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Contents

CONTENTS

EDITOR’S NOTE

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT Developments /Calendar

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Executive Strategy

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Market News

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Analysis

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The Middle East’s oil exporters remain the bright spot amidst a difficult regional economic landscape.

COMMUNICATIONS & IT Data Management

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The move to cloud computing will change the way organisations operate and manage their data centres.

MANUFACTURING Air Compressors

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The use of nitrogen gas during production processing is becoming more prevalent

THIS YEAR’S EDITION of Middle East Electricity (MEE), the region’s largest power and related-products exhibition, begins at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre on 17 February. This year visitors will be able to see four separate collections of exhibits in power- related fields, as well as take part in a series of Technical Seminars focusing on individual company and product developments. There’s a brand-new Solar show, too.

At Technical Review we are proud to have once again been appointed Official Publisher for this prestigious regional and broader event. Last year, just under 60 per cent of all visitors to MEE were either manufacturers, agents/distributors, contractors or power utility executives – key targets for the world’s electrical marketeers. Special features this year include the newly launched Solar Middle East show-within-a-show. Elsewhere in this issue, we look at the region’s economic prospects for the forseeable future, as well as the problem of disposal of solid waste, which could very soon become one of the most serious challenges the region has faced.

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across the region.

Waste Management

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Why solid waste management is one of the most serious challenges facing countries throughout the Middle East.

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Editorial and Design team: Bob Adams, Lizzie Carroll, Andrew Croft, Prashanth AP, Ranganath GS, Kasturi Gupta, Meenakshi Nambiar, Ian Roullier, Genaro Santos, Zsa Tebbit, Nicky Valsamakis, Julian Walker and Ben Watts

Visitors to this years event will be able to see four separate collections of exhibits

Publisher: Nick Fordham

in power-related fields, as well as take part in a series of Technical Seminars.

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There’s a brand new solar show too.

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CONSTRUCTION Infrastructure

Country

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The US$7 bn railway project linking Riyadh and Jeddah is gathering pace.

Interview

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Gaby Rhayem of Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment recently spoke to

Technical Review about the company’s exciting future plans.

Profile links in the region.

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This key construction event is being held in the Kingdom’s Eastern Province.

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BRIEFLY ■ ABU DHABI HAS said that it will invest US$90bn over the next five years in major infrastructure projects across the emirate. The projects are set to be completed by 2017. The Executive Council said in a statement that a total of 12,500 housing units are being built via nine major projects. Housing projects will also extend to Al Ain and the Western Region. Other infrastructure work currently being carried out in Abu Dhabi includes the Strategic Tunnel project and the 328 km Mafraq-Ghuweifat road connection. The Executive Council added that it has launched several initiatives aimed to improve the investment environment by offering incentives and facilities to investors. Abu Dhabi will also create more than 5,000 jobs for locals during the course of 2013.

Other initiatives to help diversify the economy include the development of “specialised economic zones” for specific industries.

Oman to create jobs through higher spending OMAN'S BUDGET FOR 2013 will see the country spend more on infrastructure projects to help create several thousands of jobs for locals.

Oman's 2013 budget plan envisages spending US$33.6bn this year, up nearly 30 per cent from 2012. Revenues are forecast to reach US$29.1bn, up from US$22.85bn last year.

Darwish Ismaeel al Balushi, the Minister Responsible for Financial Affairs said, “The government will provide 20,000 jobs and create another 36,000 in the private sector”.

He added, "Last year we created 36,000 jobs for Omanis by spending US$780mn."

Al-Balushi did not specify how large 2013 spending on jobs would amount to.

The price of oil, which is expected to contribute 72 per cent of revenues in the non-OPEC country, was calculated at US$75 per barrel last year, a conservative estimate that usually allows the Gulf state to enjoy a surplus.

In 2012, an oil price of US$109 per barrel propped revenues up to around US$36.4bn, allowing for an increase in spending to around US$33.8 billion, the minister pointed out.

Al-Balushi stated that any surplus would be used to cover part of any deficit this year. The 2013 budget envisages a deficit of roughly US$4.4bn, based on an average oil price of US$85.

The current spending represents 63 per cent of the Darwish bin Ismail bin Ali AL Bulushi budget, including US$9.4bn for defence and security.

Saudi Arabia sets record budget SAUDI ARABIA HAS announced a record state budget for 2013 of US$219bn to be spent on welfare and infrastructure projects in the Kingdom.

The amount is 19 per cent higher than the 2012 budget as continued high oil prices has allowed the Kingdom to allocate big spending on new mega projects.

Capital spending totals US$76bn in the 2013 budget, much of it going to projects such as ports, railroads and water resources. Expenditure on education and

health is also set to increase sharply.

Real GDP growth in the Kingdon in 2012 is expected to be 6.8 per cent, with 5.5 per cent growth in the oil sector and 7.2 per cent in other sectors. The country is enjoying a private sector boom with the private sector GDP up by 7.5 per cent, outpacing state sector growth of 6.2 per cent.

Inflation in 2012 is rising at 2.9 per cent compared with the previous year, and 4.5 per cent compared with the benchmark year of 1999, the official SPA news agency stated.

Next year's budget plan envisages revenue of US$221bn, which implies a small budget surplus of just US$2.4bn.

But if global oil prices stay above US$100 a barrel, the actual 2013 surplus will be far larger. While the 2012 budget originally envisaged revenues of US$187bn, they actually amounted to an estimated US$330bn.

Data released by the finance ministry indicated the government posted a budget surplus of 14.2 per cent of GDP in 2012.

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EXECUTIVES CALENDAR FEBRUARY 2013 3-6

Buildex Saudi Arabia

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Powergen Middle East

DOHA

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Middle East Rail

DUBAI

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Gitex Saudi Arabia

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Wetex

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UAE economy set to grow faster THE UAE ECONOMY is forecast to growth by nearly four per cent in 2013, according to a new report by KFH-Research.

This growth figure was supported by Mohammed Al Shehi, undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy, who was reported by Gulf News as saying, “The UAE economy will likely expand by 3.5-4 per cent this year. Growth will be supported by the oil sector and expansion of other sectors, including industry, tourism, services, trade and the recovery of the real estate sector."

KFH-Research stated, "Growth is expected to be higher in 2013 at 3.9 per cent on expectation of accelerating domestic recovery and gradual improvement in global economy."

The report said the UAE's services sector will register "solid growth" while tourism is likely to continue to benefit considerably from the regional unrest in the early part of the forecast period. The

The UAE's construction sector will return to growth in 2013.

UAE's construction sector will finally see a return to growth in 2013.

The report noted that industrial production in the UAE will "improve gradually", and the non-oil sector will "be more significant". The UAE's non-oil

sector is forecast to become increasingly important, especially in the latter half of the forecast period when major industrial projects come on stream, KFHResearch said.

Large projects include the US$20bn Al Gharbia Chemicals Industrial City, which is due for completion in 2015, and the US$4.5bn expansion of Emirates Aluminium (EMAL), which will boost annual aluminium capacity by the end of 2014.

The report said it expects the UAE's nonoil GDP to grow at 3.5 percent in 2012, up from 2.7 percent in 2011.

"These will account for robust growth in the manufacturing sector. Construction and utilities will also grow rapidly, at an annual average of 12.7 per cent a year in 2012 onwards, as emirate-level governments increase capacity to meet the projected increase in electricity consumption," the report added.

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Helping to support sustainability in the region Technical Review spoke to Mohammed Atif, regional manager Middle East at DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability before the launch of the company’s vision statement on the importance of smart cities in the region and why and how they should be implemented in the Middle East.

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TIF, WHO HAS been in the role for just under a year, feels privileged to be in the UAE at such an exciting juncture of an energy transition that will affect the whole region.

2012 was a pivotal year for KEMA, which saw the majority of its shares bought by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) in a transaction completed at the end February 2012.

“We have European roots but we want to be seen as more of a local solutions provider, as we are globally active from offices in more than 30 countries,” explained Atif.

Atif has been focused on putting together its vision for the region on smart cities and in December DNV KEMA released a report, which brings together many areas of relevant expertise that DNV KEMA has in its centres of excellence.

The DNV KEMA vision document is titled: “Smart cities: a pathway to inclusive growth.”

It sees the development of smart cities, including the development of smart grids, becoming increasingly important over the coming years and decades in the Middle East.

Atif said, “This is our smart city vision and will be specifically focused on the Middle East and will be our vision statement for the region.”

The report brings together the firm’s vision on the use of renewables, infrastructure, communications and transport and their application in modern smart cities and how they are developing in the region.

The report was delivered in both English and Arabic to get the widest audience.

Smart grid push The crux of DNV KEMA's argument is that with smart grids, Middle East cities can

effective smart city in the world. Projects and trials on a small scale have already taken place in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Jordan and Qatar.

He explained that the firm acts as technical and business strategic advisors that provide advice to the government to use whatever means to conserve their fossil resources, while leveraging these new technologies to transform their economies.

Cities in the Middle East can learn a lot from international experience and at the same time ensure that adaptation of smart grids will be done in the most costeffective ways, indicated Atif.

“We see smart grids, smart cities and renewable integration as growing in importance in the region.” Atif

Mohammed Atif

leapfrog into the heart of the future while simultaneously providing stability, reliability and efficiency for its utility infrastructure.

This is why DNV KEMA has been pushing hard on the topic of smart grids as Atif asserted that “we see smart grids, smart cities and renewable integration as growing in importance in the region.”

In the company’s report, Atif stated: “Smart grids will not only improve network resilience and reliability; they will also result in energy saving (natural gas in particular). The overall result is a positive effect on the efficiency of present-day infrastructure.”

