WFES Dailies 2016 Day 4

News from the speakersand exhibitors 3

Egypt: Opportunties andchallenges for new energy 10

Analysis of the energy industry after COP21 14

Green bonds for sustainable investment 16

EcoWaste: Promoting aclean, green future 26

Q&A interviews with leading speakers 28

Exhibitor news from Koreaand Denmark pavilions 29

Gallery: People and eventsfrom WFES 2016 42

DAILY NEWS DAY 4 21 JAN 2016

Leaders urge lowcarbon futureGovernments and the private sectormust “accelerate progress”

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An international panel of government andcorporate leaders shared their thoughtson practical ways to move away from de-pendence on fossil fuels at yesterday’s“Accelerating Progress to a Low CarbonFuture” session.

The session was moderated by Nick Cochrane-Dyet,Special Advisor to the Chief Representative of BP, and the panel was made up of Dr Matar Al Neyadi,Undersecretary to the UAE Ministry of Energy; KerryAdler, President and CEO of SkyPower Global,Canada; Neil C. Hawkins, Chief Sustainability Officerand Corporate Vice President for Environment, Healthand Safety, the Dow Chemical Company; Ahmed Al Hashmi, Head of Upstream Technology, BP; DebFrodl, Global Executive Director, GE Operations; and Bjorn Otto Sverdrup, Senior Vice President forSustainability, Statoil.

Mr Cochrane-Dyet introduced the session with an announcement from the annual BP Energy Outlookreport that while less coal and more gas is beingutilised across the world, the 2ºC temperature increase scenario could still occur before 2035.

“What are we going to do about it?” he asked the audience and panel, before urging the private andgovernment sectors to “accelerate progress.”

Dr Al Neyadi outlined the progress made by the UAEsince 1995, when ADNOC, Abu Dhabi’s state oil company, implemented a zero-flaring policy “wherever possible”. He added that in 2014, Masdarlaunched a carbon capture and storage scheme, andenvironmental rehabilitation projects, particularly formarine life, have been important. Removing the fuelprice subsidy is a UAE policy that has been put inplace to encourage more responsible consumption.

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COP21 was the scene of “spiriteddebate”, according to SkyPower’s Mr Adler. “We saw a turning of thetide, like going from a cassette tape to a CD.”

He said that much of the drivetowards increasing the use ofrenewables has come from socialmedia and this is “forcing a transitionto a low-carbon economy.”

SkyPower’s work with India was citedby Mr Adler as an example of a solarproject where the energy is cheaperthan domestic coal.

Mr Al Hashmi, representing BP,spoke about the importance ofeconomies transitioning from coal to gas, with gas producing half thecarbon emissions of coal. He said that BP has signed up to the WorldBank’s zero flaring initiative and is

using “very efficient technology toeliminate flaring”.

“Only science and engineering” willbe able to meet the challenges oftransitioning to a low-carbon economy,according to Mr Hawkins, speaking onbehalf of The Dow Chemical Company.He said that Dow has a “COATstrategy” which stands for “Conserve,Optimise, Accelerate and Transition”.

“The most cost-effective tool tolower carbon remains energyefficiency,” said Mr Hawkins. “Theenergy that you save, that you neverhad to produce is the most efficient.”

Mr Hawkins outlined the importanceof renewables to Dow’s business, citingthe 200 MW wind power plant inFreeport, Texas, as an example.

“We need to grow renewables, weneed to reduce coal, we need toreduce emissions from the

hydrocarbon sector,” said MrSverdrup, representing Statoil. “Weneed to be impatient to make ithappen but we still need to have thepatience to act in an economicallyresponsible way.”

He urged both governments andprivate companies to be responsibleand to take action to meet carbonreduction goals because “the world islong on ambition but much shorterwhen it comes to actions.”

In response to calls from Mr Adler forfossil fuel companies to co-invest inrenewable energy, Mr Sverdrup said hethinks that companies are makinginvestments already.

In the case of Norway-based Statoil,Mr Sverdrup said that the company isdeveloping offshore wind plants,including floating operations. “Wehave the capital and the execution

capability [for wind powerdevelopment],” said Mr Sverdrup,before outlining Statoil’s floating windproject, featuring turbines with 80-metre long rotors.

Ms Grodl talked about GE’sEcomagination renewable energywork, putting forward a business casefor these operations producing $200billion in revenue. She told WFES thatGE has invested $15 billion so far inrenewable energy R&D, and thatanother $10 billion was slated forinvestment through to 2020.

The question of carbon pricing andtaxes was raised by Mr Cochrane-Dyetafter receiving questions on the issuefrom the audience. Mr Sverdrup spokestrongly in favour of the carbon tax: “Itmay sound strange for a company toask for more tax, but we need to put aprice on what we truly value.”

“Total has a strong commitment to renewables, especiallysolar,” says Marc de Lataillade, Vice President Solar, NewEnergies Division at Total. “An illustration of this is ourpartnership with Masdar in the Shams 120 MW CSP facilityhere in Abu Dhabi. Because of the nature of our business, theMiddle East is an important part of our overall footprint, andrenewables is a strong focus for us because of the long-termcommitment of the authorities. The ongoing tenders give aclear demonstration of the willingness to go for sizeableprojects with a significant impact on the energy mix. Weappreciate this and want to be part of it.

“In 2011 Total took a majority share in SunPower, thesecond largest solar PV company in the world, an importantmove for the company. Its focus on technology chimes withTotal, because technology is a key component in thedevelopment of all our activities. SunPower has the mostefficient solar panels. Total has very strong links in manycountries with key stakeholders and key companies; webelieve that renewable energies and particularly solar willincreasingly be integrated into the energy mix, so whatSunpower is developing is key for Total and for the market.

“One noteworthy trend is the growth of large-scalecomplex projects. The 750 MW Solarstar project,commissioned in 2015 and developed by Sunpower, is thelargest PV plant in the world and will bring power to 250households, saving 600 tonnes a year CO2. This is a goodillustration of the trend in the market.

“The solar PV market is growing by more than 10 per centa year in terms of the installation of new capacity, thereduction in cost being a key factor. The cost of PV modulesalone has gone done by a factor of five in the last five years.Installation and financing have also improved a lot, all ofwhich have helped the technical cost of solar to be reduced.Today solar PV is competitive in some environments withconventional sources. We can also expect costs of storage togo down, and that storage will over the next two to five yearsplay a significant role in reducing intermittency, which is oneof the limiting factors of solar activity.

“As well as the big projects and tenders there is also atrend in smaller or combined solutions associated with PV asa renewable energy or a source of energy.

“We are also seeing more internationalisation of solar;SunPower has sizeable projects all over the world, and islooking at a lot of markets that are opening today. We arelooking to leverage on the fact that Total has the capability,knowledge, footprint and experience in many countries

where we can help the development of solar activity.“On a smaller scale, we launched an initiative around a year

ago to distribute affordable solar lamps in Africa to peoplewithout access to the grid. We are also involved in aninitiative to commercialise solar home systems for people notconnected to the grid; 26,000 houses have been equipped inSouth Africa and Morocco. We are looking for scalablesolutions which can help people without access to the grid.So decentralised solutions and microgrid solutions are also ofinterest to us.

“We see strong potential here in the Middle East, first forthe obvious reason of irradiation. Government support andthe legal framework have also played a key role. The marketis driven less by incentives and more by market drivers –that’s definitely a trend we’re seeing everywhere. Wecontinue to see sizeable tenders in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, EgyptJordan and Oman, and the impact on the electricitygeneration mix is expected to be sizeable. As one of themain players in the solar industry, we are looking withconsiderable interest at developments.

“WFES is important for Total and for the industry,”concludes de Lataillade. “It’s a wonderful opportunity tomeet the key stakeholders and obtain a flavour of themarket, and it is good to see the enthusiasm of investors andstakeholders for renewables.”

Total is exhibiting at Stand 5009.

Toshiba’s global nuclear powerpresence is set to expand withthree initiated plants in the UK.

In July 2015, a land contract wassigned with the NuclearDecommissioning Authority todevelop a site at Moorside innorthern England’s West Cumbriaregion. The signing follows thesuccessful completion of sitesuitability studies at Moorside byNuGen, which validate the site,which is located the north andwest of the Sellafield complex, asbeing suitable for the constructionof three reactors.

Additionally, Toshiba has eightongoing plants. These include twounits each at the V.C. Summer andVogtle sites in the US, and twounits each in Haiyang and Sanmenin China.

The company retains the world’snumber one share in operatingnuclear power plants, promotingboiling water reactor (BWR) andpressurised water reactor (PWR)technologies. Toshiba works inconjunction with group company,Westinghouse Electric Companyon PWR projects. Additionally,Toshiba and Westinghouseprovide fuel, services, plantdesign, construction andequipment for PWR and BWRnuclear power plants.

Toshiba is showcasing its nuclearprojects at Stand 8380 in theJapan Pavilion.

Toshiba to expand globalnuclear powerpresence in the UK

Total stresses its “strong commitment”to renewables

Marc de Lataillade at the Total stand

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University of Manchester and Masdar Institute unite on graphenesThree research projects, which covergraphene/2D materials, were unveiledat WFES yesterday. The projects willbe undertaken as part of acollaboration between the MasdarInstitute of Science and Technologyand the University of Manchester,which won the 2010 Nobel Prize inPhysics for preparing graphene anddiscovering its properties.

The three projects, which will covercomposites, sensors and membranes,will be led by faculty members fromboth research institutions. The projectswill respectively explore thedevelopment of novel low-densitygraphene-based foams for variousengineering applications; inkjet-printed graphene micro-sensors forenergy and defense applications; andgraphene-enabled ion exchangemembranes for desalination.

The announcement was made byJames Baker, Graphene BusinessDirector, The University of Manchester,and Dr Steve Griffiths, Vice Presidentof Research, Masdar Institute.

“Graphene has huge potential forapplications in a large range ofsectors, and we are delighted to becollaborating with the Masdar Instituteof Science and Technology on theseimportant areas of research,” said MrBaker. “Our partnership with MasdarInstitute is crucial to thecommercialisation of graphene and we look forward to seeing ground-breaking research.”

Dr Steve Griffiths said: “Thecollaboration with the University ofManchester reflects Masdar Institute’scommitment to supporting the UAE’sinnovation agenda for establishingknowledge-based industries that

leverage materials advances.” Faculty members from both

institutions will lead the projects. FromMasdar Institute, Associate Professorof Mechanical Engineering, Dr RashidAbu Al Rub, and Assistant Professor ofMaterials Science and Engineering, DrAhmed Al Jaberi, will be working withThe University of Manchester’sProfessor of Material Science, Dr BrianDerby. and Lecturer in StructuralMaterials, Dr Suelen Barg. Theirproject seeks to develop novel low-density graphene-basednanocomposite foams for engineeringapplications that include energy.

Masdar Institute Assistant Professorof Microsystems Engineering, DrIbraheem Almansouri, AssistantProfessor of Materials Science &Engineering, Dr Amal Ghaferi, andProfessor of Microsystems Engineering

and Dr. Irfan Saadat are collaboratingwith University of Manchester Lecturerin Nanomaterials, Dr AravindVijayaraghavan, and Professor ofMaterials Chemistry, Professor MichaelTurner, on a project that seeks todevelop inexpensive fabricationmethods for sensor devices that canoperate in challenging environments.

The principal investigators for themembranes research project includeDr Linda Zou, and Assistant Professorof Chemical Engineering, Dr Ahmed AlHajaj, from the Masdar Institute side,Dr. Gyorgy Szekely, Lecturer inChemical Engineering, and ChemistryProfessor Peter Budd, from theUniversity of Manchester. This workaims to conduct a systematic study ofthe potential benefits of graphene-enabled ion exchange membranes forwater desalination purposes.

Schneider’s new ‘Life is On’ branding campaign reinforcesthe company’s strategy as an energy management specialistand automation leader, putting the customer at the heart ofevery action, says Benoit Dubarle, President, Gulf Countries& Pakistan, Schneider Electric. It also puts a focus on digitaland interconnected solutions to create value for its customersand help them reduce costs and increase revenues, he adds.

“We are providing open solutions in a digitalinterconnected world – this is how we add value for ourselvesand our customers,” adds Frederic Abbal, Executive VicePresident, Energy Business, who stresses that all Schneider’sapplications are open to any kind of system.

The company is focusing on six areas in the Middle Eastwith its campaign, where it can add value and bringspecialised expertise. These include oil and gas, whereSchneider has a longstanding presence and where themerging of IT and OT brings added value, especially in themanagement of energy; utilities, where the company ismoving utilities to advanced utilities through smarttechnologies; data centres; healthcare; and hotels,particularly room control equipment.

“Energy efficiency is at the heart of what Schneider isdoing,” says Abbal, who stresses Schneider’s position as aworld leader in energy efficiency and energy management.The company is a long-standing partner of Masdar, and ismanaging its energy management on a single platform. “As

the consumer moves to ‘prosumer’ we are looking at how tointegrate the technology in a smart way,” he adds,acknowledging the key ‘soft leadership’ role played byMasdar in energy efficiency.

Abbal stresses the importance of the Middle East to thecompany’s energy business. “The basics are very positivedespite the short-term problems relating to the oil price. Wehave 2,000 engineers in the UAE delivering our solutions inthe market and we want to be part of the innovativeenvironment around energy management here. This is whywe have located the worldwide centre of our energy businesshere in the UAE, in Dubai.”

Attracting particular interest at WFES, and targets of the‘Life is On’ campaign, have been smart grid solutions,whereby utilities are transformed into advanced utilitiesthrough smart technologies; energy management, andreducing energy consumption through smart buildingtechnology; and renewable energy technologies.

“The changes in tariff policy and reduction in subsidies areproviding an incentive to retrofit installations to consumeless energy,” says Dubarle. “And renewable energies arebeing given a boost because of changes in policy wherebythe end-user is a ‘prosumer’ and is able to sell energy back to the grid.”

Stand 7430

Masdar has signed a partnershipagreement with Bee’ah, a fullyintegrated environment and waste management company, to develop the UAE’s waste-to-energy sector.

