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2024: The Role and Deployment Timing of Direct Air Capture in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Net-Zero Transition

Yang Qiu, Gokul Iyer, Jay Fuhrman, Mohamad Hejazi, Puneet Kamboj and Page Kyle

2024: Framework for Leveraging the Digitalization of Power Systems within the Context of Energy Transition

Moamar Sayed and Amro Elshurafa

2024: An Emerging Framework for the Probabilistic Cost- Benefit Analysis of the Reliability, Resiliency, and Adaptability of Electric Power Systems

Frank Felder and Marie Petitet

2024: Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Solutions to Decarbonize LNG: Why, Where and How Much?

Zlata Sergeeva and Colin Ward

2024: Driving Reductions in Emissions: Unlocking the Potential of Fuel Economy Targets in Saudi Arabia

Ibrahem Shatnawi and Jeyhun Mikayilov

2024: Reaching Net-Zero GHG Emissions in Saudi Arabia by 2060: Transformation of the Industrial Sector

Yang Qiu, Puneet Kamboj, Mohamad Hejazi, Gokul Iyer and Page Kyle

2024: Decarbonizing Saudi Arabia’s Residential Sector: Designing Behavioral Interventions for Efficient and Sustainable Energy Consumption

Hossa Almutairi, Fateh Belaïd and Abdulelah Darandary

2024: How Can Bilateral Contracts Support Electricity Trade? A Regional Electricity Model Perspective for the GCC Plus Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq

Marie Petitet, Benjamin Ricaud, Frank Felder and Amro Elshurafa

2024: Energy Transition in Oil-Dependent Economies: Public Discount Rates for Investment Project Evaluation

Fatih Karanfil and Axel Pierru

2024: Managing the Oil Market Under Misinformation: A Reasonable Quest?

Hossa Almutairi, Axel Pierru and James Smith

2024: Forecasting Saudi Arabia’s Non-Oil GDP Using a Bayesian Mixed Frequency VAR

Jeremy Rothfield and Mansour Al

2024: European Gas Supply Diversification: What Is the Role of Middle Eastern and African Liquefied Natural Gas?

Sid Ahmed and Rami Shabaneh

2024: The Contribution of Energy to Economic Growth and Convergence

Nader AlKathiri and Abdulelah Darandary

2024: Assessment of the Potential of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines in the Red Sea

Ahmed Al-Balawi, Nora Nezamuddin, Frank Felder, Abdelrahman Muhsen and Amro Elshurafa

2024: Assessing the Impact of Water Price and Water-Use Efficiency on Domestic Water Demand in Saudi Arabia

Muhammad Javid

2024: The Circular Carbon Economy Index 2023: Results

Mari Luomi, Fatih Yılmaz and Thamir Al

2024: Identifying Leaders in Electricity Innovation Networks Using Twitter (X): A Resource for Policymaking

Rolando Fuentes and Amro Elshurafa

2024: Consumer Preferences for Ride-Hailing: The Barriers to an Autonomous, Shared, and Electric Future

Rubal Dua and Tamara Sheldon

2024: 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 and Gokul Iyer

2024: The Cost of Green Hydrogen Production in Saudi Arabia and Germany: A Model-Based Approach

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

2024: Finding Opportunity in Economic Dispatch: Saving Fuels Without Impacting Retail Electricity Prices

Marie Petitet, Frank Felder and Amro Elshurafa

2024: Saudi Arabia Net-Zero GHG Emissions by 2060: Transformation of the Transport Sector

Puneet Kamboj, Mohamad Hejazi, Yang Qiu, Page Kyle and Gokul Iyer

2024: Behavioral Efficiency Improvement via Freight Digitalization as a Viable Near- Term Strategy to Decarbonize the Difficult-To-Abate Road Freight Sector in China and Other Developing Countries

Xun Xu, Tianduo Peng, Zhandong Xu, Mi Gan, Dandan Li and Xiaobo Liu

2023: Enabling Blue Hydrogen for a Low- Carbon Future: Certifying Emissions and CO2 Storage

Rami Shabaneh and Wolfgang Heidug

2023: The Role of Financial Development in Private Sector Growth in Saudi Arabia

Fakhri Hasanov, Abdulelah Darandary and Ryan Alyamani

2023: Using Satellite Technology to Measure Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Saudi Arabia

Anwar Gasim, Walid Matar and Abdelrahman Muhsen

2023: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Deployment of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage Pathways (BECCS) Globally

Muhammad Adnan Hayat, Khalid Alhadhrami Alhadhrami and Amro Elshurafa

2023: Interfuel Substitution in the Industrial Sector in Saudi Arabia

Muhammad Javid

2023: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Deployment of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage Pathways (BECCS) Globally

Belaid Fateh, Mohamad Hejazi, Puneet Kamboj and Fatih Yilmaz

2023: The Energy Transition and Export Diversification in Oil-Dependent Countries: The Role of Structural Factors

Fatih Karanfil and Luc Omgba

2023: Baseline Forecasts of Carbon Dioxide Emissions for Saudi Arabia Using the Structural Time Series Model and Autometrics

Anwar Gasim, Lester Hunt and Jeyhun Mikayilov

2023: Modeling Factors Affecting the Choice to Use the Proposed Riyadh Metro System

Ahm Mehbub Anwar, Abu Toasin Oakil, Abdelrahman Muhsen and Anvita Arora

2023: Choosing to Diet: The Impact and Cost-effectiveness of China’s Vehicle Ownership Restrictions

Anthony Liu, Rubal Dua, Wei-Min Hu and Arthur Lin Ku

2023: Energy Policy Pathways to Inform Climate Policy in Saudi Arabia

Walid Matar, Noura Mansouri and Evar Umeozor

2023: How Can the European Energy Crisis Reshape the Power Sector Reform Endeavors of GCC Countries?

