Publications

Approach and Initial Findings in Modeling Future Seaborne Trade and Its Impact on Energy Demand

Ahm Mehbub Anwar, Rubal Dua, Abdulrahman Alwosheel

International shipping contributes approximately 3% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, prompting the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to aim for net-zero shipping greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 to mitigate climate change. Shipping is a critical link between countries for…

Anwar, Ahm Mehbub

Dua, Rubal

Alwosheel, Abdulrahman

Decarbonizing Saudi Arabia’s Energy and Industrial Sectors: A Technoeconomic Assessment of Carbon Capture and Storage

Feras Rowaihy, Ali Hamieh, Naser Odeh, Jing Ye, Mohamad Hejazi, Abdulkader M Afifi, Hussein Hoteit

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has significant potential for reducing the CO2 emissions coming from the industrial and energy sectors, but technical and economic challenges hinder its large-scale adoption.

Feras Rowaihy

Ali Hamieh

Naser Odeh

Jing Ye

Hejazi, Mohamad

Abdulkader M Afifi

Hussein Hoteit

Digitalized Virtual Power Plants to Unlock the Value of Distributed Energy Resources in the Day-Ahead Market

Moamar Sayed Mouchaweh

Digitalized virtual power plants (DVPPs) are advanced software platforms that aggregate and optimally orchestrate a collection of distributed energy resources (DERs) to support grid balance and stability to alleviate stressed transmission and distribution lines and provide critical grid services. DVPPs…

Moamar Sayed Mouchaweh

Resilient Digitalized Power Grids with High Penetration of Distributed, Variable Renewable Energy

Moamar Sayed Mouchaweh

Conventional power grids are undergoing a transition towards digitalized power grids, where cyber, physical, and social domains are tightly coupled through smart components, advanced metering infrastructure, wireless communication /connectivity networks, and digital technologies that transform data into valuable insights and…

Moamar Sayed Mouchaweh

How the Census-2022 Results Changed the Outlook for Electricity Demand

Jeyhun Mikayilov, Raed Al-Mestneer

This paper aims to address these discrepancies by reestimating an original empirical model of electricity demand using recently revised population data from GaStat (2024). The original model, which was developed by Mikayilov and Darandary (2024), relied on population data from…

Mikayilov, Jeyhun

Al-Mestneer, Raed

Inter-fuel Substitution in the Industrial Sector of Saudi Arabia

Science Direct

The Circular Carbon Economy Index 2024 – Results

Mari Luomi, Fatih Yılmaz, Hind Aldhuwaihi

The 2024 CCE Index provides a multidimensional overview of the current state of net-zero transitions worldwide, covering 125 countries from all world regions. It is based on the holistic, technology-neutral and flexible concept of the circular carbon economy (CCE), where…

Luomi, Mari

Yılmaz, Fatih

Aldhuwaihi, Hind

Pandemic, Ukraine, OPEC+ and Strategic Stockpiles: Taming the Oil Market in Turbulent Times

Hossa Almutairi, Axel Pierru, James L. Smith

With a simple decomposition method, we estimate the monthly shifts in global oil demand and non-OPEC+ supply since 2010. We find evidence that during the January 2017 to December 2023 period, OPEC+ attempted to stabilize the price of crude oil…

Almutairi, Hossa

Pierru, Axel

James L. Smith

Why Does Sustainable Finance Not Flow into the Global South?

Fatih Yılmaz, Akin Cilekoglu

While private sustainable finance flows have grown substantially in recent years, they are heavily concentrated in certain countries – primarily in a few advanced economies. Emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) face significant barriers to accessing much-needed private funds for…

Yılmaz, Fatih

Cilekoglu, Akin

Unlocking Energy Efficiency in the GCC Built Environment

Fateh Belaïd

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, encompassing Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, is distinguished by rapid urbanization, robust economic growth, and substantial energy consumption. The built environment has expanded significantly to accommodate burgeoning populations…

Belaïd, Fateh

Does the Income Elasticity of Energy Demand Vary with the Stages of Economic Development?

Science Direct

Nader AlKathiri, Abdulelah Darandary, Jeyhun Mikayilov

The Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Assessment of Jet Fuel Production and Consumption

Andres Felipe Guzman, Freddy Segundo Navarro Pineda

This paper aims to estimate the life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of jet fuel production and consumption in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) using the life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. The system bound­aries include well-­to-­tank (WTT) activities, covering…

Andres Felipe Guzman

Freddy Segundo Navarro Pineda

Critical Minerals and the Oil Industry: The Impact of a Positive Shock to Critical Mineral and World Oil Prices

Jennifer Considine, Abdullah Aldayel, Philipp Galkin, Emre Hatipoglu

The term “critical minerals” (CMs) refers to a distinct category of commodities, such as rare earths, critical earth minerals, and other non-fuel minerals or mineral materials that are of strategic importance to national economies and technical development and that have…

Considine, Jennifer

Aldayel, Abdullah

Galkin, Philipp

Hatipoglu, Emre

Enabling Net-zero Shipping: An Expert Review-based Agenda for Emerging Techno-economic and Policy Research

Science Direct

Rubal Dua, Ahm Mehbub Anwar, Prateek Bansal

A Perspective on Emerging energy Policy and Economic Research Agenda for Enabling Aviation Climate Action

Science Direct

Rubal Dua, Andres Felipe Guzman

Emerging Energy Economics and Policy Research Priorities for Enabling the Electric Vehicle Sector

Science Direct

Rubal Dua, Saif Almutairi, Prateek Bansal

Assessing the Impact of Energy Transition Initiatives on the Policy Cost of Saudi Arabia’s Net- Zero Ambition

Raphael Apeaninga, Puneet Kamboj, Mohamad Hejazi, Yang Qiu, Page Kyle, Gokul Iyer

Saudi Arabia’s ambitious goal to achieve a net-zero economy by 2060 offers a unique opportunity for diversification away from fossil fuels while fostering long-term economic resilience and sustainability. Crucial to this transition are energy policies that steer the Kingdom from…

Apeaninga, Raphael

Puneet Kamboj

Hejazi, Mohamad

Yang Qiu

Page Kyle

Gokul Iyer

Can the Dangote Refinery Deliver on its Promise?

Evar Umeozor

In Nigeria, energy cost is the predominant driver of prices for all goods and services. With a population of over 200 million people, Nigeria is a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and a major producer…

Umeozor, Evar

Lessons from an International Review of Successful and Unsuccessful Energy Subsidy Reforms

Anwar Gasim, Paolo Agnolucci, Paul Ekins

Many factors contribute to the success of energy subsidy reform. To better understand these factors, we review studies that drew lessons from past attempts at reform. We synthesize the lessons and then expound on them by reviewing our newly constructed…

Gasim, Anwar

Paolo Agnolucci

Paul Ekins

Understanding the Causal Nexus Between Saudi’s Seaborne Trade and Economy and Quantifying the Relationship

Ahm Mehbub Anwar, Mohammad Al Telmesani, Abdulrahman Alwosheel

An economy’s primary objective is to foster high economic growth, ultimately enhancing the well-being of its citizens. Recent economic strategies have increasingly emphasized trade-oriented policies to achieve this goal.

Anwar, Ahm Mehbub

Al Telmesani, Mohammad

Alwosheel, Abdulrahman