This partnership will contribute to the UAE Government’s Vision2021 which targets divertingwaste from landfills by 75 per cent by 2021.

After signing the agreementwith H.E Dr Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber, Minister of State of theUAE and Chairman of Masdar, H.ESalim Al Owais, Chairman ofBee'ah, said: “Central to thisagreement is placing our cutting-edge recycling technologies alongwith Masdar’s distinguishedenergy know-how, at the disposalof our community.”

“This agreement allows Masdarto deploy its extensive expertiseand experience in clean energyproject structuring, financing,asset management and projectdelivery, which we have gainedover the past 10 years,”said DrAhmad Belhoul, CEO of Masdar.

Masdar andBee’ah partneron waste-to-energy initiatives

Schneider Electric highlights smart technologies at WFES

Frederic Abbal and Benoit Dubarleat the Schneider Electric stand


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Public Event

CALENDAR OF EVENTS16 - 23 January 2016

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Masdar City, Khalifa City AThe Festival @ Masdar City 10:00-21:0022-23 Jan Open to the Public - For more info visit: www.adsw.ae

Show FeaturesADNEC, Hall 7Solar Village - WFES (NEW) Open to all attendees

For more info/registration visit: www.wfes.ae18-21 Jan 10:00-17:00

ADNEC, Hall 10Sustainable Transport Zone - WFES (NEW) Open to all attendeesFor more info/registration visit: www.wfes.ae

18-21 Jan 10:00-17:00

ADNEC, Hall 11EcoWASTE Exhibitors Seminar Open to all attendeesFor more info/registration visit: www.ecowaste.ae

18-21 Jan 10:00-17:00

ADNEC, Hall 3Innovate@IWS Open to all attendeesFor more info/registration visit: www.iwsabudhabi.com

18-21 Jan 9:00-18:00

ADNEC, Capitol Suites 18MENA Municipalities Roundtable - EcoWASTE By invitation only - For more info visit: www.adsw.ae19 Jan 10:00-15:00

ADNEC, Hall 7 Open to all attendeesFor more info/registration visit: www.wfes.ae

18-21 Jan 10:00-17:00

ADNEC, Concourse(NEW) Open to all attendeesFor more info/registration visit: www.iwsabudhabi.com

18-21 Jan 10:00-17:00

Conferences

Events LocationHigh Level Meetings

Date Time Audience

ADNEC, ICC

Opening Ceremony:

World Future Energy Summit (WFES)International Water Summit (IWS)EcoWASTE Exhibition

High Level Ceremony / Awards

18 Jan 10:00-12:00

Open to all participantsFor registration visit:: www.wfes.ae orwww.iwsabudhabi.com orwww.ecowaste.ae for more info visit: www.adsw.ae

St. Regis HotelIRENA Sixth Assembly 16-17 Jan By invitation only – For more info visit www.irena.org10:00-18:00

Open to all participants - For registration visit www.adsw.aeFor more info visit: www.zayedfutureenergyprize.com

ADNEC, ICCAbu Dhabi Global Action Day (GLS) 18 Jan 14:00-17:30 For more info/registration visit: www.wfes.ae

ADNEC, Conference Hall AWFES Conferences

ADNEC, Conference Hall BIWS Conferences

WFES Delegates.For more info/registration visit: www.wfes.ae

IWS Delegates.For more info/registration visit: www.iwsabudhabi.com

19-20 Jan21 Jan

9:30-17:309:30-13:30

19-20 Jan21 Jan

9:30-17:009:30-12:30

ADNEC, Capital Suite 7Future Cities Forum/Habitat III For more info/registration visit: www.wfes.ae20 Jan 09:00-17:30

Conference Hall AEgypt Energy Forum For more info/registration visit: www.wfes.ae21 Jan 8:30-15:40

Zayed Future Energy Prize Awards Ceremony

Emirates Palace Hotel 18 Jan By invitation only19:30

ADNEC, ICCBlue Ocean Economy 19 Jan 09:00-16:00 By invitation only - For more details visit: www.adsw.ae

Park Hayat Hotel, Saadiyat Island

The Women in Sustainability, Environment & Renewable Energy (WiSER)

By invitation only -For more details visit: www.adsw.ae

20 Jan 10:00-17:00

ADNEC, Halls 5-9World Future Enery Summit - Exhibition

ExhibitionsOpen to all attendeesFor more info/registration visit: www.wfes.ae

ADNEC, Halls 3-4International Water Summit - Exhibition

ADNEC, Hall 10EcoWASTE Exhibition

Open to all attendeesFor more info/registration visit: www.iwsabudhabi.com

Open to all attendeesFor more info/registration visit: www.ecowaste.ae

18-21 Jan 10:00-17:00

ADNEC, Hall 7WFES Solar Expo (NEW) Open to all attendeesFor more info/registration visit: www.wfes.ae

ADNEC, ICCThe Student Exclusive @ ADSW Open to students 15 years and aboveFor more info/registration visit: www.adsw.ae

19 Jan

Emirates Palace HotelRain Enhancement Prize 19 Jan 19:30 By invitation only - For more info visit: www.adsw.ae

15:30-18:30

IRENA Headquarters,Masdar City

IRENA Financial Times Debate By invitation only - For more details visit: www.irena.org17 Jan 19:00

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ADSW Business

ADSW Business

ADSW Leadership

ADSW Business

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ADSW Awareness

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Masdar InstituteADNEC, Hall 7, Stand 7370Masdar Institute Innovation Zone Open to all attendees

For more info/registration visit: www.wfes.ae18-21 Jan 10:00-17:00ADSW Business

ADNEC, Hall 7, Stand 7370Masdar Institute Green Career Fair Open to all attendeesFor more info/registration visit: www.iwsabudhabi.com

18-21 Jan 10:00-17:00ADSW Awareness

ADNEC, Capital Suite 3Launch of the Sitra ‘Green to Scale’ Analysis Report

Open to all attendeesFor more info/registration visit: www.wfes.ae

19 Jan 10:00-12:00ADSW Business

ADNEC, Capital Suite 2Launch of the Masdar Institute and the University of Manchester Graphene Research Collaboration

Open to all attendeesFor more info/registration visit: www.wfes.ae


ADNEC, Capital Suite 2 Open to all attendeesFor more info/registration visit: www.wfes.ae


ADNECSBRC SEAS Pilot Project Launch Open to all attendeesFor more info/registration visit: www.wfes.ae

20 Jan -ADSW Business

Jumeirah Etihad Towers Hotel, Abu Dhabi

YFEL Graduation Ceremony By invitation only20 Jan 18:00-20:00ADSW Leadership

*ADNEC - Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre *ICC - International Convention Centre

The Special/Technical Tour Programmes:Delegates: http://masdar.ae/en/intiatives/detail/masdar-specialist-tours-for-adsw-delegatesYouth: http://masdar.ae/en/intiatives/detail/adsw-youth-engagement-programmes



ARTS Energy showcases innovative battery technologyFrench company ARTS Energy, one of the world’sleading manufacturers of rechargeable batteries, ispresenting their innovative batteries designed forautonomous professional solar applications at theWFES & IWS.

This new Ni-MH technology is exceptionally robustin very hot environments (up to 85°C), offering alifetime of 7-8 years in outdoor applications. It isparticularly useful for demanding autonomous solarapplications in the Middle East such as solar streetlights, road signs and municipal signs. The mainplayers in the energy sector in the Middle East arenow aware of this technology and are evaluating the product’s exciting potential in today’s ever-demanding autonomous energy needs,according to the company.

ARTS Energy supplies its products to many globalOEMs in the applications such as emergency lightingunits, professional electronics, photovoltaic, medicaland many others. The company manufactures its ownhigh-quality Ni-Cd and Ni-MH cells for high-temperature and cyclic batteries. It also develops

and produces premium Lithium-ion packs with built-in charge management and safety protection circuitsusing respected Japanese cell brands such asPanasonic and Sony.

“We are here to promote our battery technology,which has an exceptionally long duration in hotclimates,” says the company’s Stéphane Senyarich.“This technology is really unique because thestandard battery technology works fine in Europe orthe USA, but here, because of the high temperature,it does not have a long duration; it works for one or two years maximum. Our technology has a life of up to 10 years.

“We see good prospects for our technology in theregion and are promoting it strongly. We are puttinga lot of money and resources into developing ourbusiness here; we have visited the Middle East five times in the last year to exhibit. We areconvinced that we have a product that is of interest for this region.”

Business France Pavilion, Hall 8 - Stand 8103

The winners of the latest round of the UAE ResearchProgramme for Rain Enhancement Science awards havebeen announced at a special ceremony as part of WFES.

Volker Wulfmeyer (Germany): Professor Wulfmeyer is aUniversity Professor, Managing Director and Chair of Physicsand Meteorology at the Institute of Physics and Meteorologyof the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany.

His project aims to study convergence zones and landcovers as a prerequisite for significant precipitation. Foroptimal cloud seeding deployment, these zones need to beidentified prior to the development of clouds.

Professor Wulfmeyer's work will focus on improveddetection and forecasting of convergence zones andconvection initiation through new-generation active remotesensing, particularly Doppler lidar and cloud radar, andadvanced high-resolution modelling up to turbulent scales.

Masataka Murakami (Japan): Masataka Murakami is aVisiting Professor from the Institute for Space-EarthEnvironmental Research, Nagoya University. His projectfocuses on innovative algorithms and sensors dedicated toidentifying the clouds most suitable for seeding and theirfrequency of occurrence.

His project team will work on developing optimal seedingmethods as well as new statistical evaluation methods tostudy the effects of long-term cloud seeding using the

accurate and reliable numerical models which are developed on a basis of laboratory experiments andvalidated against observations.

The observation data collected, including details on theseeding schemes and the algorithms for satellite dataanalysis will be made available to the public at the end ofthe study. Researchers from Nagoya University, theUniversity of Tokyo and the Japan Meteorological Agencycontributed to this research project.

Linda Zou (UAE): Professor Zou is a Professor of Chemicaland Environmental Engineering from the Masdar Institute ofScience and Technology. She received her PhD degree inApplied Chemistry from Monash University in Australia in1998, with background in water treatment.

Professor Zou’s project aims to improve the effectivenessof technologies used to increase rain precipitation, throughengineering unique nanostructured properties of the cloudseeding materials to help water vapour in clouds condense,which is the necessary process needed for raindrops to form.In addition, new methods of real-time observation andevaluation of water condensation and crystallisation will bedeveloped by Dr Mustapha Jouiad in this project.

The goal of the project is to explore the different ways ofemploying current knowledge of nanotechnology tofabricate novel cloud seeding materials, to make the raindroplet formation more efficient.

Jifan Gao, Chairman and CEO of Chinese solar giant Trina Solar,has become a founding memberof the Private Sector AdvisoryBoard for the United NationsDevelopment Programme (UNDP) in China.

This board aims to bringtogether some of China’s mostinfluential business leaders fromacross multiple industries tocollaborate, provide insights, andmobilise resources to assist withmeeting the United Nations’internationally agreed SustainableDevelopment Goals.

"The launch of the AdvisoryBoard will further support theimplementation of the SDGs aswe believe the private sectorplays an indispensable role insustainable development,” saidMr Jifan Gao.

Trina Solar, an exhibitor at Stand8210 in the China Pavilion atWFES, was founded in 1997 andhas expanded its reach with solarpower projects across China, theUS, Belgium, Australia, Germany,Thailand and Malaysia.

Trina Solar CEOjoins special UNadvisory boardfor Chinesecompanies

Rain enhancement research award winners announced at WFESScientists from around the world honoured in Abu Dhabi


The rain enhancement research winners willbe able to further their important work

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Andrew Purvis,General Manager (Europe, Middle East & Africa), Global CCS InstituteWhy is carbon capture and storage(CCS) important?

CCS is the only feasible option for capturingemissions from the many smaller-scale industrialsources of CO2 which make up almost half of globalemissions reductions under the 2˚C scenario.Aggregating industrial sources into hubs or clustersto enable shared transport and storage infrastructurecan reduce the cost of CCS for individual small-scaleindustrial customers.

What role does CCS have to play inemissions-intensive sectors?

CCS is the only current option to substantiallydecarbonise emissions-intensive process industries suchas refineries, chemicals, cement and steel production.The IES forecasts that 45 per cent of CO2capturedbetween 2015 and 2050 in the 2˚C Scenario will comefrom industrial applications. Industrial CCS has thepotential to enable and maintain industrialdevelopment in an increasingly carbon-constrainedworld and industrial CCS can provide a positive meansof re-positioning the value of CCS.While industrial facilities represent a significant

proportion of global emissions, their retention isimportant in economic as well as employment terms.CCS in these sectors provides an opportunity tomaintain a competitive economy and retain and expandemployment in high value sectors while achievingclimate change mitigation ambitions.Many industrial processes offer positive opportunities

for early projects, often producing relatively purestreams of CO2 and thus significantly lower CO2capture complexity and cost. Conversely, one of thechallenges is that volumes of CO2 produced by thesefacilities can be small. The development of clusters canplay a role in addressing this issue.

How can CCS be cost-effective?

It is clear that CCS as a cost-effective decarbonisationoption is not able to be deployed without investmentin the appropriately sized enabling infrastructure –such as transport and storage –that is not tied to a specific source of emissions.It is important therefore that policymakers globally

support the development of large-scale andstrategically located infrastructure solutions thatenable the low cost and full-scale deployment of CCSfor industrial clusters. These will serve as a magnet toincrease industry engagement and the developmentof multiple projects in each location, accelerating thedevelopment of CCS more broadly.

What are CCS clusters and why arethey important?

In Europe, and in other regions, many emissions-intensive industries are located in clusters. There is a real opportunity to develop shared infrastructurethat many parties can use, therefore benefitingmultiple emitters. This would de-risk and reduce costsfor many potential CCS projects. Importantly, someindustrial clusters are also close to excellent and

extensive geological CO2 storage opportunities, soimportant to an integrated CCS project.

The European Council is increasingfunding for CCS demonstrationprojects after 2020. The NER300funding programme will be renewedby its successor, NER400, which will befinanced by 400 million EU EmissionsTrading System allowances. Why is thisan important decision?

