder, Nezar Alhaidari

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy has set ambitious renewable energy goals. Although the Kingdom’s current energy mix is dominated by conventional energy (>95%), it aims to draw 50% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030. Currently, the Kingdom enjoys…

Elshurafa, Amro

Felder, Frank

Nezar Alhaidari

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

Cooperate or Compete? Insights from Simulating a Global Oil Market with No Residual Supplier

IAEE

Bertrand Rioux, Axel Pierru, Abdullah AlJarboua, Fatih Karanfil, Shahd Alrashed, Colin Ward

Renewable Energy Development in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: Status, Barriers, and Policy Options

MDPI

Noura Mansouri, Aisha Al-Sarihi

Why is the EU Carbon Price at a Record €60 per Tonne?

Fateh Belaïd, Marie Petitet

Carbon prices soared above €60/tonne for the first time on August 30, 2021, with the expectation of tightened environmental legislation. These prices made a new record on the European Union Emission Trading System (EU ETS), the European Union’s carbon market.…

Belaïd, Fateh

Marie Petitet