Publications

Volatility of Crude Oil Prices and the Mitigation of Oil Price Risk

The workshop participants voiced a number of diverse views about the prospects for ­future oil demand. They also clearly articulated the need for OPEC spare production capacity as a critical policy tool for the stabilization of world oil markets.

Unlocking Energy Efficiency: Perspectives and Catalysts in the GCC Built Environment

The final COP28 agreement has set an ambitious target by calling for a doubling of the average annual rate of energy efficiency improvement by 2030. To achieve this goal, the current 2% improvement in energy efficiency needs to grow steadily,…

Strategic Priorities and Cost Considerations for Decarbonizing Electricity Generation Using CCS and Nuclear Energy

Science Direct

Muhammad Adnan Hayat, Shahid Hasan, Amro Elshurafa

Net-zero Transport Dialogue: Emerging Developments and the Puzzles They Present

Science Direct

Rubal Dua

The Dynamic Role of Subsidies in Promoting Global Electric Vehicle Sales

Science Direct

Tamara Sheldon, Rubal Dua

Strategic Priorities and Cost Considerations for Decarbonizing Electricity Generation Using CCS and Nuclear Energy

Muhammad Adnan Hayat, Shahid Hasan, Amro Elshurafa

This paper investigates the economics of deploying carbon capture and storage (CCS) on gas-fired power plants while covering its entire value chain, i.e., carbon capture, transport, and storage, and conducting a thorough sensitivity scenario analysis. Our analysis shows that adopting…

Adnan Hayat, Muhammad

Hasan, Shahid

Elshurafa, Amro

Scaling Up Geothermal Power Generation to Rebalance the Energy Trilemma

Energy is the vehicle that has enabled humanity to flourish. Since the dawn of time, humans have sought to find more efficient ways to power and propel their lives forward. With each generation, humanity has made progress in unlocking energy…

Finding Opportunity in Economic Power Dispatch: Saving Fuels without Impacting Retail Electricity Prices in Fuel-producing Countries

Science Direct

Marie Petitet, Frank Felder, Amro Elshurafa

Assessing CCUS Potential for LNG in the GCC

Zlata Sergeeva, Colin Ward

As the world experiences the energy transition, traditional oil and gas producers are feeling a greater need to decarbonize their hydrocarbon production.

Sergeeva, Zlata

Ward, Colin

Bridging the Gaps for an Orderly Energy Transition: The Role of Sustainable Finance in Saudi Arabia

As governments and organisations across the ­Middle East work ­towards achieving their net-­zero agendas, sustainable finance plays a crucial role by raising capital for proj­ects essential to achieving ­these targets. Robust capital markets, supportive regulatory frameworks, and transparent sustainability reporting…

Measuring Green Jobs in Saudi Arabia: Saudis in Green Occupations

Cian Mulligan

This paper offers the first estimate of employment in Saudi Arabia that can be linked to the energy transition. Using a task-based taxonomy devised by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics applied to detailed administrative data on Saudi workers,…

Mulligan, Cian

Are American Electric Vehicle Owners Quitting?

Science Direct

Rubal Dua, Prateek Bansal

The Future of Residential Electricity Demand in Saudi Arabia and the Role of Energy Efficiency in the 2060 Net Zero Pledge

Mohammad Aldubyan

Abstract Saudi Arabia has set the ambitious goal to reach net zero by 2060, and reducing domestic electricity consumption and thus curbing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is critical. Since the residential sector is the biggest consumer of electricity in the…

Aldubyan, Mohammad

Modelling and Projecting Regional Electricity Demand for Saudi Arabia

Wiley Online Library

Abdulelah Darandary, Jeyhun Mikayilov

Trends in Global Solar Photovoltaic Installation in 2023

Amro Elshurafa

In 2023, global solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity increased by a record 407 gigawatts (GW) and brought the total global cumulative installed PV capacity to 1,589 GW at the end of 2023.

Elshurafa, Amro

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

Rubal Dua, Tamara Sheldon

Ride-hailing has expanded substantially around the globe over the last decade and is likely to be an integral part of future transportation systems. Through a systematic review of the literature concerning the energy and environmental impacts of ride-hailing, we have…

Dua, Rubal

Sheldon, Tamara

Nudging Toward Sustainability: Behavioral Interventions in Saudi Arabia’s Residential Electricity Consumption

Abdulelah Darandary, Hossa Almutairi

Residential energy consumption is responsible for significant global energy consumption and associated emissions. As a result, households are a prime focus for behavior-modifying interventions. Household energy conservation can be achieved through changes in consumption patterns and investments in energy-efficient products,…

Darandary, Abdulelah

Almutairi, Hossa

The Role and Deployment Timing of Direct Air Capture in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Net-Zero Transition

Yang Qiu, Gokul Iyer, Jay Fuhrman, Mohamad Hejazi, Puneet Kamboj, Page Kyle

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has pledged to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2060. Direct air carbon capture and storage (DACCS) is critical for the country to meet its net-zero target given its reliance on fossil fuels…

Yang Qiu

Gokul Iyer

Jay Fuhrman

Hejazi, Mohamad

Puneet Kamboj

Page Kyle

Aviation Challenges in the Long Term: Technological Developments, Energy Transition, and Climate Change

The aviation sector, known for its significant emission levels, is facing a critical moment, as it strives to balance growth with environmental concerns. With the aim of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, stakeholders such as consumers, investors, manufacturers, airports, airlines,…

An Emerging Framework for the Probabilistic Cost- Benefit Analysis of the Reliability, Resiliency, and Adaptability of Electric Power Systems

Frank Felder, Marie Petitet

Probabilistic cost-benefit analyses of the reliability, resiliency, and adaptability of electric power systems can inform policymakers on how to efficiently reduce the frequency, magnitude, duration, and costs of power outages; how to cost-effectively improve the integration of variable and intermittent…

Felder, Frank

Marie Petitet