The new NER400 funding mechanism has thepotential to provide a much-needed shot in the armto the deployment of CCS technology across Europe,helping to reinvigorate an industry which is crucial tohelping the world meet its climate targets. One of the

major drivers for policies supporting broad-basedCCS deployment is the challenge of reducing CO2emissions from industrial processes, which make uparound 25 per cent of CO2 emissions globally, and a similar proportion in Europe. What CCS needs tosucceed is certainty about the timing, nature, extentand durability of European and national plans forsustainable, secure industrial and energy production.

What are your reflections from lastyear’s World Future Energy Summit?

In November 2014, the Institute held its InternationalMembers’ Meeting in Abu Dhabi, where delegateswere impressed by the clear potential for CCS to playa role in enabling countries in the region to deliver ontheir sustainability goals. I was curious therefore tosee to what degree carbon had been accepted aspart of the WFES agenda.Strongly supported by IRENA, the International

Renewable Energy Agency, the summit conferenceitself has a clear focus on renewable energy, and CCStechnology did not really feature in the officialprogram. However, this did not mean that CCS wasentirely absent from proceedings. Masdar and theAbu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) formed a joint venture company, Al Reyahda, which is theAbu Dhabi Carbon Capture Company. The company’sfirst project, the Abu Dhabi CCS project attracted a number of high level delegations during the week,including visits from the European Commission andthe US Government.

Masdar, the US Dept of Energy and the US EnergyAssociation hosted a summit side event focussing on“CCS in the Post Kyoto world”. High calibre speakersspoke passionately about the role that CCUS will playin meeting climate and energy goals, bothinternationally and in the region.On the floor of the exhibition, CCS was also making

an impact. Shell, Statoil, BP and Occidental all hadtheir CCS and CCUS credentials very much on displayin the form of exhibits and briefings. While it seems CCS has some way to go before

being fully embraced by the wider clean energycommunity, it seems that the technology is becomingincreasingly visible at WFES. The challenge for theCCS community globally is to work together toensure that CCS moves from the side event to themain event, and starts to achieve due recognition for the important role it has to play in a low-carbon portfolio.

CCS has some way to go before being fully embracedbut the technology is becoming increasingly visible.

Andrew Purvis - General Manager (Europe, Middle East & Africa), Global CCS Institute




Jochen Wermuth, Senior Fund Partner, Wermuth Asset Managemet Why is the World Future EnergySummit an important event?

WFES brings together an international audience ofstrategic thinkers to discuss environmental concernsand energy efficiency. It is the world’s most influentialevent dedicated to advancing future energy, energyefficiency and clean technology. During WFES theworld stage comes to Abu Dhabi; this is a greatplatform to join the discussion, share insights, andexchange expertise on climate change. The summit isalso an opportunity for everyone with an interest inaddressing climate change to share solutions, reachagreements and continue to make progress. We areinvestors in resource efficiency and renewableenergies and we hope to meet fellow investors.

Tell us the story of how Wermuth AssetManagement (WAM) got started.

WAM is a family office and investment advisory firmspecialising in Impact Investments in resource-efficient companies with returns of 20 per cent perannum. We are dedicated to and follow the UNPrinciples of Responsible Investing (PRI). We seedand advise alternative investment vehicles in privateequity, infrastructure, listed and real assets. WAM was founded nearly 20 years ago. We

realised a gap in investing in renewables,sustainability, and clean technology. It was in the 90swhen discussion and calls to action on climatechange were becoming more visible and prominent.By specialising in investment advisory focused onresource-efficient companies, we are enabling thethink tanks and innovators to bring their technologiesto the market and potentially develop abreakthrough solution that has a positive impact onour environment. Today we are focused only oncompanies with proven technologies and provenbusiness models as they can be scaled quicker,generate more revenue growth, profit andenvironmental impact.

What have been your proudestachievements at WAM?

We set out nearly 20 years ago with the messagethat one could do well and make money. Moreover, we were and still remain convinced thatone can achieve significantly higher profits if one ishighly principled and looks not just at the financialprofits, but also the positive impact on the planetand people. For example, we pursued a zero tolerance policy

against corrupt practices. We signed up forTransparency International’s Principles forCountering Bribery and invested in Russia andreturned an average of 25 per cent per annum forover a decade until today.In another example, our flagship fund, the Green

Gateway Fund, has demonstrated that if one focuseson investing in companies that make their clientsmore resource efficient, then greater growth isrealised in the portfolio companies. When there isgreater growth within the portfolio companies thereis a greater positive environmental impact.

By taking best in class EU companies and helpingthem to capture growth opportunities in marketswhere they could have the greatest impact, we havebeen able to help our portfolio companies toquadruple their revenues in just three years. This isnot least due to our policy of working with localgrowth partners, such as Samer Kamal, ManagingDirector of Tactical Connections, a UAE-basedcompany dedicated to the development ofsustainable infrastructure in emerging markets.

Can you tell us more about the work ofEuropeans for Divest-Invest?

Today’s divest-invest movement is focused on fossil-fuel companies. They make up just seven per cent ofthe Dow Jones index capitalisation today, such thatdivesting is relatively easy – one just sells the 200

names that Carbon Tracker calls the “Carbon200” thelisted companies with the most fossil fuel reserves inthe ground. One simply scales up other holdingsproportionally and one can divest rather quickly. The rationale for divesting is mainly based on the

logic that to keep the world within the targetedglobal temperature increase of just two degrees, nomore than 20 per cent of the proven fossil fuelreserves can still be burned, i.e. 80 per cent of themwould need to stay in the ground, would have to bewritten off. This would mean that some US$21 trillionof assets would have to be written off, which are nowon the balance sheets of fossil fuel companies. Thus,this is a very serious threat to global financialstability; it makes sense for investors to divest fromfossil fuels to protect their savings. At Europeans for Divest-Invest, we noted, however,

that it no longer would take international agreementfor the Carbon Bubble to burst, but that marketforces would now drive through the “New IndustrialRevolution” and the end of the fossil fuel age. In thepast 18 months new data has come in – thanks to thefeed-in tariffs in Germany over the past 15 yearssolar, off- and onshore wind power have fallen tobelow grid parity. While the Divest-Invest movement started as

a handful of dedicated foundations looking to aligntheir mission and their investments, by the time ofthe United Nations Climate Summit in September2014, we had managed to get asset owners with

US$50 billion n worth of assets to commit to divestfrom fossil fuels over the coming three to five yearsand to invest in resource efficiency and renewablepower instead. We would be happy to team up withwealthy families and institutional investors in theGulf region to organise the type of private dinners atthe homes of our steering committee members thatgot the decision makers around the world to sign upen masse.

What will you be talking about at theWorld Future Energy Summit?

I will be participating in the panel titled: “The nextphase of renewable energy: an insight into ‘hot’markets.” I will be focusing on how the world we livein has changed dramatically over the last 15 months:Renewable power has broken grid parity and has

become competitive without subsidies and electriccars as well, marking the dramatic end of the fossilfuel age, and the dawn of a new industrial revolutionwhere a new generation of Rockefeller’s, JP Morgansetc. are being born and new countries will take overglobal leadership. Some growth markets could in factsurpass developed markets in this situation. TheMiddle East, North Africa, Asia and Africa areparticularly well placed to leave the less sunny north behind.

The summit is also an opportunity for everyone with an interest in addressing climate change toshare solutions, reach agreements and continue tomake progress.

Jochen Wermuth - Senior Fund Partner, Wermuth Asset Management




Egypt Energy Forum: An exciting new addition tothe WFES programmeThe challenges and opportunities forfuture energy development in Egypt willbe under the spotlight.

The Egypt Energy Forum is a new addition to theWFES programme and will feature high levelspeakers from the private sector, covering energy,investment and finance industries. Developmentsin the power, water, gas, solar, wind and wastemanagement sectors will be discussed andattendees will learn about the country’s vision forthe future in terms of sustainable energy development.Important public-private partnership

programmes will be outlined at the event,including plans for major projects in 2016 such asthe New Cairo Wastewater Treatment Plan, theHelwan Wastewater Treatment Plan, RecyclingSolid Waste project and the Sharm El Sheikh SeaDesalination Plant. Other major issues that will bediscussed include practical measures to acceleratethe uptake of renewable energy across Egypt,including a proposed feed-in tariff programme andthe rollout of solar rooftops.One of the speakers at the Egypt Energy Forum,

Bakr Abdel-Wahab, managing director ofInfrastructure Private Equity at EFG Hermes, saidthere will be “strong medium to short-termgrowth” in the Egyptian renewables sector butcautioned that “it has been a slow process due tosome volatility and clarification needed regardingthe government regulatory frameworks.”Wael Hamdy, vice president of Elsewedy Electric,

will be speaking at the event, along with Mr Abdel-Wahab, as part of the first panel session, which willbe on the topic of Egypt’s rapidly expanding cleanenergy opportunity. In June 2015, ElsewedyElectric announced it had signed its firstagreement in relation to the development of a 50MW solar photovoltaic power plant as part of theEgyptian government’s feed-intariff programme forsolar and wind energy projects. The company hasincorporated the Egyptian Company for SolarEnergy Development (ECSED) with the aim ofdeveloping, financing, building, owning andoperating the project. It will be built 800km southof Cairo in the Benban Province on land allocatedto Egypt’s New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA).Siemens is another major player in the MENA

energy industry and Emad Ghaly, the head of windpower for the Middle East, will also be speaking atthe first panel session. As part of Egypt’s drivetowards public-private partnerships in powergeneration, Siemens has agreed to build a 2 GWcapacity wind power plant and wind rotor blade factory.While Egypt is not without its challenges, the

country’s renewables sector represents a potentialopportunity of more than US$10 billion for privatesector investment, according to industry experts.In 2013, Egypt’s installed power capacity was 31

GW and this is projected to rise to 60 GW withrenewables playing an important part in thisgrowth. According to Frost & Sullivan, theinvestment and development opportunities are

worth US$13 billion. A report by the RegionalCenter for Renewable Energy and EnergyEfficiency revealed that by 2020 Egypt plans tomeet 20 per cent of its total power needs from renewables.

Egypt’s feed-in tariff programme

Last year saw Egypt launch an ambitiousprogramme to procure 12,000 MW of renewableenergy capacity by 2020, the largest renewableenergy target in the Middle East and North Africaregion, after Saudi Arabia. Any seasoned MiddleEastern renewable energy stakeholder would beforgiven for treating target announcements withsome skepticism. However, recent developmentssuggest there is cause for excitement.On 20 October, 2014, the Egyptian government

issued a request for qualification to participate inthe initial procurement round of its freshly issuedfeed-in tariff program for renewable energy. Thedeadline to submit qualification requests was 26November, 2014. The Egyptian ElectricityTransmission Company, Egypt’s renewable energyprocurement arm, is reported to have received 177submissions. In the first week of January 2015,Egypt surprised market participants by releasing itsshortlist of 110 qualified applicants.Since the release of the shortlist, the Egyptian

government has made it abundantly clear to allstakeholders that it wants to move fast with theroll-out of its feed-in tariff programme.For many years, Egypt has faced a major

challenge in providing enough electricity to itscitizens. Power blackouts, a daily occurrence formany Egyptians, stand out as one of the mostexplosive socio-political issues in the Arab world’smost populous country; they were a key factor inthe deepening discontent with PresidentMohamed Morsi, who faced mass protests beforeAbdel Fattah al-Sisi, then army chief, ousted him in 2013.In early September 2014, the country

experienced one of its most severe blackouts indecades. The outages knocked TV stations off theair and halted parts of the Cairo subway, a majorembarrassment for a government that sought toprovide stability after protracted turmoil. Asofficials struggled to address the public outcry,President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi addressed thecountry in a candid television address saying thatpower blackouts were the result of years ofunderinvestment. Tackling blackouts stands as a key government priority; however, there is noimmediate solution, he said. The President said thecountry needs to add 12,000 MW to its grid overthe next five years at a capital cost of aroundUS$12 billion.Oil and natural gas currently contribute 95 per

cent of the total energy resources needed togenerate electricity in Egypt. However, accordingto the Egyptian energy strategy for 2030, togetherwith its update until 2035, Egypt is expected tobecome a net importer of oil and natural gasbetween 2030 and 2040.As the cash-strapped country strives to meet

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other pressing challenges such as water treatmentand education needs, reducing dependence on oiland natural gas via energy-source diversification isviewed as critical.Egyptian authorities see the procurement of

solar photovoltaic and wind facilities as aneffective way to deploy additional powergeneration capacity rapidly (conventional facilitiestake considerably more time to bring on line) andto reach their diversification goal.The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company

or distribution companies (depending on projectsizes) are committed to purchase the electricityproduced from renewable energy facilities viapower purchase agreements lasting 25 years forphotovoltaic facilities and 20 years for windfacilities, at the last prices announced by theCabinet of Ministers.

Grid connection downpayment

Each developer is responsible for its share of gridinterconnection costs. Government briefings andrecent feedback from developers indicate thatinterconnection costs will be split amongdevelopers sharing the same substation.Each qualified bidder will be required to make

a grid connection downpayment. In early February,qualified bidders were officially notified of thedownpayment amount. Government sources haveconfirmed that this downpayment can only bemade through the provision of a cheque or cash.

