Publications

Ecological-behavioral Economics: Impact of Information on Energy-renovation Decision Through Third-party Investing

Science Direct

Fateh Belaïd

Modeling Green Hydrogen Production Using power-to-x: Saudi and German Contexts

Science Direct

Khalid Alhadhrami, Ahmed Al-Balawi, Shahid Hasan, Amro Elshurafa

Global Peak Water Limit of Future Groundwater Withdrawals

Nature Sustainability

Over the past 50 years, humans have extracted the Earth’s groundwater stocks at a steep rate, largely to fuel the irrigated green revolution of global agro-economic development. Given society’s growing reliance on groundwater, we explore `peak water limits’ to investigate…

Mohamad Hejazi

Smart Cities: Social and Environmental Challenges and Opportunities for Local Authorities

Fateh Belaïd, Anvita Arora

This edited volume discusses the socioeconomic, environmental, and policy implications of smart cities. Written by international experts in energy economics and policy, the chapters present wide range of high quality theoretical and empirical studies at the nexus of social, entrepreneurial,…

Belaïd, Fateh

Arora, Anvita

Modeling the Determinants of Electrical Vehicles Adoption: A Saudi Perspective

Science Direct

Ryan Alyamani

Revitalizing Relationships for the Clean Energy Souk

Jitendra Roychoudhury, Ahmed Al-Balawi, Amro Elshurafa, Marie Petitet

The GCC countries have been trading for millennia, and energy transition offers new opportunities to revitalize existing trade relationships and form new partnerships driving growth through innovation. Read More Here

Roychoudhury, Jitendra

Ahmed Al-Balawi

Elshurafa, Amro

Marie Petitet

The Clean Hydrogen Economy and Saudi Arabia

Rami Shabaneh, Jitendra Roychoudhury

This book provides a first-of-its-kind analysis of the emerging global hydrogen economy from the vantage point of one of the world’s biggest energy providers: Saudi Arabia. In 2021, and within the context of the Circular Carbon Economy framework, Saudi Arabia…

Shabaneh, Rami

Roychoudhury, Jitendra

Impacts of Ride-hailing on Energy and the Environment: A Systematic Review

IOP Science

Rubal Dua, Tamara Sheldon

Energy Price Reform to Mitigate Transportation Carbon Emissions in Oil-Rich Economies

Springer Link

Jeyhun Mikayilov, Rubal Dua

The Circular Carbon Economy Index 2023: Results

Mari Luomi, Fatih Yılmaz, Thamir Al Shehri

The Circular Carbon Economy (CCE) Index provides a comparative overview of where countries stand on the road to net-zero and how well equipped they are to get there. The CCE Index compiles quantitative data points from 38 robust sources into…

Luomi, Mari

Yılmaz, Fatih

Al Shehri, Thamir

Assessing the Impact of Water Price and Water-Use Efficiency on Domestic Water Demand in Saudi Arabia

Muhammad Javid

The main objective of this paper is twofold. First, we attempt to identify the main determinants of domestic water demand in Saudi Arabia. In this respect, we estimate two sets of water demand models for Saudi Arabia from 1994 to…

Javid, Muhammad

Identifying Leaders in Electricity Innovation Networks Using Twitter (X): A Resource for Policymaking

Rolando Fuentes, Amro Elshurafa

The objective of this study is to map the innovation network in the electricity sector and to identify its pivotal actors to inform policymaking, particularly in Saudi Arabia. This study, which is part of a larger series, aims to identify…

Fuentes, Rolando

Elshurafa, Amro

Consumer Preferences for Ride-Hailing: The Barriers to an Autonomous, Shared, and Electric Future

Rubal Dua, Tamara Sheldon

Research has shown that when combined in a mobility-on-demand (MOD) framework, automation, carpooling, and electrification have the potential for theoretically large emission reductions. However, there is insufficient research regarding the consumer preferences for and behavioral responses to this vision of…

Dua, Rubal

Sheldon, Tamara

The Role of Congestion Pricing in Boosting Public Transport Efficiency: An Overview of Its Impact on Congestion Reduction and Emission Control

Ibrahem Shatnawi

The road transportation sector in Saudi Arabia, like that in many countries worldwide, has played a significant role in contributing to greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for a substantial 21% of total CO2 emissions in 2019 .

Shatnawi, Ibrahem

The Cost of Green Hydrogen Production in Saudi Arabia and Germany: A Model-Based Approach

Khalid Alhadhrami, Ahmed Al-Balawi, Shahid Hasan, Amro Elshurafa

With over seventy countries setting net-zero commitments by or around mid-century, low-carbon hydrogen (H2) is expected to play a pivotal role in the decarbonization of the global economy, especially sectors less dependent on electricity, which are often termed as hard-to-abate…

Alhadhrami, Khalid

Ahmed Al-Balawi

Hasan, Shahid

Elshurafa, Amro

The Circular Carbon Economy – From Concept to Realization

The circular carbon economy (CCE) builds on the principles of the circular economy and applies them to managing carbon emissions: to reduce the carbon that must be managed in the first place, to reuse carbon as an input to create…

Global Challenges and Sustainable Prospects of the Maritime Industry

As shipping has the advantage of being the most cost-effective mode of transportation, it will continue to grow with increasing international trade flows. Therefore, this advantage must be leveraged to achieve the long-term goals of the maritime industry.

Saudi Arabia’s Revealed Comparative Advantage in Non-Oil Exports

Muhammad Javid, Abdulelah Darandary

The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) is based on Ricardian trade theory, which postulates that trade flows between countries are determined by their relative productivity differences. The RCA index provides a general indication and a first approximation of a country’s competitive…

Javid, Muhammad

Darandary, Abdulelah

Achieving Net-Zero GHG Emissions of Saudi Arabia by 2060: The Transformation of the Building Sector

Puneet Kamboj, Mohamad Hejazi, Fateh Belaïd, Mohammad Aldubyan, Yang Qiu, Page Kyle, Gokul Iyer

In this paper, an economy-wide, net-zero pathway that enables Saudi Arabia to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2060 is investigated, with a specific focus on the critical role played by the building sector. An exploration is undertaken of the…

Puneet Kamboj

Hejazi, Mohamad

Belaïd, Fateh

Aldubyan, Mohammad

Yang Qiu

Page Kyle

Gokul Iyer

The Asymmetric Effects of Oil Prices on the Nonoil Trade Balance: The Case of Saudi Arabia

Majed Almozaini, Fakhri Hasanov

Oil prices play a pivotal role in the economies of oil-exporting countries, especially those in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Almozaini, Majed

Hasanov, Fakhri