Publications

Techo-economic Assessment of a Solar Powered Absorption Chiller Coupled With Shallow-geothermal Ground Loop

ISJ

Mohammad Aldubyan, Faisal Altwijri, Andrew Chiasson

The Impact of Global Trade Disruptions on World Oil Markets

Abdullah Aldayel, AlJawhara Al Quayid, Jennifer Considine, Emre Hatipoglu

After decades of relatively smooth trade liberalization, a wave of protectionist measures and a global trade war is now threatening world trade. On September 1, 2019, the United States (U.S.) imposed a new series of tariffs on Chinese imports worth…

Aldayel, Abdullah

Al Quayid, AlJawhara

Considine, Jennifer

Hatipoglu, Emre

Aramco’s LNG strategy: Opportunities and Options

Kaushik Deb, Rami Shabaneh

Saudi Arabia has taken a major step into global gas markets with Saudi Aramco signing a heads of agreement (HoA) with Sempra Energy. The HoA includes a 20-year sales and purchase agreement (SPA) for 5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA)…

Deb, Kaushik

Shabaneh, Rami

Renewable Energy and Employment: The Experience of Egypt, Jordan and Morocco

Sylvain Côté

While the renewable energy sector needs more workers per megawatt of energy generated than fossil fuel-based energy sectors, a sound and dynamic labor market is necessary for local populations to enjoy the benefits of employment. A well-functioning market can help…

Côté, Sylvain

Impact of India’s Recent Electric Vehicle Subsidy Announcement

Tamara Sheldon, Dimpy Suneja, Rubal Dua

The Indian government is urgently promoting electric vehicles (EVs) to help curb the country’s urban air pollution — the world’s worst, according to the World Health Organization. The steep increase in vehicle sales in recent years has brought deteriorating air…

Sheldon, Tamara

Suneja, Dimpy

Dua, Rubal

Modeling Industrial Energy Demand in Saudi Arabia and Understanding Its Drivers

Shahad Alarenan, Anwar Gasim, Lester C. Hunt

In 2016 Saudi Arabia’s industrial (or manufacturing) sector accounted for 30.3% of total final energy consumption (IEA 2018a). When non-energy use (mainly feedstock for the petrochemical subsector) is included, the industrial sector᾽s share of total final energy consumption rises to…

Alarenan, Shahad

Gasim, Anwar

Hunt, Lester C.

Assisting Energy Policy Instruments: LNG Imports into Saudi Arabia

Science Direct

Rami Shabaneh, Maxime Schenckery

Theoretical Framework for Industrial Electricity Consumption Revisited

Fakhri Hasanov

Policymakers should expect that the energy price reform in Saudi Arabia will reduce industrial electricity consumption. However, this reduction will be slight as the price effect is found to be very small. At the same time, policymakers should be aware…

Hasanov, Fakhri

The Geopolitics of the Energy Transition

Starting in 2017, KAPSARC and the Clingendael International Energy Program (CIEP) have convened a series of workshops on the Role of Oil in the Low Carbon Energy Transition. This workshop held on April 25th, 2019 took place in Hus Clingendael,…

Electricity Demand Growth in Saudi Arabia: Cyclical Stagnation or Structural Adaptation?

Nawaz Peerbocus

A recent International Monetary Fund report noted that in 2018, Saudi Arabia’s energy price reforms generated 41.3 billion Saudi riyals (SAR) (11 billion US$) in new non-oil revenue for the government. The power sector contributed 25% of this revenue gain…

Peerbocus, Nawaz

The ‘IPhone Effect’: The Impact of Dual Technological Disruptions on Electrification

SAGE Journals

Meeting climate change goals requires both the decarbonization of the electricity sector and the electrification of much of the rest of the economy. However, the electricity sector is navigating major disruptions that are changing the regulatory and business landscape. This…

Rolando Fuentes, Lester C. Hunt, Hector G. Lopez-Ruiz, Baltasar Manzano

A Conceptual Framework for the Integrated Studies of Energy Transformation in Smart Cities

IEEE Xplore

The benefits of smart city are enormous. But the list of challenges in their planning, development, and operation is long and difficult to overcome. Two important questions to policymakers and stakeholders: (1) What are the new energy problems in smart…

Guodong Sun

The Potential for Distributed Solar PV Systems in Riyadh

Amro Elshurafa, Abdelrahman Muhsen

The country’s regulator, the Electricity and Co-Generation Regulatory Authority (ECRA) has also released provisional bylaws that will govern how distributed generation (DG) would be compensated within the Kingdom. Many governmental organizations mandated to support local industries and energy efficiency measures…

Elshurafa, Amro

Muhsen, Abdelrahman

Political Feasibility of Enhancing the Russian Emissions Reduction Target Under the Paris Agreement

Imtenan Al-Mubarak, Saleh Al Muhanna, Zlata Sergeeva

It is widely recognized that the commitments set out in the Paris Agreement fall short of achieving the 2 degrees Celsius global warming target, agreed as the central goal of the agreement and its parties. Given this, KAPSARC has set…

Al-Mubarak, Imtenan

Al Muhanna, Saleh

Sergeeva, Zlata

Growing energy demand in the GCC countries

Taylor & Francis Online

The energy sector in GCC countries plays a vital role in achieving economic and social development and contributing to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Furthermore, the energy sector plays a major role in meeting the water and food needs in…

Shahad Albardi, Imtenan Al-Mubarak

Achieving Climate Goals by Closing the Loop in a Circular Carbon Economy

Eric Williams

On October 30, the Saudi Minister of Energy, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, announced at the Future Investment Initiative that “the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia offers the concept of a circular carbon economy … Such a closed-loop system, much like what…

Williams, Eric

India’s Automotive Fuel Policies: Evolution and Challenges

Yagyavalk Bhatt, Jitendra Roychoudhury

India, like many other countries, is seeking to diversify its automotive fuel mix away from conventional petroleum fuels to alternate, cleaner fuels. The primary reasons for its diversification are energy security and public health due to harmful emissions from automotive…

Bhatt, Yagyavalk

Roychoudhury, Jitendra

Are Small Modular Reactors a Good Option for Saudi Arabia?

Noura Mansouri

Since the start of nuclear power in the 1950s, nuclear generation technology has continually transformed and developed. Following the three major nuclear accidents, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima, nuclear power has become more robust, safer and more secure.

Mansouri, Noura

A Household’s Power Load Response to a Change in the Electricity Pricing Scheme: An Expanded Microeconomic-physical Approach

Research Gate

Energy economists are interested in how changes in electricity prices prompt a response in end-user electricity demand. If historical prices are low or seldom change, it becomes difficult to estimate price elasticities statistically , especially in the short-run. Thus, a…

Walid Matar

KAPSARC Oil Market Outlook

Our supply/demand forecast is an average for each period and does not take into account short term volatility. Actual changes will, of course, remain volatile amid continued geopolitical events. These challenges include sanctions, trade and technology tensions, a growing number…