Experience, according to Atif, is already evident in Middle Eastern countries which have the workforce and the investors to establish the first cost-

He highlighted PowerMatching City in the Netherlands as a prime example. This smart grid project is based in Hoogkerk, a small city in the northern part of the country. The project has demonstrated that it is possible to implement a living smart grid with a corresponding market model, using existing technologies.

Atif said in the near future he would like to take interested parties from the region to Holland to see the operating smart city first hand.

New business lines Atif outlined that DNV KEMA has five key business lines, which cover the entire energy value chain.

He remarked that the energy efficiency business in the Middle East was an emerging business line.

“With electricity, transmission and distribution a growing business for us here in the region with a specific focus on asset management because this is now the big demand in the Middle East,” said Atif.

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The company has a software solution called CASCADE, which is an asset management and maintenance optimisation tool for electricity and water companies.

The firm provides this solution tool to power companies, regulators and utilities in the region.

Hurdles Atif touched on the hurdles that exist in the region in regards to implementing sustainable energy policies with the need for proper standards, and regulations at the top of the list.

The governments want to benefit from new technologies and not be net importers of technology.

“It is a timing issue,” he added.

The governments need to set up their policies to cater for these new technologies. But there is a cost issue and

governments will need to get the right incentives in place for people to switch from fossil fuels to renewables.

That is why research and innovations institutes are starting to be established across the region and will play a key role in shaping the region’s ability to lead in this field.

Atif said he was very positive about these institutions, namely KAUST in Saudi Arabia, KIFC in Kuwait and the Qatar Foundation in Qatar.

Opportunity Saudi Arabia is the main country pushing the renewable agenda, according to Atif, as the Kingdom has set these huge targets for renewable energy penetration. Saudi Arabia is aggressive in its targets.

The projects in the Arab world focused on renewable energy are not being

shelved, as some in Europe are, with Dubai now looking to build a solar park and Qatar going ahead with its US$1bn polysilicon plant.

DNV KEMA has key connection points in Bahrain, Oman and Qatar.

“Our biggest market is Oman, Qatar and the UAE. We are not as active in Saudi Arabia yet as we would like to be. It is a market we would like to expand into, but we will do so by tailoring specific value propositions to bespoke Saudi client requirements. ” Projects in Oman are more related to the grid side and the company is well placed to help the country on its renewable integration plans.

“For the future I think I see huge potential in the renewable energy sector not just in the UAE but the region as a whole,” he concluded. ■

AECOM inaugurates new Dubai office UNDER THE PATRONAGE of HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance of the United Arab Emirates, His Excellency Mirza Al Sayegh officially inaugurated AECOM’s new office in Dubai recently.

Also in attendance were His Excellency Saeed Al Otaiba, Mr Otaiba Saeed Al Otaiba and United States Consul General Rob Waller. The event was also attended by government officials, senior industry representatives and AECOM’s Middle East based clients.

Located on the 43rd floor of UBora Tower, Business Bay, the new office brings together AECOM’s operations in Dubai and the Northern Emirates under one roof. With an area of 17,000 square feet and seating space for 170 employees, the office offers better facilities, more attractive views, better sustainability and a new working culture to offer more flexibility and better collaboration to the way AECOM operates.

“The new office reaffirms AECOM’s commitment to supporting Dubai’s

ambitious growth plans, while the added business efficiencies of co-locating our employees within better facilities will ensure we can continue to stay competitive in this challenging market and offer our clients an unrivalled service,” said an AECOM spokesman.

AECOM is a global provider of professional technical and management support services to a broad range of markets, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, water and government.

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BRIEFLY ■ REICHLE & DE-MASSARI (R&M), the Swiss structured cabling specialist, announced that the Technical University of Berlin in El Gouna, one of the leading universities in Egypt, has upgraded to a new network infrastructure through the deployment of R&M's copper cabling solutions. Sameh Kamel, El Gouna Communication Manager noted, "Choosing the right cabling components was a critical decision for us as it is the foundation for our network. R&M were an obvious choice as they offered all the requirements we sought. Additionally their QPP training for our staff was extremely beneficial.” The TU Berlin strives to promote the dissemination of knowledge and to facilitate technological progress by building upon strong regional, national and international partnerships with high-performance networking playing a vital role in this.

Protecting Doha’s new airport THE RUGGED CONSTRUCTION and proven performance of Promat’s Durasteel® fire and blast protection system is helping protect aircraft, passengers and ground staff at the New Doha International Airport, which opened last year. The Promat Durasteel® has been used to encase a series of substation buildings which are located close to the airport’s runways and taxiways.

With the airport expected to handle 320,000 aircraft movements and 50 million passengers per year, safety is a key consideration. The Durasteel® barrier and ceiling systems created around the substation buildings provide complete two-way fire and blast protection.

Installed by The Invicta Group, the systems have been designed to contain any transformer explosions that occur inside the substations, and also to protect the transformers housed in the buildings from external fires and blasts.

Promat DURASTEEL® has been specifically developed to provide rugged and reliable performance in barrier, ducting, door and ceiling applications.

The composite Promat DURASTEEL® panels feature a fibre-reinforced

A series of substation buildings has been encased

cement core which is mechanically bonded to punched steel sheets on both outer surfaces.

Being classed as ‘non-combustible’ to BS 476: Part 4:1970, and to Clause 10 of EN 135011:2002, confirms the exceptional fire resistance provided by Promat DURASTEEL®, which is apparently strong, extremely durable and resistant to the effects of both impact and moisture. The system is unaffected by the effects of fire fighters’ hoses and so retains its ability to perform as required, even during a fire.

Promat DURASTEEL® is available in a wide range of specifications to satisfy many different types of application, and an interactive DVD which provides more details on the system is now available from the manufacturer.

CNL expands regional operations CNL SOFTWARE, WHICH claims to be a world leader in Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) software, is announced that it has expanded its operations in the Middle East and North Africa in the wake of increased demand for its IPSecurityCenter™ PSIM software, and the successful deployments of some of the largest PSIM projects in the region.

During 2012, CNL Software increased its number of reference customers in the Middle East; helping to bring PSIM solutions to critical national infrastructure, law enforcement and safe city projects.

To support this growth in the region CNL Software has expanded the region’s team based in Dubai, with the addition of Daniel Bloodworth as Technical Sales Manager ME and Lee Wagstaffe as Technical Account Manager.

“CNL Software is investing in deploying experienced resources in the Middle East, to not only support our existing customers, but to respond to a significant increase in requests for new PSIM projects in the region”, explains Matthew Kushner, VP Global Sales & Marketing – CNL Software. “We are taking this market very seriously, as we see that the majority of new security projects are specifying PSIM.” Daniel Bloodworth continues, “This year we launched Arabic support in IPSecurityCenter to meet our customers’ requirements. In addition, we have secured a number of strategic alliances and partnerships with organizations including ArrowLabs, Ateco, GBM, Orion Systems JLT, Schneider Electric and Smart Cube to better support the region. We look forward to building upon this year’s accomplishments by delivering even more, successful PSIM projects throughout 2013.”

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Operators are able to work using Arabic to view alarms, search for cameras and locations as well as display maps, gauges, charts and address details

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BRIEFLY ■ THE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE equipment (PPE) market in the GCC earned revenues of US$320.8 million in 2011 and this is estimated this to reach US$452.4 million in 2017, according to a new report. The resumption of infrastructure development in various sectors such as transportation, housing, oil and gas, and utilities has widened the labour pool and thereby, raised the demand for personal protective equipment in the GCC, explained the Strategic Analysis of the GCC Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Market released by Frost & Sullivan.

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■ THE GCC’S ANNUAL consumption of plastics, which is presently 3.4 million tonnes, is likely to cross 5.5 million tonnes by 2015, with Qatar meeting the bulk of the supply. Qapco officials pointed out that a huge amount of plastics in different formats will be needed to cater to the requirements of the World Cup .

New developments drive demand for switchable glass SMARTGLASS INTERNATIONAL, THE manufacturer of electronically switchable privacy glass, announced that it is intensifying its expansion drive in the Middle East to take advantage of a new surge in property development and demand for premium-quality electronically switchable glass solutions. The company further revealed that the region’s drive for premium products and first class services (both at the design stage and on site) is one of the main reasons for the expansion plans.

Numerous high-profile projects in the Middle East, such as Dubai’s recently announced mega real estate project, ‘Mohammed Bin Rashid City’ with over 100 hotels, planned largest shopping mall in the world, and other modern facilities, are also driving demand for its Switchable glass solutions have proved popular in sophisticated switchable the region glass solutions.

SmartGlass International guarantees one of the lowest lead times in the market and is the only company with a certified Ingress Protection rating of X7 (the product has been tested submerged one meter underwater with no defects) allowing for SmartGlass to be used in the bathrooms of some of the world’s leading hotel brands. The company also prides itself on the superior after sales/customer service it offers along with a fiveyear warranty and value-added on-site support.

“SmartGlass is changing the way designers in the Middle East create space and allow natural light through the built environment, thus enhancing the human experience. SmartGlass combines the functionality of an opaque wall with the style of clear glass allowing for an innovative and intriguing use of space, light, and glass. We are therefore stepping up our expansion drive in the Middle East to take advantage of the drive for premium high end products and desire for first class services, both of which SmartGlass International can offer. We are also excited to be working on some of the most imaginative and exciting projects that are being built in the Middle East. SmartGlass solutions complement the level of sophistication, prestige and magnitude of the development projects being undertaken in the region,” said John O’Gorman, Sales Manager MENA Region for SmartGlass International.

