Evaluating the economic viability of solar-powered desalination: Saudi Arabia as a case study International Journal of Water Resources Development This article constructs a cost calculator to estimate the economic competitiveness of solar-powered desalination in Saudi Arabia. Solar desalination is defined as a plant that obtains solar energy from a closed system. This is done to focus the investigation on… Christopher Napoli, Bertrand Rioux
Regional Energy Markets Economic Impacts of Debottlenecking Congestion in the Chinese Coal Supply Chain Philipp Galkin, Frederic Murphy, Axel Pierru, Bertrand Rioux China’s coal industry grew at unprecedented rates during the first decade of the 2000s in order to support equally unprecedented economic growth. In that type of environment, it is impossible for the capacities of every link in the supply chain… Galkin, Philipp Murphy, Frederic Pierru, Axel Rioux, Bertrand
A Framework for Comparing the Viability of Different Desalination Approaches Bertrand Rioux Most renewable powered desalination schemes are hybrids that displace fossil fuel power when renewable power is available. Their economic viability depends only on whether the renewable power source can generate electricity more cheaply than the fuels that it displaces. The… Rioux, Bertrand
Productivity and Economic Diversification Efficient Industrial Energy Use: The First Step in Transitioning Saudi Arabia’s Energy Mix Walid Matar, Axel Pierru, Frederic Murphy, David Wogan, Bertrand Rioux External observers worry about whether Saudi domestic consumption of oil will crowd out exports. This is based on simple extrapolations which suggest that in a little more than 20 years Saudi Arabia may become a net importer of hydrocarbon fuels.… Matar, Walid Pierru, Axel Murphy, Frederic Wogan, David Rioux, Bertrand
Lowering Saudi Arabia’s fuel consumption and energy system costs without increasing end consumer prices Energy Economics Using a multi-sector equilibrium model of the Saudi energy system that handles administered prices in a mixed-complementarity formulation, we present results from a set of policy scenarios that lower oil consumption in the country. Some of these scenarios are the… Walid Matar, Frederic Murphy, Axel Pierru, Bertrand Rioux
Energy and Economic Vulnerability Lowering Saudi Arabia’s fuel consumption and energy system costs without increasing end consumer prices Walid Matar, Frederic Murphy, Axel Pierru, Bertrand Rioux Saudi Arabia aims to reduce the growth of its energy demand. This paper outlines an approach that could help the country to reduce substantively its current fuel consumption and could result in a net economic gain without increasing current end… Matar, Walid Murphy, Frederic Pierru, Axel Rioux, Bertrand