Future of Transport and Fuel Demand Current and Future Trends in Saudi Arabia’s Container Throughput Ahm Mehbub Anwar, Nora Nezamuddin, Rubal Dua, Abdulrahman Alwosheel The maritime sector is a key pillar for the diversification of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s economy, and it has been prioritised by the Saudi government due to its strategic importance. Saudi Vision 2030 has set a target for making… Anwar, Ahm Mehbub Nezamuddin, Nora Dua, Rubal Alwosheel, Abdulrahman
Regional Energy Markets The Current State and Future of Clean Hydrogen Projects Worldwide Salaheddine Soummane This data insight reviews clean hydrogen projects worldwide that are listed in the Hydrogen Projects Database of the International Energy Agency (IEA 2021), which covers hydrogen projects for “energy or climate change mitigation purposes” based on electrolysis, fossil fuels with… Soummane, Salaheddine
Electricity Sector Transitions The Implications for the Power Sector from Innovation by Startup Companies Rolando Fuentes, Dongmei Chen We compiled a multi-regional database of 320 startups from 36 countries whose focus is on new technologies in the electricity sector. To reach this number, we performed internet searches with neutral key words such as ‘startups,’ ‘electricity,’ ‘innovation,’ and avoided… Fuentes, Rolando Chen, Dongmei
Future of Transport and Fuel Demand Post-Covid Recovery of Air Traffic in Saudi Arabia Abu Toasin Oakil, Andres Felipe Guzman, Rubal Dua, Abdulrahman Alwosheel The dramatic drop in air traffic caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the related travel restrictions has significantly impacted the aviation industry in Saudi Arabia and around the world. The sector has suffered considerable losses due to the reduction in… Oakil, Abu Toasin Felipe Guzman, Andres Dua, Rubal Alwosheel, Abdulrahman
Models, Data and Tools Determinants of Remittance Outflows: The Case of Saudi Arabia Muhammad Javid, Fakhri Hasanov International labor migration has played a key role in the development of both advanced and developing countries. Many developing countries in Asia have relied on labor migration, mainly to the oil-rich Gulf region, to reduce both unemployment and poverty (Naseem… Javid, Muhammad Hasanov, Fakhri
Saudi Arabia’s Climate Change Policy and the Circular Carbon Economy Approach Taylor & Francis Thamir Al Shehri, Jan Frederik Braun, Nicholas Howarth, Alessandro Lanza, Mari Luomi
Unintended Transnational Effects of Sanctions: A Global Vector Autoregression Simulation Taylor & Francis Emre Hatipoglu, Jennifer Considine, Abdullah Aldayel
Electricity Sector Transitions Understanding the Dynamics of Renewable Energy Transition: Country Performance and Potential Fatih Yılmaz Renewable energy (RE) is a vital stream of the global energy transition toward sustainable alternatives. Various mitigation strategies, such as enhancing energy efficiency, utilizing fuel switching, deploying nuclear power and adopting carbon capture, have been developed. Of these, RE has… Yılmaz, Fatih
Electricity Sector Transitions Understanding the Dynamics of the Renewable Energy Transition: The Determinants and Future Projections Under Different Scenarios Fatih Yılmaz The global energy system’s current structure has severe environmental consequences that necessitate an urgent transformation toward more sustainable alternatives. Besides many available mitigation actions, such as enhancing energy efficiency, deploying nuclear energy, switching fuels and adopting carbon capture technologies, renewable… Yılmaz, Fatih
Evaluation of Public Investment Projects Moving Saudi Arabia’s Role in the Global Methane Pledge Forward Rami Shabaneh, Bertrand Rioux, Fahad Bin Haji In our previous Instant Insight, The Global Methane Pledge: What It Means for the Oil and Gas Industry Post-COP26, we shed light on the increased momentum behind the issue of methane emissions and how it is taking center stage in… Shabaneh, Rami Rioux, Bertrand Fahad Bin Haji
Regional Energy Markets The European Energy Collapse: A Chain of Contingencies or a Recurring Nightmare? Zlata Sergeeva, Nikolay Fedorov Choosing to rely exclusively on renewable energy sources (RES) and eliminating hydrocarbons can lead to significant difficulties for an energy system. Challenges may arise when energy storage is insufficient to guarantee a stable power supply. The lack of suitable technologies… Sergeeva, Zlata Nikolay Fedorov
Productivity and Economic Diversification Impact of Stay-home Orders on the Electricity Demand of Residential Buildings: Case Study of Saudi Arabia Mohammad Aldubyan, Moncef Krarti The analysis presented in this paper evaluates the impact of the COVID-19 stay-home order (or lockdown) on electricity consumption among Saudi residential building stock. Our analysis is based on an assessment of monitored data obtained for a sample of housing… Aldubyan, Mohammad Krarti, Moncef
Electricity Sector Transitions Cross-seasonal Fuel Savings from Load Shifting in the Saudi Industrial Sector Salaheddine Soummane, Amro Elshurafa, Hatem Al Atawi, Frank Felder Load shifting, that is, moving demand from peak to off-peak hours, is an important type of demand response. It can reduce the overall operating costs of a power system and improve the reliability of the power grid. This study estimates… Soummane, Salaheddine Elshurafa, Amro Al Atawi, Hatem Felder, Frank
Productivity and Economic Diversification Balancing China’s Energy Security and Its Transition to Carbon Neutrality Dongmei Chen, Mari Luomi At the United Nations (UN) General Assembly’s seventy-fifth session held on September 20, 2020, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged that China would reach peak carbon emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. This is seen as a significant… Chen, Dongmei Luomi, Mari
Productivity and Economic Diversification Role of Energy Efficiency in Designing Carbon-neutral Residential Communities: Case Study of Saudi Arabia Moncef Krarti, Mohammad Aldubyan This study focuses on the impact of improving the energy efficiency of housing units on the design of carbon-neutral grid-connected residential communities in Saudi Arabia. Particularly, it examines the efficacy of both photovoltaic systems and wind turbines as on-site renewable… Krarti, Moncef Aldubyan, Mohammad
Climate Change Policies and Governance Plastics in the Circular Carbon Economy Plastics are a critical category in the chemicals value chain and have helped shape the modern economy. The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of plastics in people’s lives. Throughout the international community, the demand for plastic has surged during…
Inventories and the Term Structure of Oil Prices: A Complex Relationship Elsevier Jennifer Considine, Abdullah Aldayel, Philipp Galkin
Future of Transport and Fuel Demand Understanding the Willingness to Make the Modal Shift to the New Metro in Riyadh Ahm Mehbub Anwar Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital and main financial hub, is currently facing substantial urban growth pressures. The city suffers from serious traffic congestion, especially at peak hours. Owing to the city’s high level of urbanization, travel demands are expected to increase.… Anwar, Ahm Mehbub
Documenting Energy Flows between States: The Global Energy Relations Dataset (GERD), 1978–2014 Taylor & Francis Emre Hatipoglu, Osman Zeki Gökçe
