Assessment of the Political Feasibility of Developing a GCC Power Market

Abstract

The authors would like to acknowledge the Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) for their assistance throughout the process of producing this paper.

Geopolitical challenges of renewable energy adoption in MENA

“…The GCCIA estimates that, in 2016, the actual capital and fuel savings for GCC countries totaled US$400 million. By 2020, the capital outlays were expected to be US$3 billion lower than they would have been without the regional ties (Mollet et al, 2018). Given their land size and the outlook of their domestic clean energy markets, it is expected that most surplus electricity generated from alternative energy resources will come from Saudi Arabia and the UAE (El-Katiri, 2018).…”

“…Since 2010, the energy flows among GCC member countries have increased for events such as emergencies, scheduled compensation, and trade, growing from 216.09 GWh in 2010 to 823.2 GWh in 2019. Nonetheless, cross-border energy flows have remained low, and the GCC interconnection grid's designed capacity remains underutilized (<5%) (Mollet et al, 2018). Importantly, the ongoing trade flow has been dominated by conventional power sources, with no records of renewable energy flowing across the grid.…”

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

“…Any and all of the assumptions in this paper can be changed, and new models can be built in the KTAB framework. 2 Some of the topics that have been analyzed using KTAB include the political feasibility of the United Arab Emirates' (UAE's) energy transition (Efird, Griffiths, Mollet, Al-Mubarak, Sgouridis, and Tsai 2017), the political feasibility of developing a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) power market (Mollet, Al-Mubarak, Efird, Al Muhanna, and Al-Ubaydli 2018), and the means by which greenhouse gas emissions targets in the European Union's mid-century strategy could be enhanced (Al Quayid, Al Muhanna, and Mollet 2019).…”