Marie Petitet, Amro Elshurafa and Frank Felder

2023: Creating Demand for Low-Carbon Hydrogen for Industry Decarbonization: Lessons from the Electricity Sector

Shahid Hasan

2023: Modeling the Determinants of Electric Vehicle Adoption: A Saudi Perspective

Ryan Alyamani, Dimitris Pappelis and Maria Kamargianni

2023: The Role of Petrochemical Sector Exports in the Diversification of the Saudi Economy: A Scenario Analysis of Foreign and Domestic Price Shocks

Fakhri Hasanov, Muhammad Javid and Heyran Aliyeva

2023: Closing the Investment Gap to Achieve Paris Agreement Goals

Fatih Yilmaz, Fahad A. Alswaina, Belaid Fateh, Mohamad Hejazi and Mari Luomi

2023: Employment Potential of Renewable Energy in Saudi Arabia: A Value Chain Analysis

Cian Mulligan

2023: Impacts of Global Climate Policies on Middle Eastern Oil Exporters: A Review of Economic Implications and Mitigation Strategies

Fakhri Hasanov, Muhammad Javid, Jeyhun Mikayilov, Rami Shabaneh, Abdulelah Darandary and Ryan Alyamani

2023: Reconsidering Inventories: An International Strategy for Strategic Storage Assets

Jennifer Considine, Philipp Galkin, Majed Al Suwailem and Abdullah Aldayel

2023: Assessing Climate Mitigation Benefits of Public Support to CCS-EOR: An Economic Analysis

Hossa Almutairi and Axel Pierru

2023: The Joint Crediting Mechanism in the Paris Agreement Era: The Challenges of and Potential for Future Saudi-Japanese Cooperation

Shigeto Kondo

2023: Lessons from Gulf Cooperation Council Countries’ Participation in the Clean Development Mechanism

Mari Luomi, Thomas Bosse and Zlata Sergeeva

2023: The Dynamic Role of Subsidies in Promoting Global Electric Vehicle Sales

Tamara Sheldon and Rubal Dua

2023: Fiscal Policy in Oil and Gas-Exporting Economies: Good Times, Bad Times and Ugly Times

Olivier Durand-Lasserve and Fatih Karanfil

2023: The Ban on Long-Term Natural Gas Contracts for the European Union: A Double-Edged Sword?

Zlata Sergeeva

2023: How Firm Capacity and Forced Outage Rate Assumptions of Renewables Impact Capacity Expansion Model Results

Amro Elshurafa, Marie Petitet and Frank Felder

2023: Regional Fuel Consumption and Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Saudi Arabia: Impacts of Electricity Price Reforms

Abdulelah Darandary, Jeyhun Mikayilov and Salaheddine Soummane

2023: Spatial Modeling of Bargaining Among Stakeholders in Energy Policy: The Case of Japanese Nuclear Plants

Emre Hatipoglu, Brian Efird and Saleh Al Muhanna

2023: Cost, Footprint, and Reliability Implications of Deploying Hydrogen in Off-grid Electric Vehicle Charging Stations: A GIS-assisted Study for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Amro Elshurafa, Abdelrahman Muhsen and Frank Felder

2023: Fuel Efficiency in Saudi Arabia’s Aviation Sector: Progress and Future Implications

Andres Felipe Guzman, Juan Nicolas Guzman and Abdulrahman Alwosheel

2023: Macroeconomic, Energy and Emission Effects of Solar PV Deployment at Utility and Distributed Scales in Saudi Arabia

Amro Elshurafa, Fakhri Hasanov and Lester Hunt

2023: Plastic to Oil: Saudi Arabia and Global Perspectives

Julio Arboleda and Evar Umeozor

2023: Cost‒Benefit Analysis for Petrochemical Projects

Philipp Galkin, Dongmei Chen and Colin Ward

2023: Commercial Electricity Demand Modeling: Do Regional Differences Matter?

Jeyhun Mikayilov and Abdulelah Darandary

2023: Methane Emissions Baseline Forecasts for Saudi Arabia Using the Structural Time Series Model and Autometrics

Anwar Gasim, Lester Hunt and Jeyhun Mikayilov

2023: Impacts of Global Climate Policies on Middle Eastern Oil Exporters: A Review of Economic Implications and Mitigation Strategies

Salaheddine Soummane and Aisha Al-Sarihi