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BRIEFLY ■ THE GCC IS estimated to have already invested around US$ 17.3 billion into aluminium projects, with member states collectively producing around 3.6mn tonnes of the commodity a year to account for almost 10 per cent of the world’s total aluminium output. Production is expected to surge to nine million tons per year to account for between 15 and 17 per cent of global output, as regional investments into the aluminium sector steadily climb to a projected US$55 billion in 2022.

■ TELECOMS REVENUE IN the MENA region is expected to grow by 27 per cent between 2012 and 2017, at a compound annual growth rate of five per cent, according to new research from Analysys Mason. According to the report, revenue will increase from US$70.3 billion in 2011 to US$96.4 billion in 2017. The fastest growth area during the forecast period will be mobile data services.

Construction sector to boost UAE GDP WITH THE CURRENT recovery in GCC economies, the UAE construction industry is projected to exhibit sustainable growth prospects in the next few years, according to a recent Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry study.

Construction as a percentage of GDP of the UAE reached 10.6 per cent in 2008 and 10.3 per cent in 2011 while for 2015 and 2021 the sector’s contribution as a percentage of UAE GDP is projected to record 11.1 per cent and 11.5 per cent respectively.

According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the population of UAE is expected to reach six million by 2015 from 5.4mn in 2010. The increase in expatriate population, which accounts for more than 80 per cent of the Back in business

country’s population, constitute the main growth drivers for increasing demand for residential and commercial property units in the country.

The growth in real GDP is projected by the IMF to reach 4.4 per cent in 2015 from 3.3 per cent in 2011, signifying a revival of the overall economy which augurs well for the construction industry, says the study.

In 2011, the UAE recorded the highest construction project value, reaching UAS$319.1 billion, accounting for 51.1 per cent of the total construction project value in top 100 projects in the GCC region.

Indicative of the above statement is the list of the key construction projects both commercial and residential.

The UAE was followed by Saudi Arabia at US$218.9 billion (accounting 35 per cent of the total construction project value). Qatar accounted for 8.9 per cent of the total construction project value followed by Oman and Kuwait accounting for 3.2 per cent and 1.8 per cent of the top 100 projects respectively.

In the near future, favourable government policies in the GCC countries, particularly that of the UAE, are projected to attract more overseas companies to the construction sector.

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DUBAL technology selected by Aluminium Bahrain DUBAI ALUMINIUM (DUBAL) – the entirely state-owned entity that operates the world’s largest single-site primary aluminium smelter using pre-baked anode technology – signed an agreement with Aluminium Bahrain BSC (“Alba”) whereby the latter will use DUBAL’s DX+ Technology for Alba’s Line 6 Bankable Feasibility Study. Abdulla Kalban (President & CEO: DUBAL) and Tim Murray (CEO: Alba) were the signatories to the agreement.

Murray advises that the Line 6 Bankable Feasibility Study will determine the viability of Alba’s sixth potline expansion project, which is expected to boost Alba’s annual production capacity by approximately 400,000 tonnes of aluminium per year. This will boost Alba’s current annual capacity of 880,000 tonnes to 1.280mn tonnes.

DX+ Technology is the product of on-going research and development work at DUBAL. Essentially an enhanced version of DUBAL’s proven, inherently robust DX Technology, DX+ Technology is designed to operate at higher amperages and optimized performance levels. Five DX+ Technology cells, built in a pilot line at DUBAL’s Jebel Ali site in 2010, initially operated at 420 kA and currently operate stably at 440 kA. At this level, the DX+ Technology cells yield substantially better energy efficiency and specific energy consumption levels than DX Technology cells; and produce 3,37 tonnes of aluminium per pot per day. Ultimately, DX+ Technology cells are expected to operate at 460 kA. DUBAL’s DX+ Technology has been licensed to EMAL Phase II, where it is being installed in a new 440-cell potline that is currently under construction with a nameplate capacity of 520,000 tonnes per year (at 420 kA). DUBAL has undertaken to implement any advances in the technology at EMAL Phase II, such that the new potline is expected to The agreement was signed by Abdullah Kalban (left) and Tim Murray operate at 440 kA at start-up (scheduled for end-2013).

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BRIEFLY ■ DUBAI ELECTRICITY AND Water Authority (Dewa) has awarded a contract for a project to supply, implement and extend a 450 mmdiameter water transmission network by 416-km in several areas of Dubai. The contract is part of Dewa's strategy to enhance the availability, efficiency and reliability of its water networks, to increase the supply of water to keep pace with the sharp increase in demand.

■ SAUDI ELECTRICITY COMPANY (SEC) has signed five contracts worth US$426 million for about 755-km of high-voltage 380 kV power transmission lines in various regions of the Kingdom.

■ THE HEAVY VEHICLES and Constructions Equipment (HVCE) division of AA Bin Hindi Group, the sole distributor of Volvo Construction Equipment in Bahrain, recently delivered two new Volvo Back Hoe Loaders to leading trading firm GDK from its facility in Ma'ameer.

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Optimism prevails amidst the gloom Increasing levels of foreign investment in the hydrocarbons sector will aid regional economic growth, says Moin Siddiqi.

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ESPITE A GENERALLY sluggish global environment, the oil exporters – led by Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Qatar and Saudi Arabia – continued on a robust growth path. Real gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 6.6 per cent last year, up from 3.9 per cent in 2011, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This contrasted with anemic growth rates among oil importers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, averaging just 2.1 per cent.

A combination of four factors have underpinned buoyant growth, namely the hydrocarbons sector, expansionary fiscal policy with significant ‘multiplier effects’ on the non-oil private sector, growing domestic consumption and supportive bank lending to private businesses. This year’s prospects, however, depend on global developments and geopolitical conditions, as well as brisk growth in emerging market’s energy demand and oil price trends.

GDP growth in MENA oil exporters is forecast to return to 2011 growth rates of almost four per cent during 2013. Economic activity in the six-member Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) bloc – endowed with one-third of global proved oil reserves, the equivalent of 495bn barrels - is expected to slow from 7.5 per cent in 2011 to 3.7 per cent this year, largely due to a tapering off of oil production, especially in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar.

Concurrently, oil GDP growth may turn negative in 2013, after rising by 2.6 and 1.3 per cent, respectively, over the previous two years, based on IMF’s es timates.

In Iran, crude production fell heavily thanks to stringent US sanctions, plus the European Union (EU) oil embargo, which took effect July 2012, thus pushing the country into a technical recession. Whereas Libya staged an impressive post-conflict recovery, with 2012 output reaching almost 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd), up steeply from 500,000 bpd in 2011. But expanding production beyond its pre-crisis capacity of 1.8 million bpd requires major investments in new field development, reservoir management, drilling, and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques, pressure maintenance technology and stream injecting, as well as transformers/ transmission equipment.

Table 1: MACRO-FINANCIAL INDICATORS ON THE MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA OIL-EXPORTERS

ALGERIA BAHRAIN IRAN IRAQ KUWAIT LIBYA OMAN QATAR SAUDI ARABIA UAE YEMEN Total

Real GDP Annual % chg 2012 2013 206.5 214.4 26.5 27.7 483.8 514.8 130.6 154.3 174.6 175.2 85.1 97.6 80.0 82.9 184.6 190.9 657.0 682.6 361.9 374.9 36.4 41.3 2,427.0 2,556.7

Non-Oil GDP Annual % chg 2012 2013 2.6 3.4 2.0 2.8 -0.9 0.8 10.2 14.7 6.3 1.9 122.0 16.7 5.0 3.9 6.3 4.9 6.0 4.2 4.0 2.6 -1.9 4.1 6.6 3.8

Fiscal Balance % of GDP 2012 2013 5.0 4.8 1.9 1.9 1.1 1.3 5.5 5.5 5.1 5.3 30.0 25.0 5.9 5.5 9.0 9.0 6.5 5.6 3.3 3.5 -1.6 3.0 4.8 4.7

Breakeven Oil price $/bbl * 2012 2013 -3.9 -1.3 -3.9 -3.6 -2.9 -3.9 -1.9 3.1 30.2 26.4 19.4 7.7 7.1 5.8 9.6 8.5 16.6 11.2 7.5 7.5 -5.7 -6.0 6.1 4.4

Total Exports US$ bn 2012 2013 117.9 99.5 118.2 111.4 134.0 150.0 112.0 94.1 49.0 56.4 88.5 98.8 81.3 83.3 40.4 68.0 74.4 85.2 79.0 77.5 237.0 …….

Table 1: MACRO-FINANCIAL INDICATORS ON THE MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA OIL-EXPORTERS

ALGERIA BAHRAIN IRAN IRAQ KUWAIT LIBYA OMAN QATAR SAUDI ARABIA UAE YEMEN Total

Total Exports US$ bn 2012 2013 76.0 75.5 22.9 23.3 101.9 93.1 93.6 113.9 124.2 120.2 58.6 60.4 52.5 53.7 119.1 119.0 409.4 404.2 312.7 330.0 10.1 10.9 1,381.0 1,404.1

Total Imports US$ bn 2012 2013 61.0 59.0 14.8 14.6 85.5 86.3 85.6 99.8 43.1 46.8 38.0 47.8 31.7 35.3 49.4 53.2 217.5 228.7 267.0 279.1 13.2 12.6 906.7 963.2

Current Account US$ bn 2012 2013 12.9 13.1 2.6 2.9 16.5 6.9 0.3 9.3 77.0 68.7 18.6 10.0 11.2 8.3 54.6 51.1 171.3 155.1 33.6 37.9 -1.0 -1.7 397.6

Breakeven Oil price $/bbl ** 2012 2013 74.4 71.6 70.4 66.0 80.0 92.0 89.5 83.8 28.9 33.4 77.0 88.0 80.3 87.3 54.1 58.0 57.2 61.2 72.4 67.3 218.0 …….

