Publications

Modeling the Determinants of Electrical Vehicles Adoption: A Saudi Perspective

Science Direct

Ryan Alyamani

Revitalizing Relationships for the Clean Energy Souk

Jitendra Roychoudhury, Ahmed Al-Balawi, Amro Elshurafa, Marie Petitet

The GCC countries have been trading for millennia, and energy transition offers new opportunities to revitalize existing trade relationships and form new partnerships driving growth through innovation. Read More Here

Roychoudhury, Jitendra

Ahmed Al-Balawi

Elshurafa, Amro

Marie Petitet

The Clean Hydrogen Economy and Saudi Arabia

Rami Shabaneh, Jitendra Roychoudhury

This book provides a first-of-its-kind analysis of the emerging global hydrogen economy from the vantage point of one of the world’s biggest energy providers: Saudi Arabia. In 2021, and within the context of the Circular Carbon Economy framework, Saudi Arabia…

Shabaneh, Rami

Roychoudhury, Jitendra

Energy Price Reform to Mitigate Transportation Carbon Emissions in Oil-Rich Economies

Springer Link

Jeyhun Mikayilov, Rubal Dua

The Circular Carbon Economy Index 2023: Results

Mari Luomi, Fatih Yılmaz, Thamir Al Shehri

As concluded by the Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement, while action to reduce emissions is proceeding, much more effort is required across all fronts to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius. Several enabling conditions must…

Luomi, Mari

Yılmaz, Fatih

Al Shehri, Thamir

Assessing the Impact of Water Price Reform and Water-Use Efficiency on Domestic Water Demand in Saudi Arabia

Muhammad Javid

The main objective of this paper is twofold. First, we attempt to identify the main determinants of domestic water demand in Saudi Arabia. In this respect, we estimate two sets of water demand models for Saudi Arabia from 1994 to…

Javid, Muhammad

Identifying Leaders in Electricity Innovation Networks Using Twitter (X): A Resource for Policymaking

Rolando Fuentes, Amro Elshurafa

The objective of this study is to map the innovation network in the electricity sector and to identify its pivotal actors to inform policymaking, particularly in Saudi Arabia. This study, which is part of a larger series, aims to identify…

Fuentes, Rolando

Elshurafa, Amro

Consumer Preferences for Ride-Hailing: The Barriers to an Autonomous, Shared, and Electric Future

Rubal Dua, Tamara Sheldon

Research has shown that when combined in a mobility-on-demand (MOD) framework, automation, carpooling, and electrification have the potential for theoretically large emission reductions. However, there is insufficient research regarding the consumer preferences for and behavioral responses to this vision of…

Dua, Rubal

Sheldon, Tamara

The Role of Congestion Pricing in Boosting Public Transport Efficiency: An Overview of Its Impact on Congestion Reduction and Emission Control

Ibrahem Shatnawi

The road transportation sector in Saudi Arabia, like that in many countries worldwide, has played a significant role in contributing to greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for a substantial 21% of total CO2 emissions in 2019 .

Ibrahem Shatnawi

The Cost of Green Hydrogen Production in Saudi Arabia and Germany: A Model-Based Approach

Khalid Alhadhrami, Ahmed Al-Balawi, Shahid Hasan, Amro Elshurafa

With over seventy countries setting net-zero commitments by or around mid-century, low-carbon hydrogen (H2) is expected to play a pivotal role in the decarbonization of the global economy, especially sectors less dependent on electricity, which are often termed as hard-to-abate…

Khalid Alhadhrami

Ahmed Al-Balawi

Hasan, Shahid

Elshurafa, Amro

The Circular Carbon Economy – From Concept to Realization

The circular carbon economy (CCE) builds on the principles of the circular economy and applies them to managing carbon emissions: to reduce the carbon that must be managed in the first place, to reuse carbon as an input to create…

Global Challenges and Sustainable Prospects of the Maritime Industry

As shipping has the advantage of being the most cost-effective mode of transportation, it will continue to grow with increasing international trade flows. Therefore, this advantage must be leveraged to achieve the long-term goals of the maritime industry.

Saudi Arabia’s Revealed Comparative Advantage in Non-Oil Exports

Muhammad Javid, Abdulelah Darandary

The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) is based on Ricardian trade theory, which postulates that trade flows between countries are determined by their relative productivity differences. The RCA index provides a general indication and a first approximation of a country’s competitive…

Javid, Muhammad

Darandary, Abdulelah

Achieving Net-Zero GHG Emissions of Saudi Arabia by 2060: The Transformation of the Building Sector

Puneet Kamboj, Mohamad Hejazi, Fateh Belaïd, Mohammad Aldubyan, Yang Qiu, Page Kyle, Gokul Iyer

In this paper, an economy-wide, net-zero pathway that enables Saudi Arabia to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2060 is investigated, with a specific focus on the critical role played by the building sector. An exploration is undertaken of the…

Puneet Kamboj

Hejazi, Mohamad

Belaïd, Fateh

Aldubyan, Mohammad

Yang Qiu

Page Kyle

Gokul Iyer

The Asymmetric Effects of Oil Prices on the Nonoil Trade Balance: The Case of Saudi Arabia

Majed Almozaini, Fakhri Hasanov

Oil prices play a pivotal role in the economies of oil-exporting countries, especially those in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Almozaini, Majed

Hasanov, Fakhri

Identifying Emerging Challenges and Priorities for Aviation Decarbonization

Rubal Dua, Andres Felipe Guzman, Prateek Bansal

Decarbonization of the aviation sector has emerged as a global concern because the sector contributes 2%-3% to total global greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, it is critical for us to understand the associated emerging challenges. We determine key research priorities for…

Dua, Rubal

Andres Felipe Guzman

Bansal, Prateek

Mapping the Net-Zero Pathways for Sustainable Transport Systems in Saudi Arabia: The Role of Life Cycle Assessment

Anvita Arora, Michael Koroma

Net-zero pathways have become a key climate goal that can help promote a carbon-neutral future by balancing anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with emissions removed from the atmosphere. These pathways provide strategic frameworks and roadmaps for countries to reduce GHG…

Arora, Anvita

Michael Koroma

Long-term Issues with the Energy-Only Market Design in the Context of Deep Decarbonization

Science Direct

Marie Petitet

Finding Opportunity in Economic Dispatch: Saving Fuels Without Impacting Retail Electricity Prices

Marie Petitet, Frank Felder, Amro Elshurafa

For important domestic public policy reasons, many oil- and natural-gas-producing countries allocate fuels to their electricity sector at administratively set prices that are below fuel opportunity costs. This article shows that dispatching power units based on fuel opportunity costs can…

Marie Petitet

Felder, Frank

Elshurafa, Amro

Paris Agreement Article 6 and Geological CO2 Storage: The State of Affairs After COP 28

Wolfgang Heidug, Mari Luomi

This KAPSARC commentary focuses on the role of CCS within the market mechanisms defined in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. It discusses how related technologies fit under Article 6 and examines the current progress in implementing this article. The…

Heidug, Wolfgang

Luomi, Mari