PPA and government guarantee

Government briefings indicate that draft projectdocumentation (including the power purchaseagreement and usufruct agreement) have beenprepared. Developers and financiers are expectingthese documents to be broadly consistent withEgypt’s IPP template.Egypt’s IPP template originates from the Sidi Krir

IPP (a 682.5 MW gas-fired steam power plantinitially developed by InterGen that went intocommercial operation in late 2001), the Port SaidIPP (a 683 MW gas-fired power plant initiallydeveloped by EDF that commenced commercial

operation in 2003) and the Gulf of Suez IPP (a 683MW gas-fired power plant initially developed byEDF that reached commercial operation in 2003).This precedent has since been further developed inconnection with the Dairut IPP and other projectssuch as the Gulf of Suez wind IPP.The power purchase agreement tariff for large-

scale projects will be denominated in US dollars,but be payable in Egyptian pounds. This issignificant given that the Egyptian pound has notbeen pegged to the US dollar since 2003. Fifteenper cent of each invoice amount will be convertedat a fixed rate of 7.15 Egyptian pounds to dollars,and the remaining 85 per cent will be converted atthe prevailing rate. This means that the Egyptiangovernment will more or less assume exchangerisk. An important question for financiers of theseprojects will be the extent to which thegovernment will also assume the risk that Egyptianpounds can actually be converted to US dollars.Depending on the extent to which the Egyptiangovernment assumes convertibility risk, thepreferred creditor status of multilaterals in thefinancings of these projects could prove to be critical.Projects with a capacity above 500 KW will

benefit from a government guarantee issued bythe Ministry of Finance.

Regional perspective

To put Egypt’s feed-in tariff values into perspective,the Jordanian feed-in tariff stood at approximatelyUS17c for solar photovoltaic facilities and US12c forwind facilities: more generous than the Egyptian regime.Jordan was the first country in the Middle East

and North Africa region to implement a feed-intariff. The incentive scheme is viewed by many asthe most important factor in kick-starting Jordan’srenewable energy programme, which arguablybecame a regional template. Jordan is the firstcountry in the region to have successfully bankedboth wind and solar projects on an independentpower producer basis.However, the Jordanian feed-in tariff had limited

application. It applied only to the first round of

renewable energy procurements. This included 12 solar photovoltaic projects. Also, all solarphotovoltaic projects procured under Jordan’s firstrenewable energy procurement round were subjectto an electricity production cap.However, as Jordan moved on to its second

renewable energy procurement round, it dispensedwith the feed-in tariff model, opting instead for a ceiling-tariff model. This model prohibitsdevelopers from bidding over a certain tariff andincentivises bidders to tender the lowest possible tariff. The ceiling tariff is currently set at US14c for solar

photovoltaic facilities and US11c for wind facilities,very close to where Egypt has set its tariff.In late 2014, the local utility in Dubai, the Dubai

Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA), tendered a 100 MW solar photovoltaic independent powerproject, the largest privately-financed solarphotovoltaic project to be tendered in the region. On January 15, 2015, DEWA announced the

appointment of ACWA Power as preferred bidderand said that it had accepted the Saudi developer’salternative bid to provide a facility with a capacity of200 megawatts (on an alternating current basis) witha startling tariff of US5.84869c per kilowatt hourover 25 years, the lowest tariff ever witnessedanywhere in the world for a privately-financed solarphotovoltaic project. It will be interesting to seewhether this project sets a regional pricingbenchmark for solar photovoltaic projects or isviewed by the market as an extraordinary resultdriven by intense competition and an IPP modelthat provides for significant government support.Time will tell how Egypt fine tunes its renewable

energy procurement policy. In the meantime, asEgypt gets back on its feet after several years ofunrest, investors from all over the world are flockingin to get a foothold in what is fast becoming a renewable energy hotspot.

● This is an edited version of an article by RichardKeenan and Marc Norman, of Chadbourne in Dubai,and Ahmed El Sharkawy, Mohamed Nabil andAhmad Farghal, with the Sharkawy & Sarhan lawfirm in Cairo. Richard Keenan will be one of thespeakers at the Egypt Energy Forum.Im

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California-based firm GantnerInstruments will be displaying itsintelligent data logger, suitable forcomplete monitoring of solar farms inutility grade sizes, at this year’s WorldFuture Energy Summit.With monitoring including AC/DC

side, inverters, and climatemeteorological, the Q.reader isdesigned to acquire 8 analog voltage,current, resistance, or Pt100/Pt1000signals, with additional availability for14 digital input/output and a measuring rate of 10 Hz per channel.The company says that data access and

configuration can be done via EthernetTCP/IP or web access, with configurablelogging intervals of between 0.1s and 24hours and measurements that can belogged into either a 64 MB RAM or ontoa 2 GB SD card.

With a temperature Range of -20to +60°C, I/O expansion is alsopossible by adding any standard IOmodules onto the built-in RS485 businterface via Modbus-RTU. Data exchange between the

Q.reader and the superior controllevel can be realized via the openstandardized fieldbus Modbus IP –Gantner says this way, a SCADAintegration via OPCServer, forexample, can be done easily. Data transmission and archiving

are also possible with test.nodesoftware in combination withtest.viewer software for visualisation. Further various drivers and tools

for integration into third partysoftware are provided.

Stand 7127, Germany Pavilion


Intelligent solar energy data logging from Gantner Instruments

German energy company Gildemeisteris presenting its solar generation andstorage equipment at this year’ssummit, including its SunCarrier rangeof solar panel systems.Used in more than 3,225 installations

worldwide, the firm says the productrange is highly adaptable, offeringsomething for every PV requirementand increasing yield by up to 40 percent when compared to fixed systems.

The use of standard steel profilesalso makes the series an economicalalternative to other tracking systemson the market without compromisingquality, Gildemeister says.The newest model in the series,

the SunCarrier 22, is a robust, 22m²single-axis tracking system thatrequires very little space. Driven by an electrohydraulic

motor, and with a pivot axis on

a pitch of up to 20 degrees, its solarmodules align themselves to theposition of the sun with a rotationangle of +/- 45 degrees.Up to 11 moving wings can be

attached together to form onegroup, the company says, while themodel’s short installation time andlow height, at 4m are key features.

Stand 7145, German Pavilon

TVP Solar has announced theresults of a year-long producttest of it’s MT-Power panels.Tested in harsh desert

conditions in Sulaibiya, Kuwait,TVP said that the MT-Powerhigh-vacuum solar thermalpanels showed high efficiencyoperation despite dustaccumulation, even with nocleaning at all.The never-cleaned panel

showed an average efficiencyreduction of just 11 per cent,while the trimester-cleanedpanel, tested in parallel, showedan average efficiency reductionof just four per cent.Moreover, sporadic rainfall

and non-precision, “dry” brush-based cleaning also returnedMT-Power to nominal efficiency levels.TVP say the results prove that

the panels, which were leftalone and operatedcontinuously at 100°C, canfunction with no cleaning ormaintenance for long periods inchallenging environments.“TVP panels are truly suited to

perform in the harshenvironments of the Middle Eastand Gulf regions, where allother solar collectors fail due todust and sand,” said PieroAbbate, CEO of TVP Solar. “It iscrazy to use water to clean solarcollectors in these areas where itis such a scarce and expensiveresource!”

TVP Solar’slatest panelsthat need nocleaning

Suncarrier solar modules from Gildemeister Energy Solutions


Intelligent solar energy datalogging from Gantner Instruments

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A renewable future for the Middle East

The COP21 agreement in Paris signals agreat opportunity for the developmentof renewable energy in the Middle East.Along with the Islamic Declaration onClimate Change, the region could finallymove away from its dependence onfossil fuels. Vicente Lopez-Ibor Mayorpresents his analysis.The dramatic fall in oil prices has posed a rarechallenge to the Middle Eastern, culminating in a global oil price war and moving OPEC membersto slash profits to retain market share.But at a time when OPEC's hegemony over the

oil markets has been challenged, and will continueto be challenged as the world makes huge stridestowards renewables as part of the latest COP21agreement, let us not forget there is anotherabundant natural energy resource the Middle Eastpossesses – the sun.The abundance of sunlight (and therefore solar

power) offers Middle Eastern energy producers anopportunity to achieve first-move advantage in a market that appears to be the longer-term futureof energy. In light of instability in oil markets, theimportance of alternative renewable energies,particularly solar, has become all the morepronounced. The drop in oil prices has precipitatedan efficiency rush in energy production in allproducer nations. In the US, oil producers areleaving no stone unturned in the hunt to becomeas efficient and sustainable as possible.In Europe, there is a renewed push for renewable

energy and some countries like the UK are alsopursuing nuclear energy as a longer-term solution.In the Gulf, there are similar measures taking placeto become more efficient in a more competitiveenergy market, and increasingly, they are turningto solar to achieve it.

Domestic budgets

The Gulf states remain some of the biggest oilproducers in the world, and make up the biggestexporting members of OPEC, especially SaudiArabia. While some of these countries can affordto swallow current oil prices for now, they willnonetheless find it difficult to maintain theirdomestic budgets – all OPEC countries chose tocut prices in order to hold onto market share, thismeans slashing profit. Most of them are now facing domestic financial

trouble. The other, more serious concerns for these

major oil producers, is the increasing consumerdemand in their own countries. In past decades,the region has been able to sustain luxuryalongside completely inefficient energy policiesthrough government subsidies. But the entire energy outlook for the region is

changing rapidly.Rising populations, a growing middle class, industry

diversification and increasing consumerism has turneda number of countries in the Gulf region into majorenergy consumers. In Saudi Arabia, oil accounts forover 65 per cent of all electricity production, inKuwait it is 71 per cent, in Lebanon it is 94 per centand in Yemen it's an astonishing 100 per cent. Thisrepresents an energy policy that is inefficient and, inthe long run, unsustainable.Saudi Arabia is the biggest petroleum consumer

in the region, it is the world's second biggestconsumer of total primary energy, 60 per cent ofwhich is petroleum-based. But most importantly, itpaints a distressing future for the region’s oilexport industry. If consumer demand continues to grow, it will

eventually result in downward pressure on oilexports and could start affecting subsidies.Without a robust and efficient energy balance inthe region, it will inevitably lead to these producernations becoming less profitable with a weakerexport outlook.

The Islamic Declaration on Climate Change

In July 2015, the Islamic Declaration on ClimateChange was issued by Muslim scholars from 20countries and this has the potential to be a gamechanger for Middle East countries in relation tosustainable energy policy. The declarationacknowledges the role of humans in climatechange, the risks faced by disadvantagedcommunities, the importance of acknowledgingthe conclusions of leading climate scientists, andthe need for a proactive approach.The declaration may help give both moral and

economic impetus to policymakers in Middle Eastand other countries in the Islamic world when itcomes to creating regulations, legislation andsetting targets in response to the issue of climatechange among some of the world’s biggest fossilfuel producing nations. As well as the compellingmoral arguments for mitigating climate change, asoutlined by the religious scholars, the economicargument is strong. Large swathes of the Islamicworld are well placed to harness the benefits ofsolar power in particular, which is becomingincreasingly more affordable for investors in boththe public and private sectors.As well as being a motivating factor for the more

developed countries of the Middle East to makemore progress with renewable energy, other partsof the Islamic world, such as Pakistan, have seriousproblems with energy supply, and the move torenewables may benefit them. A move towardsclean, off-grid energy sources, such as solar andwind power, could offer a practical, effective andaffordable alternative to fossil fuel-based energy.

Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, made some interestingobservations on the possibility of developingcountries making technological advances in solarstorage capacity. He said that off-grid communities in developing

countries may “leapfrog” the need for a centralised energy grid infrastructure, similar tohow mobile phones have helped communities inthese countries leapfrog the need for landlinestelecoms infrastructure.

The long-term international dynamic

With competitors in the oil market like Russia, Iranand the North American shale, this is a long-termdynamic that will undermine Middle East's globalenergy dominance.However, the possibilities associated with

harnessing Middle Eastern solar energy could be a game-changer. Solar is becoming much cheaperto invest in, and now has an established and everimproving infrastructure. Substantial investment insolar will act as a shield for the region's morevalued commodity; oil. Saudi Arabia alone forexample, could have made US$43.8 billion inadditional oil revenue in 2013 were it not for itsspiralling domestic consumption. The recent COP21 agreement does offer this

region a way out, although slashing fossil subsidieswere not discussed, the landmark agreement is setto have a dramatic effect on the renewable energyindustry, making it grow significantly in upcoming years.A robust renewables portfolio in the region

would act as a massive stimulus to the country'sfinances as it would remove the need for fossilsubsidies. Earlier this year, Saudi Aramco, the stateoil company, announced it would be making solarenergy investments across the country in anattempt to diversify the country's energy supplies.

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Developers and researchers at Qatar SolarEnergy are working hard to createinnovative solutions for the region




It is also expected to conserve the country's oilresources primarily for export.It has been a slow process but is nonetheless an

important one for the future of the solar energysector. One of the biggest success variables forany solar energy project is not just investment, butlocation. The Middle East's solar industry is one ofthe most economically sustainable and acts as thebest conserver of the region's oil resources.

Investment opportunities

It is also a very strong investment opportunity forthose looking to invest in a sustainable, long-termenergy sector with a ready market and significantlylower start-up costs than depleting energyexploration. What's more, the COP21 agreement isset to allocate a considerable amount of resourcesto renewable capacity building in developingcountries, this will significantly raise investmentopportunity in the solar industry of developingregions such as the GCC.But these new developments would also have

another important advantage for the Middle East;a cleaner environment. The use of petroleum forelectricity generation has made the Middle East'sair quality one of the poorest in the world. Twenty-nine of the world's most polluted cities are in theMENA region.Recent energy challenges could have very costly

consequences for the region if left unaddressed,but they could also reap huge rewards if met withrobust energy reforms and additional investment inalternative energies, especially solar. And there are positive signs for the region. Saudi

Arabia alone has announced a US$109 billioninvestment plan to generate a third of itselectricity. Qatar has also made solar energyagreements with major renewable energy

companies as part of its commitments to the Solar GCC alliance.

How these measures materialise over the nextdecade or so remains to be seen, but there is roomfor optimism. What's more, the Middle East'sunrivalled solar potential means that theoretically,

it can become more than just a world leader infossil fuel production, it can become a worldleader in renewable energy production as well.

● Vicente Lopez-Ibor Mayor is Chairman ofLightsource Renewables Ltd.

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Green bonds making an impact around the world

Green bond investments are making a difference in communities in terms ofreducing CO2 emissions and boosting economies.Climate-friendly investments in emerging markets canplay a significant role in moving communities to low-carbon economies as well as being instrumental infighting poverty. The International FinancialCorporation (IFC) has been involved in multipleclimate-friendly investments and IFC Principal,Christopher M. Cantelmi, is a speaker at the WorldFuture Energy Summit.IFC has been involved in a range of green bond

investments in countries as diverse as Costa Rica,Chile, Jordan, Brazil, Albania, Russia and India. Hereare some case studies.

