Publications

The Circular Carbon Economy Index 2021 – Methodology

Mari Luomi, Fatih Yılmaz, Thamir Al Shehri

The Circular Carbon Economy Index (CCE Index) aims to measure countries’ progress in and potential for achieving circular carbon economies (CCEs). The CCE Index is based on two sub-indices: one for measuring countries’ current performance in the various dimensions of…

Luomi, Mari

Yılmaz, Fatih

Al Shehri, Thamir

Volatility, Contango, and Crude Oil Inventories: A Complex Relationship

Business School University of Colorado Denver

Jennifer Considine, Philipp Galkin, Abdullah Aldayel

The Role of Residential Energy Efficiency in Shaping the Energy Transition in Saudi Arabia: Key Challenges and Initiatives

IAEE Energy Forum

Mohammad Aldubyan, Fateh Belaïd

Potential Trip Coverage of the Proposed Public Transport Network in Riyadh

Academia

Abu Toasin Oakil, Abdelrahman Muhsen

Impact of Stay Home Living on Energy Demand of Residential Buildings: Case Study of Saudi Arabia

Science Direct

The analysis presented in this paper evaluates the impact of stay-home order on the energy consumption of Saudi residential building stock. The analysis combines monitored data obtained for a sample of housing units as well as the results Residential Energy…

Mohammad Aldubyan, Moncef Krarti

China’s BRI and Saudi Vision 2030: A Review to Partnership for Sustainability

Dongmei Chen

This study reviews the comprehensive strategic partnership between Saudi Arabia and China and the interconnection between China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Saudi Vision 2030. These connections have significantly improved cooperation in trade, investment, energy and new technology development…

Chen, Dongmei

Modeling World Oil Market Questions: An Economic Perspective

Science Direct

The choice of a modeling approach is driven by the oil policy or market question that needs to be addressed. We provide the non-modeling community with insightful information on oil market models, shedding light on the economic interpretation of technical…

Olivier Durand-Lasserve, Axel Pierru

Sustainable Transport in Riyadh: Potential Trip Coverage of the Proposed Public Transport Network

Abu Toasin Oakil, Abdelrahman Muhsen

The transport sector has always had high energy demand and is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change. To improve energy efficiency and reduce GHG emissions, Riyadh is introducing an integrated public transport system. Per capita…

Oakil, Abu Toasin

Muhsen, Abdelrahman

Future Trends in Electricity Demand in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Region

Long-term electricity demand projections are fundamental for power generation expansion planning and for broader energy policy formulation. Studies show that electricity demand in Saudi Arabia and the GCC region has been growing rapidly over the past decades. This growth has…

An Economic Analysis of Gas Pipeline Trade Cooperation in the GCC

Science Direct

Rami Shabaneh, Bertrand Rioux, Steve Griffiths

Building Back Better in Saudi Arabia With Energy Efficiency

Nicholas Howarth, Moncef Krarti, Thamir Al Shehri, Eric Williams, Mohammad Aldubyan, Jan Frederik Braun, Elizabeth Carey

The first priority for governments in managing the COVID-19 crisis is the health of their citizens. However, the implementation of restrictions on activity necessary for limiting the spread of the disease has caused the greatest global recession since the Great…

Howarth, Nicholas

Krarti, Moncef

Al Shehri, Thamir

Williams, Eric

Aldubyan, Mohammad

Braun, Jan Frederik

Carey, Elizabeth

Barriers to and Opportunities for Light-Duty Vehicle Electrification in India: Insights From a Survey of Experts

Rubal Dua, Scott Hardman, Yagyavalk Bhatt, Dimpy Suneja

According to the World Health Organization, India has the world’s worst air quality. Among other factors, vehicular pollution from the increasing stock of passenger vehicles has contributed to India’s deteriorating air quality. This increasing stock is also a factor in India…

Dua, Rubal

Scott Hardman

Bhatt, Yagyavalk

Suneja, Dimpy

Implications of the 2021 Iran-China Deal for the Oil Market

Emre Hatipoglu, Majed A. Al Suwailem

In late March 2021, China and Iran signed a cooperation pact to stimulate investments in Iran’s oil, gas and petrochemical infrastructure. We refer to this pact as the ‘Iran-China deal’ throughout this manuscript. This deal attracted substantial attention for its…

Hatipoglu, Emre

Al Suwailem, Majed A.

Countries’ Progress and Enablers for Circular Carbon Economies

The circular carbon economy (CCE) is a new concept, developed in detail by Saudi scholars and stakeholders since 2019 and promoted via Saudi Arabia’s Group of Twenty (G20) presidency in 2020. The CCE is conceptualized as an economy in which…

Flight and Passenger Flows in Saudi Arabia

Nora Nezamuddin, Abdelrahman Muhsen

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has four major international airports. They are King Khalid International Airport (RUH), King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED), King Fahd International Airport (DMM) and Prince Muhammed Bin Abdulaziz International Airport (MED). Before the COVID-19 pandemic,…

Nezamuddin, Nora

Muhsen, Abdelrahman

How Can Energy Storage Catalyze the Electricity Policies of Gulf Cooperation Council Members? Issues and Options

Rolando Fuentes, Shahid Hasan, Frank Felder

Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members are working in parallel to reform their electricity markets and achieve ambitious renewable energy deployment goals. The motivation for this agenda is multifaceted, and increasing economic efficiency is one of several…

Fuentes, Rolando

Hasan, Shahid

Felder, Frank

A Saudi Perspective on COP26 and Current Initiatives

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

The 26th Conference of the 197 Parties (COP) who make up the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change will take place in Glasgow, Scotland, from 1 to 12 November 2021. Negotiations will be conducted in the shadow of the dire…

Noura Mansouri, Aisha Al-Sarihi

Resilient Cities in the Gulf Cooperation Council

KAPSARC hosted a webinar, “Resilient Cities in the Gulf Cooperation Council,” on July 20, 2020, to discuss the relationships between governmental leads and non-governmental capabilities to support risk mitigation policy formulation. The webinar drew global participants from diverse sectors and…

Projecting Saudi Sectoral Electricity Demand in 2030 Using a Computable General Equilibrium Model

Salaheddine Soummane, Frédéric Ghersi

Projecting future demand for electricity is central to power sector planning, as these projections inform capacity investment requirements and related infrastructure expansions. Electricity is not currently economically storable in large volumes. Thus, the underlying drivers of electricity demand and potential…

Soummane, Salaheddine

Frédéric Ghersi

Keeping the Nuclear Energy Option Open

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Noura Mansouri