Publications

Renewable Energy and Job Creation: An Automation Risk Assessment

Cian Mulligan

The necessity of a green transition from traditional energy sources to renewable alternatives has brought with it optimism regarding the employment benefits of this change. Announcements of major renewable energy projects include forecasts of thousands of associated direct, indirect and…

Mulligan, Cian

An All-Hands-On-Deck Approach to Address Lifecycle Emissions

Increasing demand for mobility will result in an increase in energy consumption and emissions from transportation. Governments worldwide are implementing regulations and policies to reduce vehicle tailpipe emissions, such as tailpipe CO2 emission standards, zero-tailpipe-emission vehicle mandates, and tailpipe criteria…

The Surge in Riyadh’s Population: Electricity Demand Implications

Jeyhun Mikayilov, Ryan Alyamani

The city of Riyadh, the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is undergoing a makeover to become a global metropolis. Saudi Vision 2030 announced a wide range of projects in the city, placing it on…

Mikayilov, Jeyhun

Alyamani, Ryan

How Have Electricity Tariffs Evolved in Saudi Arabia Over the Last Half Century (1974 – 2023)?

Jeyhun Mikayilov

Gathering information nested in different sources and across years for all electricity consumer types and covering the most extended period, this Data Insight is a first and unique source for modelers and policymakers.

Mikayilov, Jeyhun

A Decomposition Approach to Energy Policy Analysis

Walid Matar

Index decomposition analysis (IDA) has been used to study energy use movements since the 1980s. Methods at that time consisted primarily of multiplying factors that ultimately yielded the aggregate quantity, such as energy use. IDA is a straightforward way for…

Matar, Walid

India’s Decarbonization Strategy for its Electricity Sector: Balancing Renewables and Coal

Yagyavalk Bhatt

On November 1, 2021, at the 26th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 26), Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi made an ambitious pledge, announcing India’s commitment to reaching net-zero emissions by 2070. Furthermore, during the speech, Prime…

Bhatt, Yagyavalk

The Implementation of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation and Its Challenges for Aviation

Abdulrahman Alwosheel, Andres Felipe Guzman

The aviation sector is a fast-growing industry that contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. To address this issue, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) set aspirational emissions goals and introduced the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for…

Alwosheel, Abdulrahman

Felipe Guzman, Andres

Expert Survey Assessment of Emerging Maritime Decarbonization Challenges and Priorities

Rubal Dua, Ahm Mehbub Anwar

The decarbonization of the maritime sector has emerged as a global concern due to the shipping sector’s 3% contribution to world’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Notably, the latest developments involving the adoption of more ambitious GHG reduction targets by…

Dua, Rubal

Anwar, Ahm Mehbub

Macroeconomic, Energy and Emission Effects of Solar PV Deployment at Utility and Distributed Scales in Saudi Arabia

Amro Elshurafa, Fakhri Hasanov, Lester C. Hunt

This study assesses the macroeconomic, energy and emissions impacts of solar photovoltaic (PV) deployment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the period 2021–2030. This is accomplished by linking an energy and environmental sector augmented macroeconometric model with a power…

Elshurafa, Amro

Hasanov, Fakhri

Hunt, Lester C.

Methane Emissions Baseline Forecasts for Saudi Arabia Using the Structural Time Series Model and Autometrics

Anwar Gasim, Lester C. Hunt, Jeyhun Mikayilov

Reducing methane (CH4) emissions is key to near-term efforts to limit global warming. CH4 is the second most abundant anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) in the atmosphere after carbon dioxide (CO2). The production, transport, and consumption of fossil fuels, in addition…

Gasim, Anwar

Hunt, Lester C.

Mikayilov, Jeyhun

Fiscal Policy in Oil and Gas-exporting Economies: Good Times, Bad Times and Ugly Times

Science Direct

Olivier Durand-Lasserve, Fatih Karanfil

Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa: Potential Roadways to A New Global Governance Mechanism for Energy and Climate

Emre Hatipoglu, Colin Ward, Noura Mansouri

The recent regionalization of global politics and trade has placed Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) at the forefront of the geopolitical agenda.  

Hatipoglu, Emre

Ward, Colin

Mansouri, Noura

What Could Happen to the Oil Market if Iran’s and Venezuela’s Sanctions Are Lifted?

Julio Arboleda

Disagreements between oil producers and consumers for keeping a stable market has resulted in actions from both sides, elevating concerns about the near future stability of the oil sector. On one side, producers have concerns about future demand uncertainties, while…

Arboleda, Julio

Saudi Arabia Energy Transition in a Post-paris Agreement Era: An Analysis with a Multi-level Perspective Approach

Science Direct

Fateh Belaïd, Aisha Al-Sarihi

Saudi Arabia’s Input-Output Table: Computing Type I Multiplier

Abdulelah Darandary, Jeremy Rothfield

The General Authority of Statistics of Saudi Arabia has released the input-output tables this year for 2018, 2019, and 2020 (GaStat, 2022). These releases have extended the number of sectors representing the Saudi Arabian economy to 20 from the 13…

Darandary, Abdulelah

Rothfield, Jeremy

Aggregate Real Energy Price Index

Abdulelah Darandary, Anwar Gasim

Our aggregate real energy index is constructed in two steps. First, sectoral energy prices are obtained from Hasanov et al (2020). Second, the index is constructed by calculating a weighted average of these sectoral energy prices, in which the weight…

Darandary, Abdulelah

Gasim, Anwar

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

The Race to Offset Emissions from Airlines— How Is It Developing?

Nora Nezamuddin, Lama Yaseen

As a sector, aviation accounts for an estimated 2% of global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, with the International Energy Agency (IEA) indicating that the growth in aviation in the last decade has been faster than that of roads, rail,…

Nezamuddin, Nora

Yaseen, Lama

Electricity Balancing Market in the United Kingdom: Time to Rebalance Participants’ Interests

Shahid Hasan

During the four months of winter (November to February) of 2021/22, the costs of keeping supply and demand matched through the United Kingdom’s electricity balancing market reached a record high of over £1.5 billion.  

Hasan, Shahid

Future Fuel Demand From the Saudi Shipping Sector: A Business-as-Usual Estimation

Ahm Mehbub Anwar, Rubal Dua, Abdulrahman Alwosheel, Nora Nezamuddin

The purpose of this commentary is to suggest a rough estimation of future exports and corresponding fuel consumption of the Saudi shipping sector up to 2040. For estimation purposes, we use two assumptions: A global average energy intensity of 0.078…

Anwar, Ahm Mehbub

Dua, Rubal

Alwosheel, Abdulrahman

Nezamuddin, Nora