Costa RicaIn Costa Rica, IFC has loaned US$100 million toReventazon HPP, a project to construct and operate a hydropower generation plant in the Reventazonriver basin, the largest hydropower project in CostaRica and Central America. Operations are slated tocommence in 2016 and it will bring energy to one ofthe poorest regions in the country. The impact of this development will be to provide

vital infrastructure for economic growth while helpingto meet the region’s growing energy needs.

ChileIFC has invested in multiple projects in Chile, with a total value of US$280.3 million. The Alto Maipohydropower plants consist of two hydropowerfacilities 50km south-east of Santiago, the Chileancapital and load centre of the country’s power grid.La Huayca II is the expansion of La Huayca, the first

merchant solar photovoltaic plant in northern Chile.This is part of a plan to open up the market for fastdevelopment of solar energy in Chile, demonstratethe viability of financing a solar merchant with nofeed-in tariffs, and decrease greenhouse gasemissions.In Chile’s Atacama desert, SunEdison CAP has been

building a solar power plant, with work commencingin August 2013. IFC has provided a loan of US$65million for the project, which is expected to be thelargest solar plant in Latin America. SunEdison Mer, the company’s San Andreas facility

has also benefited from an IFC loan. This is Chile’sfirst merchant solar plant that sells all its production inthe spot market and it is also located in the Atacama desert.

AlbaniaIFC’s debt package for Albania is financing Kurum’sacquisition and rehabilitation of four privatisedhydroelectric plants, with a loan value of US$44.91million. This will facilitate the move towards thecreation of a regional energy market in south-easternEurope, attract new players to the Albanian market,lower the electricity purchase costs, and secure a reliable and environmentally friendly source of electricity.

BrazilKlabin SA is a pulp production facility with associatedforest plantations and a biomass cogeneration system

with surplus power expected to be sold to theelectric grid. The project is expected to employ morethan 5,000 workers during construction and, followingthe start of operations, around 1,000 employees inthe pulp mill and forestry operations. IFC hascommitted a loan of US$100 million for the project.

JordanIFC’s debt package for Jordan’s Tafila Wind Farmtotals US$220.09 million worth of investment. TheTafila project is Jordan’s first wind farm and it will bethe first private wind farm to reach financial close inthe MENA region outside of Morocco. The projectwill provide clean energy for domestic consumptionat prices 25 per cent lower than current wholesaleelectricity prices. It is expected to form a template forother renewable energy projects in Jordan.

RussiaIFC is providing Transcapitalbank with a five-year US$50 million loan which will help the Russian bankexpand access to finance for small and mediumenterprises (SME). Half of this investment is aimed atclimate-related projects with the aim of improvingenergy efficiency. As well as the five-year loan, IFC is

mobilising a €20 million (US$21.8 million) loan fromInternational Investment Bank, which is earmarked forenergy-efficient SME projects. As well aschampioning energy efficiency, these investments areaimed at creating more opportunities for women inbusiness.

IndiaACME Solar has received a loan from IFC worthUS$12.03 million for a comprehensive solar energyproject. It is a multi-level engagement andpartnership with ACME Solar to develop and operatemultiple solar generation assets in India. The firsttranche has been disbursed for a 25 MW grid-connected solar photovoltaic power plant in the stateof Madhya Pradesh.The investment is aimed at increasing power

generation to bridge India’s power supply-demandgap, promote climate change mitigation bysupporting renewable energy and reducinggreenhouse gas emissions and generate employmentduring project implementation and operation.

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Company Name Hall No. Stand No.

ABB 5 5450

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) 5 5450

Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ADCCI) Atrium A110

Advanced Electronics Company Atrium A300

AE Alternative Energy GmbH 5 5100

Airon Green Energy Turbines 7 7200

Almaden Mena FZE 7 7355

Alumil Middle East 8 8145

AMA Technology GmbH 7 7411

Aristotle University - Lab LTFN 7 7320

Atkins 5 5009

Back 2 Back FZE 7 7353

Bee'ah 5 5006

BP Exploration Operating Company Limited 7 7321

Burcev & Co 6 6210

BYD Lithium Battery Co., Ltd. 6 6110

Campbell Scientific, Inc. 7 7235

Canadian Solar Middle East Ltd 7 7301

Cesi Middle East 7 7507

Constructions Industrielles de la Mediterranee (CNIM) 7 7420

CON.IN.GRE.D. S.P.A 6 6232

Chint Power Systems (CPS) MENA 7 7451

C SUN 8 8254

Department of Municipal Affairs 7 7210

Department of Trade & Industry 7 7210

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) 6 6200

Diamond Developers 8 8154

DNV GL 5 5120

Dodsal Engineering and Construction PTE. Limited Atrium A410

Dolphin Energy Limited 6 6320

Ecoprogetti 6 6310

Ecovis Engineering Limited Atrium A200

Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR)

7 7210

Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (ESMA)

7 7412

Emirates Environmental Group 6 6411

Emirates Insolaire LLC 9 9160

Emirates LNG 8 8147

Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) 6 6103

Energie Handel Ost Jahn e.K. 6 6410

Energy Nest 5 5105

Enviromena Power Systems LLC 6 6101

Environment and Protected Areas Authority-Gov.of Sharjah (EPAA)

8 8166

Environment Friends Society 6 6430

First Solar Int. Middle East FZ LLC 7 7400

Fronius International GmbH 6 6222

Fortytwo Environmental Consultancy 6 6121

Ganges Internationale Pvt Ltd. 7 7118

Gantner Instruments GmbH 8 8003

GCC Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) 6 6230

General Electric (GE) 7 7323

General Holding Company - SENAAT 4 4250

GeoModel Solar 5 5420

Gerab Energy Systems LLC 5 5110

Global Energy PVT LTD 7 7504

Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) 7 7506

Government of Fujairah 8 7716

Gulf Concreting Products FZE 4 4150

Greencells Group 5 5411

Handasa 9 9000

Hefei JNTECH New Energy Co., Ltd 6 6220

Heindl Energy GmbH 7 7119

Heriot-Watt 7 7210

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 7 7401

Hulk Energy Technology 7 7500

Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency (HIPA) 6 6330

ICSG Istanbul 2016 7 7210

Ideematec Deutschland GmbH 9 9003

International Community School 8 8314

ITP 7 7505

Jakson Engineers Limited 9 9400

Japan International Cooperation Center (JICE) 8 8361

Juwi Renewable Energies 7 7352

KACO new energy 9 9322

Krinner Schraubfundamente GmbH 7 7210

Kipp & Zonen 7 7200

Maghdeem 6 6120

Masdar Institute / Yfel / Masdar 6 6102

MAV YE L ENERJ 5 5009

MESIA - Middle East Solar 7 7370

Metalogalva 7 7502

Ministry of Energy 7 7716

Masen 8 8004

NEXTracker Atrium A100

Nuclear Expertise From France (AIFEN) 7 7240

Occidental Oil and Gas International LLC 7 7501

Peace Boat 5 5003

Plastica Alfa Srl Atrium A400

Platinum Sustainable Development Limited 7 7236

Premier Solar Technologies LLC 5 5004

REC Solar Solutions DMCC 4 4103

RITEK Corporation 7 7350

SAI Global 7 7330

Saudi Arabia Solar Industry Association (SASIA) 8 8360

Saudi Specialized Products Company (Wahaj) 6 6000

Schneider Electric 7 7430

Shell 7 7210

Siemens LLC 5 5410

SkyPower Global 5 5400

Solar Solutions 4 4462

Solarpraxis 7 7100

SolarWorld AG 7 7300

Suntab Solar Energy LLC 7 7210

Sunpathfinder 7 7440

SuperOx 7 7342

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Systems Sunlight SA 5 5009

Tabuchi Electric Co. LTD 5 5008

Tanweer 8 8260

The Environmental Centre for Arab Town (ECAT) 7 7340

Total 5 5009

TVP Solar 4 9005

UKC Electronics (H.K.) Co., Ltd. Hsinchu Branch Atrium A210

UL - Underwriters Laboratories 7 7343

UNIVERSAL ECOLOGY CO., LTD. (Gridcom Japan) 7 7508

West Gate Co., LLC 8 8008

WNE - World Nuclear Exhibition 8 8264

Zee One FZCO (Z One Holding) 6 6223

Belgium PavilionFlanders Investment & Trade 8 8005

Vlaams Kenniscentrum Water Vzw 8 8005

VITO 8 8005

Denmark PavilionDanish Export Association 8 8170

Babcock & Wilcox Vølund A/S 8 8170

Act Now 8 8170

Grundfos 8 8170

Cebra Architects 8 8170

Rootzone 8 8170

HeSaLight A/S 8 8170

China PavilionAsia Resource Expo Ltd. 8 China

Pavilion

Anhui Daheng Energy Technology Co.,Ltd 8 8001

Beijing Epsolar Technology Co., Ltd. 8 8423

Chinaland Solar Energy Co.,Ltd 8 8320

CSG PVTech Co., Ltd. 8 8007

East Group Co., Ltd. 8 8322

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd 8 8222

Jinko Solar Co.,Ltd 8 8220

Mibet (xiamen) New Energy Co., Ltd 8 8332

Ningbo Fullstar Electric Co.,Ltd 8 8232

Qingdao Jiaoyang Lamping Cc., Ltd. 8 8420

Qinhuangdao Safety-contact Electrical Co., LTD. 8 8422

QS Solar 8 8230

Ulica Solar 8 8421

YanTai Haoyang Machinery Co.,Ltd 8 8000

Yingli Green Energy Holding Co.,Ltd 8 8120

Zhejiang BLD Solar Technology Co.,Ltd. 8 8122

Jiangsu High Hope Convention & Exhibition Corp. 8 China Pavilion

Huafu High Technology Energy Storage Co.,LTD 8 8311

Jiangsu Aiduo Photovoltaic Technology Co.,Ltd 8 8310

Zhongli Talesun Solar Co., Ltd. 8 8130

Sunrise Solartech Co.,Ltd 8 8330

Westech New Energy Wuxi Co., Ltd. 8 8313

Trina Solar Limited 8 8210

Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd 8 8110

France PavilionBusiness France 8 8503

Aria Technologies 8 8204

Arts Energy 8 8103

Atoll Energy 8 8301

Bladetips 8 8206

Club Ademe International 8 8503

Dak Indutries 8 8205

Daxium OI 8 8203

Ecoplage 8 8300

EDF 8 8400

Enekio 8 8501

Engie 8 8410

Environnement SA 8 8200

Exosun 8 8101

Groupe Fages 8 8207

Infi Group 8 8500

ISEO- Environnement SA 8 8202

KIS (Photolight) 8 8100

Lohr Industrie 8 8105

Nexa 8 8201

Optimum Tracker 8 8104

Solveo Energie 8 8102

Sunna Design 8 8103

Teranov 8 8502

Veolia 8 8302

Germany PavilionAXITEC Energy GmbH & Co. KG 7 7154

BAE Batterien GmbH 7 7162

Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue "Green Sofa" 7 7120

CleanTech Business Park c/o Bezirksamt Marzahn-Hellersdorf

7 7124

decon international GmbH 7 7160

Expotec 7 7120

Expotec / BMWI 7 7120

Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE 7 7163

Freiburg Wirtschaft Touristik und Messe GmbH & Co. KG

7 7125

Ge:Net GmbH 7 7126

GILDEMEISTER energy solutions GmbH 7 7145

GOPA International Energy Consultants GmbH - UAE 7 7140

Green Energy 3000 Holding GmbH 7 7130

Gustav Klein GmbH & Co KG 7 7144

Heliocentris Energy FZE 7 7143

KBB Kollektorbau GmbH 7 7127

Kraftanlagen München GmbH 7 7123

M+W Group 7 7161

Meteocontrol GmbH Energy & Weather Services 7 7131

Mounting Systems GmbH 7 7150

Renewables Academy (RENAC) 7 7121

Renusol GmbH 7 7142

SCHMID Energy Systems GmbH 7 7134

SMA Solar Technology AG 7 7151

Suntrace GmbH 7 7135


VDMA Photovoltaic Equipment 7 7122

India PavilionGoodluck Steel Tubes Ltd 7 7410

Gustav Hensel GmbH & Co. KG 8 8002

Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam 9 9001

Sgurr Energy India Private Limited 7 7260

Italy PavilionConveco SRL 8 8251

FIB Srl 8 8251

Japan PavilionCosmo Oil Co., Ltd 9 9200

Hioki E.E. Corporation 9 9113

Hitachi, Ltd., Middle East Branch 9 9100

Hitachi Zosen Corporation 9 9110

Inpex Group Jodco 9 9203

Mitsui & Co., Middle East Ltd. Abu Dhabi 9 9112

NGK Insulators, Ltd. 9 9300

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. 9 9201

The Energy Conservation Center, Japan 8 8280

Dentsu 8 Japan Pavilion

Toshiba Corporation 8 8380

Toshiba Electric (TMEIC) 9 9210

Korea PavilionKorea Energy Agency(KEA) 9 9124

DAEYEONG METAL 9 9120

INTEGRA GLOBAL Co.,Ltd. 9 9126

JSPV Co.,Ltd 9 9125

REPOWERTECK INC. 9 9128

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. 9 9130

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction 9 9130

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. 9 9130

Kepco NF 9 9130

KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering 9 9130

Kepco ENC 9 9130

Samsung C&T Corporation 9 9130

Netherlands PavilionFME / Cleantech Holland 8 8175

SOLARTECHNO EUROPE B.V. 8 8175

Royal Haskoning DHV 8 8175

Switzerland PavilionCLA-VAL Europe SARL 7 7230/7220

CleantechAlps 7 7230/7220

Energy8 7 7230/7220

Energy Depot GmbH 7 7230/7220

Hydros Foundation 7 7230/7220

Imeth AG 7 7230/7220

Multi-Contact AG 7 7230/7220

NEWGENS SA 7 7230/7220

Switzerland Global Enterprise (S-GE) 7 7230/7220

T-LINK MANAGEMENT AG 7 7230/7220

USA PavilionTrilliant 7 7250

Lockheed Martin 5 5001

Microton Technology 7 7110

Solar VillageEnova Facilities Management Services LLC 7 SV03

KAUST - New Energy Oasis (NEO) 7 SV01

RAK- Research & Innovation Center 7 SV02

PROINSO 7 SV10

Sustainable TransportAl Masaood Automobiles 11 11120

Department of Transport (DOT) 11 11130

DEWA 11 11110

Emirates Motor Company 11 11250

Microton Technology 11 11230

Park Plus Middle East 11 11220

Company Name Stand No.