361.8

Official Reserves US$ bn / 2012 2013 196.4 211.4 5.0 5.3 89.2 84.6 67.7 73.6 26.2 28.5 121.4 125.4 15.1 16.6 28.7 32.0 699.3 848.2 40.8 43.6 4.1 3.6 1,293.9 1,472.8

* The oil price at which the fiscal balance is zero. ** The oil price at which the current account balance is zero. / Excludes overseas assets of sovereign wealth funds in Kuwait, Qatar and UAE. Sources: Data provided by National authorities and IMF estimates and projections.

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Libyan officials estimated that civil war left between 10-15 per cent of related oil infrastructure damaged.

In non-oil sectors, public-private investments coupled with sustained low interest rates in the Gulf are expected to underpin economic growth at a healthy pace of five per cent in 2013, despite tepid growth in Bahrain and Iran due to political unrest and declining foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows. However, non-oil GDP growth rates are unlikely to match those observed before 2008, reflecting difficult global trading conditions.

The price of oil is expected to remain above US$100 per barrel; concurrently, the oil exporters’ combined current account surplus for 2013 is anticipated at about US$362bn, albeit below its historic high of US$419bn in 2011.

Several factors could underpin a benign growth scenario for region’s oil exporters. The most immediate risk is a sharp recession in Europe, coupled with slowdown in East Asia (notably China) and the US, thus leading to depleting energy usage and lower crude prices. Although most countries have accumulated large official reserves to withstand short-term price volatility, a 10 per cent fall in oil prices would reduce exporters’ combined current account surplus by about US$150bn.

The region is both a major consumer and producer of natural gas. Although the region possesses two-fifths of global proved gas reserves, most of the natgas produced in this region is also consumed there.

Regional gas usage is predicted to grow by three percent/year on average during 2011–17. Middle East gas production growth is, however, slowing, and the increase in output is now directed largely towards meeting incremental domestic demand – mainly in Algeria, Egypt, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, but not towards generating additional exports revenues – in terms of piped gas or liquefied natural gas (LNG) and other derivative products.

While crude oil export volumes in 2012 were about the same level as in 2007, natgas exports have surged markedly, chiefly in Qatar. On aggregate for MENA hydrocarbon exporters, natgas exports volumes comprise about one-fifth of hydrocarbon exports, but exceed crude oil export volumes in Algeria, Qatar, and Yemen. Despite declining gas prices in some international markets, MENA hydrocarbon exporters have benefited from selling gas at long-term contracted values indexed to oil prices.

About one-third of global retail gas consumption is priced on a spot basis, whilst one-fifth is indexed to crude oil, 40 per cent is subject to direct price regulation, and the remainder is sold

locally at subsidised prices. Wholesale contracts on Asian and European markets, which are critical for many MENA gas exporters, are mostly indexed to crude prices. Consequently, gas exporters have benefited from strong oil prices.

“Looking ahead, the main issue facing the region’s oil exporters is how to take advantage of their current positive position to strengthen their resilience against oil price declines and diversify their economies to boost private-sector job creation. Fiscal policy could gradually shift to bolstering national savings, and countries could ease the pace of government spending, especially on expenditures that are hard to reverse, like public-sector hiring”, advised Masood Ahmed, Director of the IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia Department.

Over the next decade, both oil and non-oil countries face daunting challenges of creating 40mn jobs for their youth with an estimated 10.7mn new entrants projected to join the labour market. With nearly one in five people between the ages of 15 and 24, the region has one of the youngest populations in the world.

Policymakers are increasingly relying upon the private sector to address chronic joblessness. Qatari Economic/Finance Minister Youself Kamal explained: “We see the private sector as the main driver for future growth and the key to realising the region’s potential for robust and sustained job creation, technological innovation, and regional economic integration that are urgently needed.” But for this to happen, the region needs to foster an enabling environment that promotes both competition and innovation. Investments in human resources and business ecosystem, such as skills, vocational training, funding start-ups and small-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the form of seed finance, and venture capital, as well as improving the efficiency of banks, and external linkages for firms to expand and flourish will help make the non-oil economy more productive and vibrant.

This can be achieved through strengthening business incubation services and nurturing SMEs in value-adding technology and innovative industries.

The IMF stressed “reforms of the labor markets, educational systems, the business environment, and governance, will help leverage the many assets of the region to achieve higher growth rates and employment over the medium and long term.”

The MENA region is critical to global energy security for the foreseeable future. Vast hydrocarbon-related investments will flow into oil exporting countries, which in turn, should benefit the wider regional economy. ■

Table 2: Hydrocarbons Data on MENA Producers

Algeria Iran Iraq Kuwait Libya Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia UAE Yemen Regional Total MENA (%) World

Oil GDP growth (Annual % chg) 2012 2013 -1.6 0.7 -22.2 -6.5 13.1 20.0 8.4 -3.4 200.4 13.6 3.2 0.9 2.9 -0.3 4.5 0.0 5.3 1.0 -4.8 14.0 1.3

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Oil output * Mn bpd 2012 2013 1.27 1.28 2.81 2.63 3.00 3.60 2.90 2.80 1.48 1.68 0.91 0.92 0.74 0.71 10.05 10.05 2.69 2.71 0.18 0.23 26.23 31.0

* Including condensates and natural gas liquid (NGL). / Billions of barrels. # Reserves-to-Production ratio (calculated in terms of years). // Trillion cubic feet.

Sources: IMF estimates and projections and BP statistics.

26.82

Proven Oil reserves / End-2011 12.2 151.2 143.1 101.5 47.1 5.5 24.7 265.4 97.8 2.7 851.2 51.5

R/P ratio# 2011 19.3 95.8 100+ 97.0 100+ 17.0 39.3 65.2 80.7 32.0 78.7

Natgas output Bn cubic metres 2010 2011 80.4 78.0 146.2 151.8 1.3 1.9 11.7 13.0 16.8 4.1 27.1 26.5 116.7 146.8 87.7 99.2 51.3 51.7 6.2 9.4 545.4 17.1

582.4 18.0

Proved reserves // End-2011 159.1 1,168.6 126.7 63.0 52.8 33.5 884.5 287.8 215.1 16.9 3,008.0 41.0

R/P ratio# 2011 57.7 100+ 100+ 100+ 100+ 35.8 100+ 82.1 100+ 50.7 100+ 63.6

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Implications for network cabling Fibre optic cabling is being increasingly deployed

The move to cloud computing will change the way organisations manage and operate their data centres, and that means further growth for the cabling industry, says Shibu Vahid, Head of Technical Operations, R&M Middle East & Africa.

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LOUD COMPUTING IS becoming pervasive and cloud-delivered hosted applications are presenting new challenges and business opportunities. IDC predicts that the cloud market alone will have grown into a US$45 billion industry by 2014, nearly tripling its business within five years. This ongoing trend towards cloud computing will in turn change the way organisations manage and operate their data centers.

The Cisco速 Global Cloud Index, which is an ongoing effort to forecast the growth of global data center and cloud-based IP traffic, predicts that by 2015, more than one-third of all data center traffic will be based in the cloud. The report states growing adoption and migration to the cloud and the ability of cloud data center to handle significantly higher traffic loads as the reasons behind this.

Enterprises across the region are eager to jump onto the cloud bandwagon but are now asking pertinent questions about how to leverage this new technology while still maintaining the same levels of security, reliability and performance as were seen with on-premise deployments.

At the heart of these discussions are concerns regarding the integrity of the infrastructure required to support a successful cloud deployment and network cabling is one of the key components being assessed.

Already essential to business success, the network will no doubt assume an even greater significance In recent years, much of the growth that the cabling industry has witnessed has been due to the increasingly prominent role of the data center. Organisations have shifted their focus from the traditional 'silo' approach to one which treats the data center as a strategic piece of IT infrastructure.

The mega-trend of digitisation has meant that data centers now have to deal with volumes of data that were previously unimaginable.

Industry experts have already heralded the coming of the zetabyte era plunging data center managers into a frenzy to implement the most cost-effective, futureproof connectivity infrastructure both quickly and efficiently.

Another technology trend which has driven the need for the deployment of high-performance and robust cabling infrastructure is that of server virtualisation. In many ways is seen as the precursor to cloud computing- the concept

of virtual machines not being tied to physical servers allows for the flexible scaling required in the cloud paradigm.

While virtualisation reduces the number of physical servers present in the data center, it translates to a greater utilisation of existing resources. What this then means is that a large number of applications are now dependent on the same underlying infrastructure, thereby placing the latency and robustness of the system in the limelight. The flexibility required to implement these developments in the data-centre environment places a new series of demands on the network cabling infrastructure.

As server virtualisation paves the way for cloud-based deployments, organisations will now need to ready themselves for a transition to a cabling infrastructure which supports 40 and 100 Gbit/s speeds.

This demand for higher speeds requires higher performing cabling to support the infrastructure. Revision of current standards has led the industry to transition from the use of Cat 6 copper cables to Cat 6A cables. In addition, fiber optic cabling is being increasingly deployed to meet the high-speed requirements with OM4 multimode fiber being widely deployed.

The ability to quickly and securely transfer data to and from the cloud will

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determine the success of the deployment. The move to the cloud will also require much higher precision and a tighter system design approach. In the case of private clouds, since most applications will be delivered via the network, scaling the bandwidth to meet the requirements of the users will be a must. Also, with the growing use of mobile devices, network managers will need to plan for supporting this requirement in a safe and secure manner.

