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  • Solar
    Solar power key for Saudi future, says energy chief

    A leading figurehead in Saudi Arabia’s energy sector has called solar energy "a must" for the kingdom, stating that Saudi Arabia has little choice but to pursue the potential of solar power if it hopes to maintain the country’s standard of living.

  • Energy Efficiency
    Energy efficiency in Saudi Arabia

    In 2012, SEEC in conjunction with ministries, regulatory authorities and major companies launched the Saudi Energy Efficiency Program (SEEP). SEEP is purely focused on demand side management and its remit does not include the issue of price reforms. The subject of energy prices, which are heavily subsidized to consumers, is highly sensitive in the Middle East. In 2012 there was civil unrest when the Jordanian government changed the subsidy regime on fuel and there is no doubt that all Middle Eastern governments are very conscious of the social impacts of changing energy subsidies – especially at this time of instability in the region.

  • Renewable Energy Investment
    At Reuters Summit, Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power shifts toward renewable energy

    Saudi Arabia-based power and water project developer ACWA Power IPO-ACWA.SE is seeking to secure or arranging finance for $15 billion worth of projects, nearly half of which are in renewable energy, its chief executive said.

  • Energy Conservation
    Thermal Insulation and Energy Conservation

    Given the extraordinary level of electricity consumption in Saudi Arabia, the government is getting around to requiring thermal insulation in new buildings. At present, most dwellings in Saudi Arabia are made of either concrete block or poured concrete. Neither is particularly noted for its insulation qualities, though they are good at heat retention. But heat retention is not what’s desired or needed in Saudi Arabia, where air conditioning is a major source of energy demand.

  • Oil
    The Energy Revolution’s Impacts on the Arab World

    Turmoil in the world’s hydrocarbon heartland is not good news for anyone, including the United States. Oil has been a fungible commodity for decades and gas increasingly so as a result of the rising share of LNG in the global gas market. Major disruptions to supply from the Arab world would have negative economic consequences even for an energy independent America.

  • Global Energy Markets
    New Patterns of Economic Relations and the Energy Order – Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman

    In Asia alone, 525 million people can be considered as middle class – this is more than the total population of the EU. Indeed, one of the key dynamics shaping energy markets over the last three decades has been growing energy demand in non-OECD. Between 1990 and 2013, non-OECD increased its oil consumption from around 25 million b/d to almost 45.7 million b/d, i.e. an increase of more than 20 million b/d. During the same period, OECD demand increased only by 3.8 million b/d.

  • US Energy Production
    Fracking Gives U.S. Energy Boom Plenty of Room to Run

    But the boom already has lasted longer than anyone would have imagined just a decade ago and has more room to run. That's because oil and natural-gas wells have become more productive—an unrecognized but potent trend that should keep the fuels flowing.

  • Global Energy Markets
    Opinion: Back to basics for the energy sector

    The comforting thought in the elegant board rooms in London, The Hague, Houston, and so on has been that the downturn seen this year is just a blip — a temporary diversion from a long term upward trend. Some corporate economists claim that prices have to rise to match the higher cost of production from new fields in more difficult areas. Others quote the growth in the global population, the spread of prosperity, and the impact of turmoil in the Middle East which could limit new investment. They may be right — the market is certainly cyclical and nothing is pre-ordained. But relying on optimism is a very risky business and most of the corporate (and executive) casualties in the sector over the last half century have been traceable to the triumph of optimism over common sense.

  • Solar
    Saudi builder al-Khodari says to diversify into solar, nuclear energy

    Major Saudi Arabian construction firm Abdullah Abdul Mohsin Al Khodari Sons Co said on Sunday that it would diversify into solar and nuclear energy.

  • Norway Model
    Opinion: Saudi energy experts, read my lips

    Oil and gas is very important for Saudi Arabia and now we are simply burning it to cool our homes and buildings and we subsidize many strategic commodities such as electricity, fuel at the pump and the highly expensive desalinated water. In Norway, they pay ten times what we pay at the gas pump. At the end, Saudi energy experts, please read my lips. Look at Norway and do it their way. Oil will not be here forever and we have future generations to look after.