SPONSORSAbu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) Principal Sponsor

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) Associate Sponsor

Exxon Al Khalij Inc. Diamons Sponsor

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) Efficiency Sponsor

Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ADCCI) Strategic Sponsor

ALJ Global Energy DMCC Platinum Sponsor

Department of Municipal Affairs Platinum Sponsor

Diamond Developers Platinum Sponsor

Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) Platinum Sponsor

TOTAL Platinum Sponsor

SHELL Gold Sponsor

Etihad Rail Gold Sponsor

Hanergy Holding Group WFES Solar Sponsor

SkyPower Global Lanyards Sponsor

Atkins Conference Silver Sponsor

Chadbourne & Parke Conference Silver Sponsor

National Bank of Abu Dhabi Finance Session Sponsor

ERICSSON Co-Sponsor

CH2M Co-Sponsor

Dubai Science Park Conference Event Pad Sponsor

General Electric (GE) Egypt Energy Forum Coffee Break Area

Sponsor

ET Solar Wifi Sponsor

Dentsu Tec Inc. Sponsor

JUA (UK) Ltd. Sponsor

Department of Transport (DOT) Sponsor

Orascom Sponsor

Media PartnersAbu Dhabi Environment Media Partner

AEC Online Media Partner


Agenda SRL - Watergas Media Partner

Al Iktisaad Media Partner

Alternative Energy Africa Magazine Media Partner

Amwal Magazine - Eurabia Media Corp. Media Partner

Arabian Business Media Partner

Asia Green Buildings Media Partner

Asian Buildings Media Partner

BEDigest Media Partner

BioEnergy Consult Media Partner

Bloomberg Businessweek ME Stand No. 8253

CEO ME Media Partner

Clean Energy Business Counsil (CEBC) Stand No.8140

CNBC CC401

CNBC Arabia Media Partner

Construction Week Media Partner

CPI - Climate Control ME & Infrastructure ME Stand No.8362

CyprusGasNews Media Partner

CyprusShippingNews Media Partner

EcoMENA Media Partner

Emirates Green Business Council Stand No.8272

Emirates Tourism Magazine Stand No.8366

Energy Enterprising Magazine Media Partner

Energy Trend Media Partner

Euroasia Industry Media Partner

Eye of Riyadh Media Partner

Forbes Middle East Stand No.8363

Gulfoilandgas.com Media Partner

IData Insights Media Partner

Independent Power Producers - IPPF Stand No. 8270

Innovators Scotland Media Partner

Mediaquest Stand No.8255

Middle East Facility Mangement - MEFMA Media Partner

Nationshield Media Partner

Neopromo - Capital Business Stand No.8252

Oil & Gas Directory Middle East Media Partner

Oil & Gas ME Media Partner

Oil and Gas Directory Media Partner

Oil Review ME Media Partner

OMANEXPO Media Partner

Oxford Buiness Group Stand No.8144

Oxford Business Group Media Partner

PHOTON International – The Solar Power Magazine Media Partner

PV Magazine Media Partner

PV-Tech Media Partner

PVTech Power Media Partner

Revolve media Media Partner

Saudi Arabia Solar Industry Association (SASIA) Stand No.7230

Shawati Magazine Media Partner

Shawati Magazine Media Partner

Sky News Arabia Media Partner

SNEC PV Power Expo Media Partner

Society of Engineers Media Partner

Society Of Engineers Media Partner

Solar International Media Partner

Solar International Media Partner

Solar Media Media Partner

Sun and Wind Energy Media Partner

Technical Review ME Media Partner

The Emirates Tourism Magazine Media Partner

The European Magazine Media Partner

The Exhibitor TV Network Media Partner

The Oil & Gas Magazine Media Partner

The Oil & Gas Year Media Partner

Utilities ME Media Partner

World Centre Kuwait Media Partner

World Construction Today Media Partner

World Energy TV Media Partner

Worldoils Media Partner

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Abu Dhabi Ports 4 4230

Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company 4 4210

Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority 4 4100

Ak-Kim Kimya Sanayi ve Tic. A.S. 4 3102

Al Wasail Industrial Company 3 3000

Avita Biomodulare Teichsysteme Gmbh 3 3200

Beeldstroo Consultancy 3 3204

BMC Gulf Trading LLC 4 4000

Deltares 3 3003

DENTSU INC. 3 3312

DG TAKANO Co., Ltd. 3 3311

Emirates Tech 4 4220

Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi 4 4130

Faggiolati Pumps SPA 3 3421

Federal Electricity & Water Authority 4 4450

Food Security Center Abu Dhabi 4 4410

Guangzhou Chemical Import & Export Co. Ltd. 3 3104

Heng Long Electric Co., Ltd. 3 3203

Hepworth 4 4101

Inter Act Smart Solutions 3 3007

Jinluo Water Co. Ltd 4 4221

Longkou Chengfeng Zhiyuan Technology Co. Ltd 3 3103

Membrana – 3M Membranes Business Unit 3 3322

Mega Civic Srl 3 3420

Ministry of Environment and Water 3 3110

Nanotera Group 4 4120

Punjab Saaf Pani Company 3 3201

Regulation and Supervision Bureau 4 4331

Saline Water Conversion Corporation 4 4332

SEAS Falcon Trading LLC 3 3230

Suez 4 4330

The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited 3 3002

Turan Makina Plastik Boru Sistemleri A.S. 3 3321

UVGERMI 3 3220

Waterleau 3 3001

WEHRLE Umwelt Gmbh 3 3447

Xylem Water Solutions Middle East Region FZCO 3 3330

Denmark PavilionDanish Water Technology Group 3 Denmark Pavilion

Mycometer 3 Denmark Pavilion

Hexa-Cover 3 Denmark Pavilion

Kamstrup 3 Denmark Pavilion

Rambøll 3 Denmark Pavilion

France PavilionBusiness France/ Club Ademe International/ Vivapolis 4 4327

Bio-UV 4 4322

Datalink Instruments Dtli 4 4320

Dosatron 4 4325

Mascara 4 4328

Odyssee Environnement 4 4323

Orelis Environnement 4 4321

POLE EAU- France WATER TEAM 4 4322

HYDROVIDE-HYDROVIDEO GROUP 4 4324

TMW 4 4326

Switzerland PavilionCLA-VAL EUROPE SARL 7 Switzerland Pavilion

Cleantech Switzerland 7 Switzerland Pavilion

CleantechAlps 7 Switzerland Pavilion

Energy8 7 Switzerland Pavilion

Imeth 7 Switzerland Pavilion

T-LINK 7 Switzerland Pavilion

UK PavilionBritish Water 4 UK Pavilion

Aquamatix Ltd 4 4312

Bluewater Bio Ltd. 4 4312

BYRNE LOOBY 4 4312

CatalySystems Ltd 4 4312

ERG (Air Pollution Control) Ltd 4 4312

METASPHERE 4 4312

Savage Recycling Showers Ltd. 4 4310

VIP-Polymers Ltd 4 4311

Waterscan Ltd 4 4312

Ham Baker Adams Ltd. 4 4311

USA PavilionAndrew Kurth 3 3433

Bio-Microbics 3 3437

Ecomatrix 3 3434

Evoqua 3 3451

Niagara Conservation Corp 3 3430

Parkson Corporation 3 3431

Proco Products 3 3436

Trevi System 3 3450

Water Environment Federation 3 3432

THE INNOVATION PAVILION / Innovate@IWSAluline Grease Traps Ltd. 3 IP07

Calix Ltd 3 IP05

VWM Gmbh - Vienna Water Monitoring Solutions 3 IP01

Regionality DMCC /Drinkable Air UAE 3 IP08

Isle Utilities 3 IP06

Echologics 3 IP02

Wetox Limited 3 IP03

International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture 3 IP04

SEALEAU B.V. 3 IP11

Resolute Marine Energy, Inc. 3 IP10

ProAcqua Group 3 IP12

Ducane Australia Pty Ltd (Drainwave) 3 IP09

Masdar Institute 3

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Akar Landscaping Services and Agriculture / Orkin P.C 10 10435

Al Bariq Equipment 10 10222

Al Serkal Group 10 10130

Alphamed Abu Dhabi LLC 10 10434

Averda Waste Management LLC 10 10110

Bee'ah 10 10120

Bleu Line Group & Spray Team 10 10504

Bollegraaf Recycling Solutions 10 10140

Bridges Environmental Services Company LLC 10 10412

Cubic Art Pixels Co. 10 10310

Disan Hydraulic Machinery Industry & Trade Ltd. Co 10 10231

Dulsco LLC 10 10240

Eagle Environmental Services & Pest Control 10 10430

Egbert Taylor Group Ltd 10 10144

Emirates Environmental Technology LLC 10 10300

Environment Development Co. Ltd (EDCO) 10 10100

ES Limited 10 10242

Excel Industry Co. LLC 10 10134

Godswill 10 10332

Gorica Industries LLC 10 10501

GreenGood Eco-tech FZCO 10 10146

GRMC Pest Control 10 10505

JFE Engineering Corporation 10 10206

Kharafi National 10 10220

Khidmah LLC 10 10233

Lavajet Company 10 10010

Marimatic Oy 10 10330

Montalbano Recycling SRL 10 10331

Picson Construction Equipments Pvt. Ltd. 10 10500

Refuse Equipment Mfg. Co. 10 10422

Solutions Trading Company LLC 10 10420

Specialized Sports Equipments 10 10502

Steinmüller Babcock Environment GmbH 10 10230

TADWEER-The Center of Waste Management 10 10110

West Coast Saubermacher Environmental Services LLC 10 10410

Zone Waste Management and Recycling 10 10220

T-Link Management AG Ltd. 7 Switzerland Pavilion

CLA-VAL Europe SARL 7 Switzerland Pavilion

CleantechAlps 7 Switzerland Pavilion

Energy8 7 Switzerland Pavilion

Energy Depot GmbH 7 Switzerland Pavilion

Hydros Foundation 7 Switzerland Pavilion

Imeth AG 7 Switzerland Pavilion

Multi-Contact AG 7 Switzerland Pavilion

NEWGENS SA 7 Switzerland Pavilion

Switzerland Global Enterprise (S-GE) 7 Switzerland Pavilion


SPONSORSTADWEER-The Center of Waste Management Strategic Partner

Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ADCCI) Diamond Sponsor

DULSCO Sponsor

MEDIA PARTNERSAbu Dhabi Environment Stand No.10506

AEC Online Media Partner



BioEnergy Consult Media Partner

CNBC Arabia Media Partner

CPI - Infrastructure ME Media Partner

EcoMENA Media Partner


Neopromo - Capital Business Media Partner


Recycling Today Media Partner

Rimini Fiera (Ecomondo) Stand No.10431

Waste and Recycling Magazine Stand No.10414




SPONSORSAbu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority Strategic Sponsor

Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ADCCI) Diamond Sponsor

Ak-Kim Kimya Sanayi ve Tic. A.S. Bronze Sponsor

Media PartnersAEC Online Media Partner



Asian Water Media Partner

Desaldata Media Partner


Global Water Intelligence Media Partner

Neopromo - Capital Business Media Partner


The Water Network- AquaSPE AG Media Partner

Water Desalination Report Media Partner


CPH World Media s.a.r.l. Media Partner

Water Digest Media Partner

British Water Media Partner


Danish Water Technology Group Media Partner

Water Environment Federation Stand No. 3432

Everything About Water Stand No. 3302

Society of Engineers Stand No. 3202

Revolve Media Stand No. 3301



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ADNEC, ABU DHABI, UAEEGYPT ENERGY FORUM 2016

A DECADE OF FUTURE ENERGY OPPORTUNITIESCONFERENCE HALL A THURSDAY 21ST JANUARY

Dr. Mohamed El Sobkhi Executive Chairman New Renewable Energy Authority

Atter HannouraPublic Private Partnership Central UnitMinistry of Finance (Egypt)

Deb FrodlGlobal Executive Director, ecomanginationGE

Mohammed MohaisenPresident & CEOGE Gas Power Systems MENA

Business Development DirectorOrascom Construction

Richard KeenanPartnerChadbourne

Derek KirtonPartner – Project FinanceChadbourne

Mhairi Main GarciaDirectorClean Energy Business Council

Harry Boyd-CarpenterSenior Banker, Power & Energy UtilitiesEuropean Bank for Reconstruction & Development

Carmelo ScaloneExecutive VP Business DevelopmentEDF Energies Nouvelles

George PergamalisHead of Business Development–Africa Middle EastEnel Green Power

Michelle T. DaviesPartnerEversheds

Wael HamdyVice PresidentElsewedy Electric

Ahmed S. NadaVice President & Region ExecutiveFirst Solar

Muneer FeroziePPP, Privatization and Infrastructure Financial Advisory – MENAPIFC

Dalia Wahba

IFC

Maged K. MahmoudTechnical DirectorRCREEE

Emad GhalyCountry Division Lead Power Generation & Renewable Energy, Head of Wind Paul Van Son, Country Chairman, MENA & Turkey, RWE

Power MESiemens

Eng. Khaled Abu BakrChairman, TAQA Arabia & Chairman, Egyptian Gas Association

Hadi TahboubVice President/ Programs DirectorMESIA

Wael H. El-NasherPresident & CEOOneraSystems

Hany BeshrLead DeveloperFATE Consortium

Sherif El GabalyDirectorEnara Capital

Nancy A RiveraManaging Director – Structured FinanceOverseas Private Investment Corporation

Paolo MarinoDirectorPoyry Management Consulting

Tim ArmsbyPartnerEversheds

Donia El-MazghounyAttorneyShahid Law Firm


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09.00 CHAIRMAN’S WELCOME

09.10TRANSFORMATION THROUGH INFRASTRUCTUREOutlining the key successes of the reconstruction programme of the last 12 months

09.20

Developing and implementing renewable energy projects in Egypt Clarifying the latest market situation

Dr. Mohamed El Sobkhi, Executive Chairman, New Renewable Energy Authority

09.35

PresentationEgypt’s future energy mix – an investor’s perspective

Deb Frodl, Global Executive Director, ecomagination, GE

10.00

Panel sessionEgypt’s rapidly expanding clean energy opportunityThe projects opportunities connected to developing a sustainable and long-term energy supply

Moderator: MESIAWael Hamdy, Vice President, Elsewedy ElectricEmad Ghaly, Country Division Lead Power Generation & Renewable Energy, Head of Wind Power ME, Siemens Eng. Khaled Abu Bakr, Chairman, TAQA Arabia & Chairman, Egyptian Gas AssociationPaul Van Son, Country Chairman, MENA & Turkey, RWEMohammed Mohaisen, President & CEO, GE Gas Power Systems MENA

Business Development Director, Orascom Construction

10.40

Panel session

region’s most ambitious energy programme Specially tailored for project investors and developers, this session discusses a range of key challenges, from government guarantees to currency convertibility.