Given that cloud computing is still in its infancy, it can be expected that enterprises will chose to gradually migrate their services to the cloud. The challenge then faced is planning an infrastructure that supports the current requirements while still accommodating for future needs. The cloud computing model supports and emphasises the dynamic allocation of services. The 'on demand' nature of this technology will result in peaks and troughs in network usage. The physical network then needs to provide the additional capacity to allow for peaks to be handled without significantly impacting capital expenses

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Do you have a need for nitrogen?

Keith Atkinson, product manager downstream equipment for compressor manufacturer, Gardner Denver, discusses the benefits of investing in an on-site nitrogen generation system and demonstrates how the company’s latest product offer can save operators up to 90 per cent of the cost of bought-in gas.

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HE USE OF nitrogen gas during production processing is becoming much more prevalent in industries across the Middle East as operators become more familiar with its applications.

As an inert gas, nitrogen will displace oxygen from a product or process and can be used to prevent oxidation, stop bacteriological growth and reduce the risk of combustion and explosion.

This can help with eliminating product spoilage in food and beverage applications, ensuring safety standards are maintained in pharmaceutical production and minimising contamination in chemical processing, to name a few.

Typically, operators will purchase the nitrogen they require from a supplier, either as gas in small high-pressure cylinders or in liquid form, stored either in mini-tanks or in bulk storage vessels. In the Middle East alone, this supply market is estimated at US$250mn and, with up to 97 per cent of global nitrogen supply fulfilled by traditional gas companies, it clear that there is growing demand.

In the Middle East this supply market is estimated at US$250mn.

Gardner Denver’s new CompAir nitrogen generation system converts compressed air into guaranteed-purity nitrogen

The CompAir nitrogen generation system However, obtaining and maintaining a ready supply of nitrogen is not without its drawbacks. As well as finding a reliable vendor and arranging deliveries and payment, companies require sufficient space to store the gas alongside a thorough procedure to monitor and manage the supply safely.

This is where the installation of an on-site nitrogen generation system, such as Gardner Denver’s new CN generators, can pay dividends, providing operators with ondemand supply and complete control over the volume and flow of the gas required.

Moreover, the system can reduce supply costs by as much as 90 per cent with payback in less than two years for a company using liquid nitrogen or as little as one year where gas cylinders are being used.

Gardner Denver’s new CompAir nitrogen generation system converts compressed air in to guaranteed-purity nitrogen. Pretreated air from a standard industrial compressor is ‘sieved’ using carbon molecular technology to remove all oxygen and other trace gases, leaving the nitrogen to pass through to the application.

The space-saving, modular design is easy-to-install, meaning there are no expensive civil engineering works required and can be integrated with existing compressor installations to minimise capital expenditure.

Gas purity is another important consideration, as each application demands different quality levels depending on whether the gas comes into direct contact with a food or pharmaceutical product or indirectly to form packaging or for general blanketing.

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The CompAir generators offer a flexible range of purity levels from five per cent to 5 ppm remaining oxygen content and feature an integral oxygen analyser for continuous purity monitoring.

Flow rate can also be matched accurately to the application requirements, so that the required amount of nitrogen is being generated, helping to improve efficiency while also ensuring that sufficient gas is always available, maximising production uptime.

Energy consumption is a major consideration in the purchase of any new plant equipment and Gardner Denver has incorporated a number of energy-saving features in to the products’ design.

First, the system uses less energy to generate the nitrogen required on-site than it takes for a supplier to produce and deliver the same amount.

The carbon molecular sieve also offers superior energy performance, with no degradation in performance, meaning that it does not need to be changed during its lifetime to reduce consumable The CompAir generators offer a flexible range of purity levels costs.

And finally, when coupled with other energy-efficient products in the GD range, such as speed-regulated compressors or the latest oil-free technologies, operators can maximise efficiency further. ■

Typical applications IN FOOD AND beverage processing, nitrogen is used in modified atmosphere packaging applications, where the packaged food is flushed with the gas to reduce the oxygen level below 1%. This reduces product spoilage and helps to increase shelf life and will also extend the nutritional value of the food without the need for preservatives.

Nitrogen also acts as a filler gas, to provide a pressurised atmosphere that prevents package collapse.

Manufacturing and analytical equipment can be purged with nitrogen gas to remove oxygen and water vapour from process lines, which can increase product quality and reduce the need for further conditioning treatments.

In chemical applications, nitrogen is used to prevent the risk of fire and explosion when purging and testing tanks, vessels or lines. It also helps to prevent oxidation of chemical compounds, plastics, paints and adhesives during processing.

Harsh oil and gas environments are also familiar with the uses of nitrogen, where it is not only used to suppress oxygen and thereby remove a potential fire hazard but also for a wide variety of other applications including blanketing, purging and sealing.

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Manufacturing safety solutions evolved UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES (UL) a leader in advancing safety sat down with Technical Review and talked about how its safety services are evolving to meet new technologies and how the emerging markets, in particular the Middle East, are so suited to what UL is offering.

R.A. Venkitachalam vice president and managing director of UL sat alongside August Schaefer, senior vice president and public safety officer during the company's first Middle East Safety Forum (MESF), held in Dubai in December 2012.

Venkitachalam stated, "This region is growing very fast and with a lot of infrastructure growth there is a lot of concern about safety."

In simple terms, according to Schaefer,"We write standards, test the standards and inspect the products to make sure they meet these standards and then mark the products with our approval."

The firm looks at a variety of products and produces around 1,400 product safety standards for customers in over 100 countries, meaning that although from the outside it might look simple, what UL performs in reality

it is an all encompassing business that is constantly evolving.

"Over the last seven to eight years we have started to broaden our perspective on safety and we now offer other services that go outside our traditional type of service," noted Schaefer.

UL has five products under the UL umbrella.

Its largest division remains product safety. It also has knowledge services, which looks at workplace safety training. A growing business is its environment services where the company looks at environmental standards of products.

Its final area of business is its verification service, which ensures specification of products and securing the correct products for buyers in accordance with their specific demands. This is very relevant to importing countries, such at the Middle East, and UL looks at any product anywhere in the world and see UL checking the quality of the supply chain in any given country.

"We are in our next phase already which is the expansion of what we cover. We are growing in our traditional area of coverage but we are also broadening our definition of safety and areas we cover," said Schaefer.

One thing UL has learnt over its 118 years of

operating is that although standards are universal they still need to be moulded around local conditions and which is why Venkitachalam said that they pay particular attention to tailor their services for the market in the Middle East.

"We need to be adopting international standards for this region but it needs to be done by thinking of local conditions."

Venkitachalam talked about what UL is doing in the region with the bulk of their business is based around product safety. It is mainly dealing with manufacturers who cater for specific product categories, like fire safety products, cable products. So its biggest market is fire safety products but UL sees demand from electrical safety growing.

"We are already doing the fire and safety element in the Middle East and we are looking at doing more of the occupational safety training," he added.

UL is excited about new emerging services that they can provide in the region.

Venkitachalam said, "We are very buoyant about the Middle East market and we believe there is a lot of demand for the type of work we do here.�

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UAE's aluminum sector is set to grow ALUMINIUM EXPORTS FROM the UAE increased in 2012 and exports are forecast to grow in the future as the aluminium sector is set to become one of the key nonoil industry sector in the UAE, according to Frost & Sullivan.

The UAE Aluminium industry is very dependent on exports as the country has an underdeveloped downstream industry in comparison to Saudi Arabia or Bahrain.

This is why the bulk of the production is being exported as primary metal.

"The GCC has become a hub of the aluminium industry and is well established in the global aluminium map as the source for quality and reliable supply of aluminium. The UAE smelters have leveraged this advantage for penetrating into the global Aluminium market," stated S Venkatesan metals and minerals practice director Frost & Sullivan.

The Aluminium industry, specifically in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is one of the main sectors driving the regional economies and it contributes significantly

UAE Aluminium exports saw a 102 per cent year-on-year increase in the first half of 2012.

to the primary aluminium growth in MENA. The UAE aluminium capacity is expanding further with EMAL’s second phase expansion plan set to be completed by 2014 and will raise its total annual output to 1.3mn MT. At the end of the second phase expansion the company will be one of the world’s largest single-site Aluminium smelters. Emal is a joint venture

between Dubai Aluminium and Mubadala Development.

Frost & Sullivan argued that it expects Emal's expansion to drive the growth of exports in the near future.

One reasons for this growth will be growing demand from North American and European regions, who are cutting down their aluminium smelter capacity due to the increasing cost of operations and are increasingly sourcing the aluminium from the GCC smelters which is further aiding the GCC aluminium exports.

The aluminium industry, specifically in the GCC is one of the key sectors driving the economy and contributes significantly to the primary aluminium growth in the region.

A outcome from the growth in the aluminium sector, according to Frost & Sullivan, has been the development of new aluminium smelters and expansion of existing smelters coupled with parallel development of downstream industries in the region.

UAE tops the region in Deloitte's manufacturing competitiveness index THE UAE WAS the highest ranked country from the Middle East in Deloitte’s 2013 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index report, which is a survey of global chief executive officers (CEOs) and senior executives. It offers their perspectives on the most important factors that drive manufacturing industry competitiveness.

The report was complied by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited’s (DTTL) Global Manufacturing Industry group and the US Council on Competitiveness.

The report states that the landscape for competitive manufacturing is in the midst of a massive power shift – based on an in-depth analysis of survey responses from more than 550 CEOs and senior leaders at manufacturing companies around the world.

The UAE was ranked as the most www.deloitte.com competitive manufacturing nation in the Middle East with the the UAE ranked globally at 30, Saudi Arabia at 34 and Egypt at 36 in the Deloitte index. The UAE will remain on top position in the next five year, according to Deloitte.

“UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are expected to move up in ranking five years from now,” said Bakr Abulkhair, chairman and managing partner at Deloitte & Touche Bakr Abulkhair & Company, Saudi Arabia.

“The identified key dividers between established and emerging manufacturing markets, in the Deloitte report, should provide insights to Middle East countries and manufacturers to assist

them in bridging gaps with developed manufacturing markets and building capabilities and economic and political infrastructures to drive growth and job creation in our region,” he added.

Craig Giffi, vice chairman Deloitte US and consumer and industrial products industry leader pointed out that in five years key emerging nations are expected to vault forward in the Index. The report indicated that the 20th-century manufacturing advocates like the US, Germany and Japan will be challenged to maintain their competitive edge to emerging nations such as China, India and Brazil.

“The global CEO survey results echo the view that while China and India are still prominent in discussions, manufacturers are turning their focus to frontier markets for growth to capture both the growing local consumer demand and to serve as strategic manufacturing hubs in the global value chain,” noted Tim Hanley, DTTL global leader manufacturing.

The data also showed several divisions in competitiveness between established manufacturing players and their emerging counterparts. Traditional manufacturing powerhouses are perceived to have an advantage with respect to talent-driven innovation. While, emerging manufacturing nations will likely struggle to be competitive in regards to their legal systems, according to the report.

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Rockwell Automation pushes energy intelligence applications ROCKWELL AUTOMATION HAS added new energy intelligence capabilities to its software applications. The new tools are the FactoryTalk VantagePointEnergy bundle, FactoryTalk EnergyMetrix software, and Allen-Bradley IntelliCENTER Energy software.

These tools help plant and operations managers view resource consumption in relation to specific units, lines and machines, so they can make more informed energy decisions.

Rockwell said in a statement, "Energy intelligence is an extension of the manufacturing intelligence capability of turning data into information for informed decision making, by leveraging power and energy equipment as data sources."

Manufacturing plants consume more than one-third of the global energy used annually and many companies do not have information on the day-to-day energy consumption within their plants.

“In order to identify opportunities for improvement, manufacturers need usage data from all areas of the facility to set baselines and better track variations for their entire operation – whether a single plant or a global production infrastructure.

Energyintelligence strategies leveraging FactoryTalk software enable companies to report their consumption in a way that can reduce the time The IntelliCENTER software allows users to and effort associated with view real-time energy consumption. regulatory compliance, cut operating costs and maximise profit,” noted Mike Pantaleano, business manager, Information Software, Rockwell Automation.

The FactoryTalk VantagePoint Energy bundle, which includes FactoryTalk VantagePoint EMI software plus energy-specific models, charts, dashboards and analysis tools, provides access to more energy data. Users can therefore aggregate metered energy-consumption data with production assets throughout the organisation to start monitoring energy utilisation. Plant managers and business leaders can easily access energy data, such as historical energy-cost trends or energy costs over time for a specific machine, line, plant or the entire enterprise via the web.

FactoryTalk EnergyMetrix software collects, records and stores energy data from Allen-Bradley or third-party power meters. The software can also capture information on energy usage, flow, temperature, and pressure from controllers, third-party devices or manual entries. With FactoryTalk EnergyMetrix software, users can set parameters that create alarms, and send human-machine interface and email alerts when energy-usage levels reach a userspecified level. This function can be crucial for manufacturers that receive energy bills based on peak kilowatt demand per day.

A new option is now available for IntelliCENTER software IntelliCENTER Energy. This software offers a preconfigured setup of FactoryTalk EnergyMetrix software for intelligent motor control devices in the motor control centre, including variable speed drives, overload relays, and SMC controllers. Users can view realtime energy consumption and historical trending at the device level directly from IntelliCENTER software.

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Waste Management

Tackling the region’s waste burden Solid waste management is one of the most serious challenges faced by all countries across the Middle East. Fast-paced industrial growth, a booming construction and demolition sector, a high rate of population growth and rapid urbanisation have all contributed to a huge increase in the volumes of solid waste generated within the region. Lynda Davies reports.

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ER CAPITAL WASTE generation in GCC countries is one of the highest worldwide, with estimates putting the total volume of solid waste produced in the GCC region in excess of 120 million tonnes annually, and growing. A large proportion of this waste comes from construction and demolition activities, with municipal waste the second largest source. The GCC countries between them are estimated to produce more than 27 million tonnes per year of municipal solid waste, and the situation is no better in some of the neighbouring countries.

Egypt, for example, generated nearly 20 million tonnes of municipal solid waste in 2009, according to the Waste Management Central Department of the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA).

Much of the Middle East’s solid waste is disposed of in landfills. In addition to taking up valuable space in countries where land availability is limited, such as in Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar, landfills present a whole array of sanitation and environmental issues; not least of which

View of a solid waste handling facility in Abu Dhabi

Kuwait currently is estimated to generate around two million tonnes of municipal solid waste annually is that conventional landfill sites are a significant source of greenhouse gases.

In a bid to get to grips with their mounting waste problems, the past three-to-five years have seen initiatives by a number of the region’s governments to implement strategies to improve their countries’ management of waste. Many of these initiatives have included wasteto-energy (WTE) schemes.

“Waste-to-energy is not only a solution to reduce the volume of waste going into landfill but it can provide a supplemental

energy source,” said an energy analyst.

“The development of renewable sources of energy is becoming increasingly attractive to countries in the face of the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and – especially for nonoil producers – to augment energy security and supply," he said.

In a bid to improve its waste management under measures envisioned by its National Development Strategy 2011–2016, Qatar brought on stream an integrated domestic solid waste management centre near Mesaieed in June 2011, to treat, process and recycle mixed domestic solid waste.

The facility is the first of its kind in the region. Sited over 3 km2, it is designed to treat 2,300 tonnes of waste per day, and serves the whole of Qatar.

In addition to waste sorting and recycling facilities and an engineered landfill and composting unit, the waste management facility has a 1,500 tonnes/day WTE incineration plant. The WTE generates enough power for the entire site and can supply a surplus of 34.4 MW to Qatar’s national power grid.

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Solid waste management is a serious challenge for the entire region

Keppel Seghers, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore-based Keppel Integrated Engineering (KIE), operates the waste management facility under a 20-year Design-Build-Operate (DBO) contract awarded to KIE in October 2006 by Qatar’s then Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture (now the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning). The Singapore firm also secured a second contract to design and build four waste transfer stations. The two contracts amounted to QAR 3.9 billion or approximately US$1.7 billion at the time.

Qatar produces more than 2.5 million tonnes of municipal solid waste each year.

This solid waste is mainly comprised of organic materials which accounts for about 60 per cent of the total, while the remainder consists of recyclables like glass, metals and plastics.

Most of this waste historically has ended up in landfills, and according to Qatar’s National Development Strategy, the new solid waste facility is expected to reduce the share of domestic waste disposed of into landfills to 3-5 per cent, thereby reducing the share of the country’s total waste sent to landfills from 92 per cent to 64 per cent.

In Abu Dhabi, the Centre of Waste Management (CWM) and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) are looking at jointly developing a 100 MW WTE facility in the emirate, signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the project in June. The project would be the first of its kind in the United Arab Emirates and one of the largest in the world.

The proposed plant will be capable of processing up to 1 million tonnes of municipal solid waste annually, and would contribute towards CWM’s strategy “to

The development of renewable sources of energy is becoming increasingly attractive to countries in the face of the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions reduce as much of the volume of waste sent to landfill as is possible and maximise resource recovery and renewable energy projects,” according to a spokesperson for the organisation. CWM currently is revising its original strategic target of 80 per cent diversion of the emirate’s waste from landfill by 2030 under Abu Dhabi’s ‘Vision 2030’, conceding the original target is “unrealistic” in the timeframe.

The emirate produced over 5.7 million tonnes of solid waste in 2009, according to CWM and the Abu Dhabi Statistics Centre.

Around 3.5 million tonnes of this is construction and demolition waste.

According to CWM estimates early last year, total waste generation in Abu Dhabi is set to reach 30 million tonnes a year by 2030 if current waste and population growth rates remain unchanged.

CWM is conducting a feasibility study for the WTE facility and TAQA worked on the concept for 12 months prior to reaching the MoU. The two companies said the WTE facility could be operational by 2015 or 2016.

Dubai, however, has decided to cancel permanently its plans for a WTE facility in the emirate. Dubai Municipality, which had unveiled plans to tender the project for a third time in February, announced in June that it was cancelling permanently the project.

The project plans had evolved significantly since they were first launched, and under the latest proposal a 2,0003,000 tonnes/day scheme was proposed.

In 2011, the Municipality tendered for the project as a WTE to process 6,000 tonnes/day of domestic waste on a 20year Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis.

The tender reportedly attracted only two bidders in November 2011. One of these was said to be Japan’s Hitachi Lenovo with a proposal to build three incinerators each with a power generating capacity of 50 MW at Al Warsan. However, the tender was cancelled, reportedly on account of the parties’ failure to agree on the developer’s insistence on a gate fee for processing the waste; a gate fee helps boost the profitability of such projects.

Dubai’s first tender for a WTE facility was abandoned on account of the scope of the project being “too open”. The emirate is estimated to generate around four million tonnes of domestic waste a year, a volume which is rising annually Kuwait’s Partnerships Technical Bureau (PTB) plans to build a solid waste facility at Kabd, some 25-km west of Kuwait City, aimed at handling and treating up to 50 per cent of Kuwait Municipality’s residential solid waste. The proposed unit will include a WTE plant as well as a sanitary landfill.

