# Research Clusters

**Source**: https://ri.kfupm.edu.sa/irc-ses/research/research-clusters
**Parent**: https://ri.kfupm.edu.sa/irc-ses

Research

- [Research Clusters](https://ri.kfupm.edu.sa/irc-ses/research/research-clusters)
- [Projects](https://ri.kfupm.edu.sa/irc-ses/research/projects)
- [Publications](https://ri.kfupm.edu.sa/irc-ses/research/publications)
- [Scientific Patents](https://ri.kfupm.edu.sa/irc-ses/research/scientific-patents)
- [Research Facilities](https://ri.kfupm.edu.sa/irc-ses/research/research-facilities)
- [Social and Economic Impact](https://ri.kfupm.edu.sa/irc-ses/research/social-and-economic-impact)

##### Research Clusters

###### Renewable Energy Materials

Increasing population and increasing energy demand already posing challenges to our energy infrastructure, industrial production facility and also to our environment.

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###### Power Systems

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been experiencing a surging growth in energy consumption for the last couple of decades, where oil and natural gas are the two major fuels used for electricity generation

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###### Hybrid Renewable Energy based Solutions

The Hybrid Renewable Energy Research Group aims to identify national challenges related to energy generation and its applications

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###### Intelligent Energy Systems

Intelligent solutions in energy systems become recently significant, particularly when renewable and clean energy started replacing fossil fuels.

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###### Policy and Regulations

The IRC-SES-EPG at the KFUPM would provide an academic hub for the interdisciplinary study of energy policy and place sustainability and change at the heart of debates about energy policy and governance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

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