Moderator:Richard Keenan, Partner, Chadbourne

Harry Boyd-Carpenter, Senior Banker, Power & Energy Utilities, European Bank for Reconstruction & DevelopmentCarmelo Scalone, Executive VP Business Development, EDF Energies NouvellesGeorge Pergamalis, Head of Business Development–Africa Middle East, Enel Green Power Nancy A Rivera, Managing Director - Structured Finance, Overseas Private Investment Corporation Dalia Wahba, IFC

11.30

Panel session Creating a pro-investment environment Outlining the latest developments in Egypt’s investment regulatory framework

Moderator:Michelle T. Davies, Head of Clean Energy and Sustainability, EvershedsAtter Hannoura, Public Private Partnership Central Unit, Ministry of Finance (Egypt)Sherif El Gabaly, Director, Enara CapitalMhairi Main Garcia, Director, Clean Energy Business CouncilDonia El-Mazghouny, Attorney at Law, Shahid Law Firm

14.00

Panel sessionAn overview of the latest demand side management programmes and initiativestransport, industry, tourism and buildings.

Moderator:Hadi Tahboub, Vice President/ Programs Director, MESIA

15.10

PresentationWaste to energy sector in Egypt: an overview of the key projects and opportunities

Hany Beshr, Lead Developer, FATE Consortium

14.35

Panel sessionThe Developer perspective: what’s next in the evolution of the Egyptian solar and wind market

Moderator:Tim Armsby, Partner, EvershedsAhmed S. Nada, Vice President & Region Executive, First SolarPaolo Marino, Director, Poyry Management ConsultingWael H. El-Nasher, President & CEO, OneraSystemsMaged K. Mahmoud, Technical Director, RCREEE

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12.00PROJECT LAUNCHMasdar project launch

09.00 LUNCH

15.40 CLOSING REMARKS

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SPEAKER INSIGHTSFrank Werner

Director, World Environment Center(WEC) EuropeFrank Werner has led the World Environment Center(WEC) in Europe as a director since January 2008,helping companies to innovate and identifyopportunities through sustainable development.

His responsibilities include hosting the company’sEuropean platform for senior multinational executivesto share information and discuss practical solutionsfor corporate sustainability.

In his role, he supports the WEC’s sustainabilityteams in their efforts to develop sustainability goalsand implement their strategies, as well as findingbusiness solutions to various global challenges.

Werner also leads the Center’s capacity-buildingprojects that are implementing energy efficiency andcleaner production solutions, and improvingsustainability management at Small and MediumEnterprises (SMEs) in North Africa.

Prior to his responsibilities at the WEC, Wernerworked for five years as a senior advisor for globalfirms’ sustainability reporting, and earlier as a sustainability analyst, where he evaluated theenvironmental and social performance of various companies.

Werner graduated as a geographer from theUniversity of Heidelberg in Germany in 1996, wherehe also studied political science and public law.

During his higher education he spent a year inToronto, Canada, and worked as an associateresearcher on sustainable water management in Chile.

● Mr Werner will be speaking on the topic ofsustainability’s role in big business at 9:30am today.

Jean-Noël de Charentenay

Vice president of strategy and co-founder, ExosunJean-Noël de Charentenay is the vice president ofstrategy and co-founder of France-based solartechnology company Exosun.

A financial expert, de Charentenay comes from a background in the IT industry, where he created andheaded a French subsidiary of a European integrator,GTS GRAL, which specialised in IT architecture.

In 2007, along with current company presidentFrédéric Conchy and Dominique Rochier, he foundedExosun in Martillac, in the south-western Frenchdepartment of (Gironde).

The company, which now has dedicated offices infour different continents, specialises in solar trackingtechnology, like its patented dual-axis Exotrack® 2X,which was the first solar tracker ever deployed in France.

Charentenay says that, like all his co-workers, he isdriven by a common objective which is to reduce thecost of the solar kWh and to boost the performanceof ground-mounted solar plants, in order to makesolar a more efficient, profitable and ultimatelysuccessful method of power production.

The company has been expanding its internationalpresence and now has a presence in many countries,including the US, Chile, South Africa and Mexico.

In his position as vice president of strategy, he playsa major role in defining the company’s globalstrategy, as well as its international presence and alliances.

● Mr Charentenay will speak on the topic ofhybridisation and integration of solar technologies at11:00am today.

Ravi Seethapathy

Chairman & CEO, Biosirus and boardmember, Toronto Atmospheric FundRavi Seethapathy is the chairman and CEO ofCanadian energy efficient technology firm Biosirusand a board member at the Toronto AtmosphericFund. He has enjoyed a career stretching more than35 years in the field of electric utilities and powersystems, including 31 years at a leading Canadianutility company, where he managed leading portfoliosin R&D, innovation, smart grid projects, energystorage, renewable energy integration, and asset management.

The company’s philosophy is: “Weight loss isessential for good health, energy efficiency isessential for sustainability.”

Seethapathy is also an adjunct professor at theUniversity of Toronto in its energy systems group andsits on the boards of Smart Grid Canada and the IndiaSmart Grid Forum.

His education includes a B. Tech (Hons) in electricalpower from IIT, Kharagpur, India; an M. Eng. inelectrical power from the University of Toronto; andan MBA from the Schulich School of Business, York University.

Seethapathy has received numerous honours andcitations including the Queen Elizabeth DiamondJubilee Medal (2012), the Fellow Canadian Academyof Engineering (2012), the Hydro One President’sAward (2008) and the Honour Roll of the ShastriInstitute (2008).

He also counts Ryerson University, Nevaro CapitalCorp, Engineers Without Borders and the CanadianClub of Toronto among his numerous previouscorporate directorships.

● Mr Seethapathy will speak on the topic ofhybridisation and integration of solar technologies at11:00am today.

Thomas Altmann

Vice president and chief technologyofficer, ACWA Power UAEThomas Altmann is the vice president and chieftechnology officer (CTO) of Saudi power and waterfirm ACWA’s UAE branch.

With a degree in chemical engineering and twopatents, he also has a wealth of experience gainedover more than 20 years of working in power,renewable energy and desalination projects.

Altmann’s portfolio includes jobs for top rankingE&C and consulting companies, including Bechtel,Fluor and ILF, in technical as well as managerial positions.

Before joining ACWA he held the position ofexecutive vice president at ILF Consulting, with globalresponsibility for its energy and desalination business, and was also managing director of ILFBusiness Consult.

Prior to that he was a vice president at BechtelInternational, first in the water and later in the powerglobal business unit, based in the UK and USA.

Altmann also served as a director of theInternational Desalination Association (IDA) as well asthe European Desalination Society (EDS), and is a supervisory board member of Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII).

Furthermore, he served on the Research AdvisoryCouncil (RAC) of the Middle East DesalinationResearch Centre (MEDRC) in Oman and the advisoryboard of the Jeddah Water & Power Forum.

● Mr Altmann will speak on the topic of hybridisation and integration of solar technologies at11:00am today.


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DAY 3CONFERENCE HALL A - 21 JAN

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SUSTAINABILITY’S ROLE IN ‘BIG’ BUSINESS - SUPPLY CHAIN PERSPECTIVESModerator: Gus Schellekens, Partner, Ernst & YoungDr. Neil C. Hawkins, for Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S), The Dow Chemical CompanyFrank Werner, Director WEC Europe, World Environment Center (WEC)Raji Hattar, Aramex

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ENERGY EFFICIENCY: HYBRIDISATION AND INTEGRATION OF SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES Moderator:

ACWA PowerChristophe CORD’HOMME, Business & Products Development Director

(Environment Sector), CNIM Group Jean-Noël de Charentenay, VP Strategy and Co-founder, ExosunAbderrahim Jamrani, Technical Manager, MasenRavi Seethapathy, Chairman & CEO, Biosirus & Board Member, Toronto Atmospheric FundSatheesh, Selvakumar, Product Group Manager, Power and Water

Automation for Power Generation, ABB

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CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE UAE – CHARTING A WAY FORWARD AFTER PARIS COP21This session will highlight contemporary research that shows the vulnerability of the UAE to the impacts of climate change and identify what options are available to take positive action. Starting off with a review of the COP 21 outcomes.

Moderator:Tanzeed Alam, Climate & Energy Director, Emirates Wildlife Society–WWFWael Hmaidan, International Director, Climate Action NetworkTina Latif, Policy Adviser, Directorate of Energy and Climate Change, UAE Ministry of Foreign AffairsWilliam W. Dougherty, Coordinating Principal Investigator, AGEDI

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Strong MENA region focusfor EcoWaste 2016Meeting waste management challengesresponsibly in the MENA region will be at the top of the agenda for thisimportant event.

Exhibitors from across the MENA region and beyondwill be sharing best practice waste managementstrategies and technologies at the EcoWASTE eventas part of the 2016 World Future Energy Summit.

In 2015, the event was highly successful aftermaking a very positive debut at the 2014 summit.Highlights included revolutionary compost machinesthat convert organic waste into high-grade compostin just 24 hours and powerful hydraulic wastehandling machines for the responsible disposal ofscrap and timber.

Last year’s event attracted 50 local andinternational companies along with 2,000 buyers andspecialists from the waste management andrecycling sectors. This year, more than 4,5000 tradevisitors from the waste industry are expected toattend EcoWASTE.

There was also a meeting of GCC municipalities atthe 2015 event, with discussions centring onintegrated waste management, integrated pestcontrol management and production and marketingof recycled products throughout the region. Tadweer,Abu Dhabi’s waste management operation, set up anawareness pavilion for school and university students,as well as guided workshops for children to highlightthe importance of public hygiene, environmentalsafety, waste segregation and waste reduction atsource. EcoWASTE 2015 also included the Buyers’Program that hosted leading investors in the wastemanagement sector from across the GCC andfacilitated more than 150 meetings and agreementsfor potential business transactions.

Waste management strategies forthe MENA region

In the GCC region, waste generation has reached 63million tons per year, according to the World Bank’sreport, A Global Review of Solid WasteManagement. Strategies for sustainably andeffectively managing this challenge will be a focus atthis year’s event. This will include showcasingTadweer’s master plan for Abu Dhabi.

Experts at EcoWASTE will discuss new industrydevelopments that can transform waste into a valuable resource. As part of the annual AbuDhabi Sustainability Week hosted by Masdar,EcoWASTE, held in strategic partnership withTadweer, will exchange best-practice case studies,demonstrate new technologies, and shareinnovative solutions for the waste managementsector. The event will also offer a unique platformfor investment and partnership opportunities inwaste management and recycling.

Earlier this year, Tadweer announced a 25-yearwaste management master plan in which the emiratewill be divided into zones with specific recyclingcenters introduced according to the prevalent type ofwaste generated in the area. The aim is to redirect 75per cent of waste from landfills by 2021 throughvarious recycling and re-usage strategies.

H.E Eisa Saif Al Qubaisi, General Manager ofTadweer, said, “EcoWASTE 2015 provided Tadweerwith an opportunity to exchange best practices,source the latest technologies, and network withindustry leaders and experts. The expected growth ofthe event this year makes the exhibition an idealplatform to showcase and reveal details of the masterplan for Abu Dhabi seeing as our visions can only beachieved with the full support of the community.”

The exhibition is offering insights on new methodsof reusing, reducing, and recycling waste whilemaintaining a sustainable environment in an effort tohelp strengthen solid waste management efficiency,spread awareness among communities to improve thequality of life enjoyed and expected, and addressregulatory mandates.

The second Municipalities Roundtable, a success atthe 2015 event, has been expanded for 2016 toinclude representatives from countries across theMENA region, including Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon,Kuwait, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. The previousMunicipalities Roundtable brought together topdecision makers from GCC local authorities toaddress the waste management challenges faced inthe region, making a tangible difference to cross-border co-operation.

New focus on pest control and publichealth for 2016

The Pest Control and Public Health Conference,arranged for the first time during the third edition ofEcoWASTE, aims to address plans to reduce thenegative impacts of pest control with a sustainableand environmentally cautious approach.

Illegal pesticide substances and unauthorised pestcontrol companies have proven to be harmful for theenvironment, and have been responsible for a number of deaths and serious illnesses in UAE overthe past few years.

Tadweer, the Centre of Waste Management, AbuDhabi, has revealed four new pest control projects tobe implemented across the capital, Al Ain and theWestern region, which will be addressed, togetherwith other safe and eco-friendly initiatives, during thededicated conference.

“A lack of awareness of safe pest control methodshas a negative impact on the environment, as well asthe health of UAE residents, making it a main priorityfor Tadweer,” said HE Eisa Saif Al Qubaisi, GeneralManager of Tadweer.