The PTB, in collaboration with Kuwait Municipality, in late September issued a request for proposals (RFPs) from potential advisors to submit their technical and financial bids for the provision of consultancy services for the solid waste project by 6 December.

In parallel, the PTB proposes to invite EoIs from developers and it is understood to intend to shortlist two or three of the most suitable technologies for the proposed facility.

Subsequently, shortlisted developers will be asked to submit their bids based on those technologies.

Kuwait Municipality plans to enter into a 30-year BOT contract with the winning investor, which will include two years for construction and equipment installation, according to the PTB. An initial study for the scheme has been completed by the UK’s Baker Tilly International.

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Waste Management In addition to the Kabd project, the PTB is considering two other waste facilities that may or may not include the generation of power. It is proposed that each of these sites would be capable of processing 25 per cent of Kuwait’s waste. Kuwait currently is estimated to generate around two million tonnes of municipal solid waste annually.

Bahrain is developing a WTE facility at Askar with capacity to manage 390,000 tonnes/year of waste and generate up to 25 MW of electricity. The electricity generated will feed into the kingdom’s grid. Bahrain’s Finance Ministry in August 2011 selected France’s Constructions Industrielles de la Méditerranée (Cnim), to build the project on a BOT basis under a 25-year contract.

The cost of the proposed WTE facility at Askar, located on Bahrain’s south eastern coast, has been put at US$480 million.

Cnim began discussions with lenders in 2010 for project financing but negotiations stalled amid the civil unrest in the kingdom. This April, the French group re-

A large proportion of this waste comes from construction and demolition activities launched its search for debt and equity finance for the Askar plant.

The UK’s Mott MacDonald is acting as technical consultant to the project.

Saudi Arabia plans to include WTE and geothermal projects with a total of 450 MW generating capacity among the renewable energy projects it plans to invite bids for under the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KA-CARE) US$109 billion investment programme.. The first round of project bidding is planned to take place in 2013 and the second in 2014. The kingdom is estimated to generate more than 15 million tonnes of municipal solid waste annually.

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In Jordan, the Energy & Mineral Resources Ministry is assessing EoIs to build renewable power plants in the kingdom following an invitation to interested private companies to propose solar, wind and other renewable energy projects for the ministry to consider.

According to a local source, while the majority of EoI’s submitted are for solar power and wind farm projects, Australia’s Global Energy Solutions has submitted an EoI for a WTE project.

However, this could not be confirmed with the Australian firm by press time.

The selected projects are earmarked to be built under BOT contracts with private companies owning 100 per cent of the assets.

Egypt in June is reported to have selected a US firm to carry out prefeasibility study for three WTE schemes in the country. Iran too is said to be looking at WTE schemes to process 1,400 tonnes/day of waste. ■

Panasonic emphasises eco solutions TECHNICAL REVIEW SPOKE to Anthony Peter, director, direct communications and customer care at Panasonic Marketing Middle East and Africa (PMMAF) about the company’s regional outlook in 2013 and its emphasis on eco solutions.

ideally located, we are well positioned to converge our collective strength to expand more, thanks to the diversified economy coupled with the lucrative opportunities on offer.

Which Middle East market offers the best opportunities?

Did you have a strong 2012?

Considering the challenges faced in the region, we were able to focus on providing comprehensive business solutions across various platforms. Incidentally, it has been one of our key strategies to achieve growth by creating a strong B2B business, establishing comprehensive business models, strengthening product portfolio by pursuing locally oriented products and being competitive as well. We are quite happy with the progress though there is always as usual much scope for further improvement,

Companies around the world are bullish on the ‘MEA’ market. We cannot highlight one market here, as every market has its own distinct features. The region is ideally located and offers lucrative opportunities for investors and global companies in a rapidly expanding industry. Strong competition, dynamic demographics and liberalisation of the markets are some of the key factors for this development. With the developed markets experiencing a slowdown, global investors and organisations are looking at emerging markets such as MEA for growth.

Are you optimistic about the business environment this year?

Is Panasonic promoting any eco solutions?

Being optimistic and understanding the dynamics of the ever evolving industry is crucial for the success of any company. The overall market dynamics are changing in our region and we hope to leverage the same with the products and solutions that will help us grow within the given challenging conditions.

We have always established ourselves as an ‘Eco Ideas’ Company; be it with our consumer electronic products; which deliver the highest industry rating for Energy conservation standards or be it with our manufacturing processes which are already complaint to non usage of hazardous substances. We have always positioned ourselves to offer a comprehensive business solution. with our wide array of eco friendly and sustainable products and thus we are carrying our legacy as an “Eco ideas” company.

What are your expansion plans?

Given our wide product range, we are broadly focusing on business solutions that encompass the product portfolio and offer a comprehensive package. Africa is an emerging market and being the regional headquarters for MEA, it is imperative that we extend our resources and expand our business base here. We will be expanding further into the other MEA markets in the coming years.

How important is the UAE market?

Anthony Peter

The UAE is very important and a potentially strong market for us. Being

How are you implementing eco ideas in the region?

In line with the global initiative, PMMAF announced eco ideas declaration in 2010. The adoption of which clearly reiterates the focus of working towards attaining and promoting a greener lifestyle.

To achieve this goal, the company is pursuing its Eco Ideas for Lifestyles by promoting sustainable and comfortable green lifestyles as well as Eco Ideas for Business-styles with aims to reduce the environmental impact of its operations to a maximum extent and spread technologies and ideas that are brought forth through such reduction efforts.

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Doing the region a power of good Middle East Electricity (MEE) opens to visitors from all corners of the Middle East and further abroad. This year visitors will be able to see four separate collections of exhibits in power- related fields, as well as take part in a series of Technical Seminars focusing on individual company and product developments. There’s a brandnew solar show, too.

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OWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION and distribution is where the Middle East Electricity (MEE) exhibitions began, and it is this busy section which is still at the heart of the whole event, including the popular new Middle East Electricity Awards.

And what a lot has changed over all those years. First there’s generation technology itself, of course, even though conventional thermal plants still provide the greater part of the GCC’s – and the rest of MENA’s – power. But over that time gas has become the key input while clean gas-based generation has been transformed with the widescale adoption of combined-cycle cogeneration technology, in line with efficiency-chasing worldwide trends.

Then, along with the fast-spreading Gulf Grid, came various forms of renewables, the fastest growing sector within the global power industry but a form of generation that had hardly even begun (in the modern sense, i.e. post the biomass era) when the MEE series was launched. And how well positioned

the Gulf has proved to be for this, being chosen as the new headquarters for the world’s number-one renewables not-forprofit institution. Now a race seems to be developing to see which Gulf country can get nearest to the 20 per cent renewables generation target soonest.

At the same time North African countries have been following the same path, although in the cases of both Egypt and Morocco it is wind turbine power that is expected to make much of the future running.

And finally has arrived here the nuclear power industry, ironically at a time when elsewhere it has fallen under a bit of a cloud. The positive result is that the world’s nuclear engineering industry is paying far more attention to the Middle East than it used to do, following developments in Abu Dhabi, Egypt and uranium-rich Jordan particularly closely. Meanwhile engineers elsewhere are struggling with the limited potential of alternative technologies such as wave and tidal power, seriously but not feasibly being offered as an alternative to a post-nuclear winter.

Visitors from over 110 countries are expected to pass through the doors on the three successive days And all this at a time when the ownership of the means of production and movement of power has been thrown into the melting pot with the appearance of the IPPs. Mostly all well and good, but the fact remains that power is in short supply just about everywhere in the world these days, that coal remains king and in a fast growing region like the coal-less Gulf no-one really knows how much of a shortfall there really is.

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What they said about MEE 2012

“… one of the critical exhibitions on a worldwide basis for Caterpillar … one of our strongest markets” Robert Woodley, Marketing Communications Manager

“ … we find the exhibition to be one of the most important in the Middle East” S R Lee, General Manager, Hyundai

“MEE is one of the biggest and [most] well known exhibitions in the world, and that’s why we are here … the exhibition itself is very well organised.”

Ajay Malhotra, CEO, CWB International

There will be a wide range of specialised stands this year

Popular Special features this year include the newly launched Solar Middle East show-within-a-show (see separate website at www.solarmiddleeast.ae). This is being organised with the assistance of the Emirates’ own Solar Industry Association and the Saudi Arabian Solar Industries Association.

There is also a new series of the popular Middle East Electricity Awards, featuring companies shortlisted in such categories as Best Innovation and Technology and Best Power and Water Utility. Last year’s winners included CIMCON Software of the USA for their intelligent streetlight management system and the Ras Laffan B public-private funded generation plant in the abovelisted categories, just two of the six being contested for.

And once again a series of free-to-attend one-hour Technical Seminars is on offer to all visitors, at which they will be able to learn about key developments in power generation, transmission and distribution, solar generation and other forms of renewable activity, indoor and outdoor lighting, as well as nuclear generation of course.

Under the same experienced exhibition management Middle East Electricity is once again being complemented later in the year (23-25 September) by the separate Power & Water Middle East trade show, which will also feature desalination.

Trends Separate introductions for the four individual product/technology sections which comprise this region-leading show follow this general introduction. Each is accompanied by an outline feature which details just some current aspect of that sub-topic within the Middle East as a whole, such as the importance of the multinational SESAME Project which is headquartered in Jordan (nuclear-related particle physics), an overview of the global lighting industry from one of the world’s top firms of businessgrowth analysts, along with the different trends exhibited within its different sectors, and the huge development and funding task faced by the generation, transmission and distribution authorities in today’s Iraq. ■

For more information on all these Informa Exhibitions events call Exhibition Director Anita Mathews on +971 4 407 2472 or visit www.middleeastelectricity.com

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Consumption is one thing, ‘demand’ is another – many consultants have tried to calculate the difference. All those new Economic Cities have got to be energised, for example, and many states as well as Saudi Arabia are short of the kind of gas that can be monetised. So the clean and mostly gas-based building boom continues while some cargoes of precious LNG continue to be diverted, at great opportunity cost, to the few Gulf ports that can receive them.