“The main objective of the Pest Control and PublicHealth Conference is to discuss ways in which harmfulpests can be eliminated to reduce diseases such asmalaria in the region, through the adoption ofeffective, low-toxicity, and eco-friendly pesticides,”added Eng. Mohammed Al Marzouqi, Pest ControlProject Director at Tadweer.

Global experts and leaders in the pest controlindustry from Australia, Spain, USA and the MiddleEast, including the UAE, are expected to discuss thelatest industry trends, and highlight healthieralternatives to pest control procedures. Otherimportant topics to be discussed include the use ofenvironmentally-friendly and low-toxicity substances,safe handling of pesticides, biological pest controlthrough adopting Integrated Pest Management (IPM)programmes, and efforts made in the UAE toward theeradication of malaria, in collaboration with theMinistry of Health.

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Ahmed Nada, Vice Presidentand Region Executive, First SolarWhat have been the highlights of yourtime so far with First Solar?

Having joined First Solar in 2013, I have beenprivileged to be part of some of the most excitingtimes in the company’s history, particularly here inthe Middle East. Starting in 2013, we successfullydelivered the first, 13 MW/DC, phase of theMohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park inDubai. Following the completion of that project, wereally hit our stride in the Middle East, and 2015 wasa particularly good year.

We are proud to have helped establish a newglobal benchmark for cost-competitive solar energywhen we were selected by the consortium, led byACWA Power and TSK, to supply our highperformance modules to power the landmark 200MWAC second phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai, the UnitedArab Emirates.

It was last year that we broke ground on the 52.5MWAC Shams Ma’an PV power plant in Jordan, whichwe are currently constructing. Additionally, webecome fully engaged as both, a developer andtechnology provider to other successful developers,in Egypt’s solar energy Feed-in-Tariff (FiT)programme. In fact, with all these successes FirstSolar will have earned the position of being theleading PV solutions provider in the Middle East, witha projected installed capacity of at least 270 MW across the region by 2017.

As you can see, these are very exciting times andwe’re looking forward to building on our success tostrengthen our market position in the region, as wego into 2016.

Why is the World Future EnergySummit an important event?

The World Future Energy Summit (WFES) isundeniably one of the industry’s most importantevents, providing key players, governments andorganizations with a platform to discuss futureenergy challenges. First Solar’s renewable energysystems protect and enhance the environment bydelivering an economically attractive alternative tofossil-fuel electricity generation through integratedpower plant solutions.

The company’s vision goes hand in hand with whatWFES is trying to achieve, in its efforts to championenvironmental stewardship and drive actionablesolutions to the world’s energy challenges.

What will you be talking about at theWorld Future Energy Summit?

First Solar is actively working to provide itscustomers and partners with real solutions to real-world energy challenges.

At this year’s WFES, as with the previous years thatwe’ve participated, we’re looking forward toshowcasing our high performance thin film PVmodules, while also highlighting potentialapplications for the region such as in hybridgeneration and desalination, in addition to our coreutility-scale offering.

This year we’re very happy to be able to share ourknowledge and insights, gained from over 10 GW ofglobal experience, with the audience at the WFES Conference.

In fact, Jim Hughes, First Solar’s Chief ExecutiveOfficer (CEO), has been invited to join His ExcellencySaeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director andCEO of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority(DEWA) and Dr. Ahmad Belhoul, the CEO of Masdar,on a panel discussion that is expected to set the tonefor the rest of the conference.

What have First Solar's greatestachievements been?

In the past year, First Solar has consistently deliveredsolid performance in every aspect of its business.

On the technology front, our investment inResearch and Development, which is the highest inthe industry, has paid off and we’re now shipping16.3 per cent efficient thin film photovoltaic (PV)modules, which beats best-in-class multicrystallinesilicon PV today.

We currently hold the world record for CdTe PVmodule efficiency, achieving 18.2 per cent for anadvanced full-size module and early last yeardelivered a 21.5 per cent efficient research cell.

At last year’s WFES, we announced a milestonethat few other companies can boast of when weachieved 10 GW of global installed capacity.

What makes this achievement even moresignificant is that the bulk of this capacity is in utility-scale solar, which underscores the reliability and

performance of our thin film modules in theproduction of large-scale solar electricity.

What are First Solar's future plans?

As the market leaders in the Middle East, we will, byno means, be resting on our achievements. Ourintent is to continue to shape the market and to setnew benchmarks for technology reliability andperformance, while driving down costs.

We are particularly excited about opportunities inAbu Dhabi, which is planning a 350 MW PV powerplant in the emirate and in Dubai, which is tenderingthe 800 MW third phase of the Mohammed binRashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.

We believe that the superior performance of ourtechnology, with its clear energy yield advantage inthe UAE, gives us a definite competitive edge.

While we’ll certainly be looking to power severalmore megawatts of projects in the future, we alsoplace an emphasis on knowledge transfer andworking to contribute towards the growth of theindustry in the Middle East.

How optimistic are you about thefuture of the solar energy industry?

We are very optimistic about the future of theindustry, particularly in the Middle East. By allindications, it’s safe to predict that the share ofrenewables in the global power generation portfoliowill grow exponentially, an encouraging sign for thecreation of sustainable economies.

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Pavilion focus: KoreaKepco

The Kansai Electric Power Company, better knownas Kepco, was established in 1951. Its main areas ofbusiness are electric power, heat supply, gas supplyand telecommunications, and it is headquartered inOsaka, Japan.

Nuclear power generation is an important part ofKepco’s business and in 2014, the companyreleased a statement about their philosophy onnuclear safety. The statement pledges to learnlessons from the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accidentand to “ceaselessly strive to enhance nuclear safetyto protect the people, not only in the plant-hostingcommunities but also the whole country, and topreserve the environment”.

Research and development in the field of powerengineering is another of Kepco’s main activities.Developing the next genertion of silicone carbidesemiconductors, the development of diagnostictechnology for gas turbine hot parts, developingtechnologies for the reduction of greenhouse gasemissions, and diagnostic and repair technologiesfor concrete structures comprise the company’smajor fields of research.

Kepco: Stand 9130

Doosan Heavy Industries

Doosan’s company name is made up of two Koreanwords – “doo”, meaning a unit of grain, and “san”,meaning a mountain. Together, Doosan means“little grains that can build a mighty mountain”, toimpart the corporate philosophy that great thingscan be achieved when even the tiniest forces jointogether in a unified effort.

Green energy has become a growing part of theDoosan business and the company is committed todeveloping technologies that maximise power-generation efficiency, are not dependant on fossil

fuels, and help remove harmful greenhouse gasesfrom the atmosphere.

Wind power has been developed by Doosan asthe first Korean company to manufacture three MWwind power generation systems for onshore andoffshore sites. The wind generators feature bladedesigns that are aerodynamically and structurallyoptimised for high performance and reliability andintegrated drive train technology to reduce weightand size.

Additionally, Doosan’s ultra super critical coalthermal power plant is part of the next generationof coal power as it has been developed in responseto increased fuel prices, the need for energyefficiency, and environmental regulations that arestricter than ever before.

Carbon capture technology is another importantpart of the Doosan green energy business and thecompany is a pioneer in this new but importantfield. The company aims to bring carbon capturetechnology to the European market.

Oxy-fuel combusiton is the process of burningcoal using oxygen instead of air to discharge theexhaust gases as CO2 in a process that maximisescarbon capture efficiency. Doosan is in the processof expediting the commercialisation of oxy-fuelcombustion technology for the nascent, butgrowing, global carbon capture marketplace.

Doosan Heavy Industries: Stand 9130

Hyundai Engineering & Construction

The Korean giant is making great inroads into theresearch and development of power and energyprojects, both locally and internationally.

In the power and desalination plant fields,Hyundai E&C has built a range of power plantsdating back almost 40 years, including the BundangCombined Cycle Power Plant and the TaeanThermal Power Plant after obtaining the order for

the Pyoeongtaek Thermal Power Plant in 1977. Thisorder was a first for a domestic Korean company.

Hyundai E&C also took its first steps in theMiddle East market in the 1970s, accumulatingleading technology and a solid internationalreputation with multiple large-scale projects. Theseinclude: the Misurata Thermal Power andDesalination Plant in Libya, the Jebel Ali PowerPlant in the UAE, and the Azito Power Plant in theRepublic of Cote d’Ivoire.

In 2008, the company obtained the contract forthe Ras Laffan C Water Plant in Qatar.

Hyundai E&C: Stand 9130

JSPV Co.

JSPV is making giant strides in the areas of solar panel manufacturing and solar power plant development.

The company is capitalising on the growth of the solar power sector with solar wafer and solarcell panels. This part of the business expanded into the international market in 2011 and theirmajor solar panel products are monocrystalline andpolycrystalline models.

As part of JSPV’s commitment to providing totalsolar energy solutions to its clients, the companyhas become more ambitious and expanded beyondthe manufacture of solar panels.

As such, the power plant operation part of thebusiness is seen as a source of growth as the worldlooks towards clean energy solutions and a reduction on the reliance of fossil fuels. JSPVoffers a complete package for the operation ofadvanced solar power plants. Providing power plantoperation business teams, building and operatingsolar power plants and ensuring the distribution ofelectricity from these plants are all offered by JSPV.

JSPV: Stand 9120

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Act Now

Act Now is a Copenhagen-based organisation thatworks to bring together public and private sectordecision-makers to move towards an energy-efficient,low carbon economy for Denmark.

Based on the principle of companies andorganisations joining forces to share ideas, Act Nowaims to encourage its members to learn from eachother and put their solutions into practice.

Act Now’s partners influence and inspire theleading decision-makers for the energy industry bypromoting energy-efficient cases and solutions, andto encourage collaborations between action-readycommercial partners for sound environmental andfinancial results.

Regular events are organised by Act Now, such asroundtables where exclusive groups of people cangather to discuss the major issues impacting onenergy efficiency, exchanges views, share ideas andestablish solutions and action-oriented partnerships.

Act Now’s major project, slated to run until April2017, aims to identify potential companies insustainable technology. In the period leading up toApril 2017, Act Now will pinpoint companies inselected peripheral and rural areas that may be keento be involved in collaborations.

This project will then connect relevant companies inan online network, create collaborations betweencompanies within Denmark and abroad, arrange anexhibition conference midway through the project toensure all companies can meet physically, assist infollowing up opportunities for collaboration, andpromote the growth of green businesses in rural andremote areas.

Act Now: Stand 8170

Alfred Priess A/S

Alfred Priess, a Vinderup-based company, hasdeveloped innovative, environmentally friendlylighting solutions and solar cell products.

In 1921, the company was founded with a Vinderupfactory. In January 2008, Alfred Priess merged withAP Steel A/S and the new company is able to offer a wide range of solutions for clients of all sizes.

The company employs 140 people. As well asproduction, an independent developmentdepartment has been established. This departmentworks with external experts to stay at the cuttingedge of solar development.

The TOUCHE range of street lighting is madefrom 100 per cent recyclable material and offerscarbon neutral operation. They are powered bydiscreet solar cells and the sleek design is aimed atappealing to a wide range of urban clients.

The solar cell solutions include the Plectre Sun rangeof aluminium columns with unobtrusive solar cells.Priess Sunglass, meanwhile, is a cost-optimised glasssolar cell panel solution with monocrystalline bifacialsolar cells designed to exploit reflections and absorbenergy from the panel’s front and rear sides. Thecolumns for these panels come in a galvanised steelfinish and are ideal for installations where the panelsneed to be higher than buildings or vegetation.

Priess also offers flat panel solutions which are alsosuited to situations where high panels are required.The columns for the flat panel models can be paintedin colours according to customer preference.

Alfred Priess A/S: Stand 8170

CEBRA ArchitectureCEBRA is a Danish architecture and design practicebased in Aarhus. The company was founded in 2001by architects Mikkel Frost, Carsten Primdahl andKolja Nielsen, who hired a team of multidisciplinarystaff, including architects and administrationpersonnel. CEBRA has a range of clients in Denmarkand internationally.

The company’s philosophy for its work is “HealthyEyecandy”. The aim is to create buildings that aresustainable, ambitious, culturally important andmake the most of the latest technologies.

CEBRA takes a whole-project approach to itswork, developing each one from first draft to finaldocuments, all the way to on-site inspection.

Additionally, CEBRA has won a range of awards for its work. In 2015, the company won ArchDailyBuilding of the Year. The Odense MunicipalityArchitecture Award and the Children’s Home of theFuture project were shortlisted for the prestigious Mies van der Rohe Award.

CEBRA Architecture: Stand 8170

Babcock and Wilcox Vølund

Babcock and Wilcox Vølund is part of the biggerBabcock and Wilcox international energy company.Based in Esbjerg, Denmark, the company

specialises in thermal energy. In 1898, the companywas founded as Vølund A/S and in 1931, its firstwaste-to-energy plant was built in Gentofte,Denmark. Since then, the company has grown tobecome a world-leading supplier of equipment andtechnologies that turn solid waste and biomass intothermal energy. Over the decades, the company’stechnologies have been incorporated into morethan 500 production lines in more than 30countries, with many still in use many years afterthey were manufactured.

In 1980, Vølund opened its first biomass-firedpower plant and in 1991, signed a co-operationagreement with Korean-based Halla Group.

The company became part of Babcock and Wilcox in 2000, hence the name-change to Babcock andWilcox Vølund. In 2001, the company acquiredDynaGrate® technology, a combustion grate foreffective waste recovery.

As well as waste-to-energy technologies, Babcockand Wilcox Vølund also works in the fields ofbiomass and multi-fuel energy solutions, whichcombine waste and biomass for energy suppliesthat are flexible as well as environmentallysustainable. The company can also providemaintenance and upgrading services for existingpower plants to ensure they remain efficient andproductive, and reduce carbon emissions.

Babcock and Wilcox Vølund: Stand 8170



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In-depth discussions on waste management at the Tadweer stand Akon added star power to WFES

Sky News was on hand to report on the day's eventsFloating offshore wind turbines are set to become more common around the world

Space age innovation at the Japan Pavilion Once again, the exhibition hall proved popular with local school students

Electric vehicles will play a growing role in reducing carbon emissions from traffic The Government of Fujairah is going green


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