Meanwhile, for every dollar that is spent on generation at least one more has to be allocated to the transmission and distribution infrastructure that is needed to make it all work and to collect the revenues. This is the Cinderella sector of the industry, but it is one that MEE has never been shy of promoting. Look for a wide range of specialised stands this year, many of them smaller than the big international names, offering transmission towers, power lines, switching and transforming stations and all the rest, including the all-important smart meters that have to be installed at the point of delivery. MEE is the very best place in the Middle East to see them all under one roof, along with suppliers of the software and services that make it all tick.

THE 2013 edition of MEE, the region’s largest power and related-products exhibition, begins in the Dubai International Convention Centre on 17 February. It remains open under the sponsorship of the Emirate’s Deputy Ruler to visitors for three action-packed days.

This year’s theme, which will be attracting more than one thousand individual exhibitors in one of the four different themed areas, is ‘Doing global business a power of good’. Visitors from over 110 countries are expected to pass through the doors on the three successive days.

Technical Review is proud to have once again been appointed Official Publisher for this prestigious regional and broader event.

Last year just under 60 per cent of all visitors to the event were either manufacturers, agents/distributors, contractors or power utility executives – key targets for the world’s electrical marketeers.

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Technical Review Middle East - Issue One 2013

BRIEFLY ■ THE MIDDLE EAST AND North Africa region has been successful in using the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model in financing key projects, mainly in the power sector, Doha Bank Group CEO Dr R Seetharaman said recently. Build Own Operate (BOO) and Build Own Operate and Transfer (BOOT) structures are favoured for utilities, where developers typically also own the assets. Build, Transfer and Operate (BTO) structures are expected to be used for projects where the assets are of strategic importance and the public sector wants to retain a shareholding.

“Public partnership models for projects such as power and alternate energy are successful only when political commitment prevails,” Seetharaman said. In Qatar since 2001, Qatar General Electricity and Water Corp (Kahramaa) has awarded private projects such as the Ras Laffan B independent water and power projects (IWPP), the Mesaieed IWPP and the Ras Laffan C IWPP.

Regional success for Harting INTELLIGENT AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE connector technology provides the basis for industrial application and production technology. HARTING’s portfolio of products and solutions includes connectors, device connectivity, network components and assembled system cables.

HARTING’s products connect and network devices, machines and systems with data, signal and power.

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company provides solutions for the automation technology, energy, transportation technology, industrial devices, broadcast, stage and event technology, engineering, medical technology, embedded computer systems and telecommunications markets. The HARTING Group currently has around 3,400 employees active at its 36 local subsidiaries.

Gabor Edelmayer, MD of HARTING Middle East, said: “Finishing a successful first year of operation, we are positioning the company with a new focus on the Middle East market – not just as the leading brand for innovative solutions, but also as a local partner which provides the “best value” products in terms of quality, price, dependability and longevity.”

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Technical Review Middle East - Issue One 2013

BRIEFLY ■ DUBAI ALUMINIUM (DUBAL) is playing an active role in specific initiatives to fulfill Dubai Integrated Energy Strategy 2030 (DIES 2030) through an investment of in the Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park announced by the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy (DSCE). Phase I of the Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park will yield 10 MW this year and the project will be scaled-up in successive phases to produce 1,000 MW by 2030.

Dubal is also participating in a feasibility study relating to the establishment of clean coal-fired power stations in the UAE. ■ QATAR HOPES TO produce 200 MW of electricity from renewable resources by 2020. Qatar General Water and Electricity Corporation (Kahramaa), in an effort to conserve power and the environment is going to launch a pilot project in Duhail to introduce a smart grid system in the country.

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SDMO strengthens regional presence A KEY PLAYER in the international energy market and the world's third largest manufacturer of generator sets and power plants, SDMO is strengthening its presence on all continents with the recent reorganisation of its Dubai office in the United Arab Emirates, and the opening of a new office in Cairo, Egypt. Forging ahead with its international growth strategy, SDMO is expanding its www.sdmo.com commercial presence in the Middle East from its office in Dubai. By reorganising this demonstrates its determination to conquer market share in response to increasing demand in this region. Laurent Berthouloux, former Regional Director for Europe, has been tasked with heading up the SDMO® office located in the Dubai Media City business district. He is now responsible for the whole of the region. This new Dubai office boosts the commercial and service capabilities of SDMO® in this region with an increased stock of standard products and human resources, particularly with the addition of two local technicians at the technical assistance department. This new organisation makes it possible to offer responsive support, close-to-the-customer service, and special assistance for rental customers and the extensive network of distributors located throughout the region's countries. To ensure comprehensive coverage of the region, a new SDMO® office, headed by Ahmed Shouman and directly attached to the Regional Office in Dubai, was opened in Cairo, Egypt.

This reorganisation clearly reflects the French leader's desire to strengthen its position in these markets and expand its international presence.

Region needs to invest more in sustainable energy resources A HUGE INCREASE in GCC population to just under 55 million by 2020 will force the region to develop new and more sustainable energy sources. Even in the Gulf, where the six states have some of the largest reserves of hydrocarbons in the world, it is not sustainable for this valuable resource to be simply burned away in order to support the energy-profligate lifestyles of most of the Gulf’s inhabitants.

The need to switch to more More sustainable energy habits are needed sustainable energy habits was a dominant feature of noted how the GCC nations are a recent report by the Economist undertaking a variety of measures “to Intelligence Unit, which was right to ensure long-term sustainable growth, spell out the urgent need for the GCC to introducing energy-efficiency measures, invest in renewable and clean energy to investing in clean fuel and renewable satisfy domestic consumption and to energy supplies, improving water conserve its valuable energy reserves. efficiency, investing in new water “By 2020, the GCC population is forecast desalination capacity and buying or to reach 53.5 million, a 30 per cent leasing agricultural land abroad”. increase over the level in 2000,” the The focus on renewable energy is the report said. At the same time, the report

long-term answer and the GCC is right to invest in developing these technologies.

Projects like Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City are a significant part of the worldwide effort to find technologies that will be able to produce enough energy to satisfy the demands of modern society.

However, there is a major gap between the forecast demand for energy and what renewables will be able to provide. The answer to this is not to burn more hydrocarbons, which will be both a criminal waste, but also continue shunting tonnes of carbon dioxide into the air, speeding up the dangerous effects of global warming.

The answer is nuclear power, which is highly efficient and also carbon-clean.

The important new site at Al Baraka in Abu Dhabi is a major development in GCC’s search for clean and long-term sustainable energy.

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Come and visit us at Stand number 2F15 BEAMA continues to make a big impact in the 21st Century electrotechnical marketplace. Long established, but constantly moving with the times, BEAMA plays a pivotal role in representing and promoting the interests of its members, which make up a significant sector within British manufacturing. Whether it's industry standards, legislation, export drives or the supply of up-to-the-minute market information, BEAMA is at the forefront of an industry with an BEAMA Ltd is registered annual turnover of ÂŁ13 billion, employing 137,000 people. Founded on a wealth of diverse experience and expertise, in England no 84313 the BEAMA member groups are active in the energy, electrical installation and power sectors, operating with considerable influence on issues, standards and legislation. BEAMA provides a broad spectrum of professional services, much valued by its members, in an increasingly competitive and fast-changing global trading environment.

For further information, visit us at www.beama.org.uk 3 Phase Design

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John Street, New Basford, Nottingham, NG7 7HL, UK Tel: +44 1159 784 652 Email: cm@3phasedesign.com Web: www.3phasedesign.com Contact: Mr Craig McKee 3 Phase Design provide technical services focused on the design, manufacture and testing of low voltage equipment.

BG Electrical Ltd

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Building E, Stafford Park 1,Stafford Park, Telford, TF3 3BD, UK Tel: +44 1952 238 168 Email: laura.collins@bgelectrical.co.uk Web: www.nexusinds.com/bg/uk Contact: Ms Laura Collins BG Electrical Ltd, a division of Nexus Industries are a leading manufacturer and supplier of high quality electrical accessories including the market leading'Masterplug and 'Permaplug branded protable power products

Boardman Transformers Ltd2E24 Units 1, 2 Low Mill Business Park, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 9EE, UK Tel: +44 1229 584 624 Email: martin@boardman-transformers.co.uk Web: www.boardman-transformers.co.uk Contact: Mr Martin Boardman Boardman Transformers will be showing their increasing range of linear and switching battery chargers alongside our control and power transformers. In addition we will be displaying DIN rail mounted monitoring relays and plug in control relays

Boddingtons Electrical Ltd 2E29 Prospect House, Queenborough Lane, Great Notley, Braintree, CM77 7AG, UK Tel: +44 1376 567 490 Email: nick@boddingtons-electrical.com Web: www.boddingtons-electrical.com Contact: Mr Nick Jordan Boddingtons Electrical are a UK based Manufacturer and supplier of fully insulated 1000v hand tools to IEC 60900, switchboard rubber safety matting to IEC 61111, electrical safety gloves to IEC 60903, Electrical safety rescue hooks 1kV + 600kV, Insulating Shrouding to IEC 61112 and cable preparation tools for MV & HV applications

Bowman Power Group Ltd

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Ocean Quay, Belvidere Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 5QY, UK Tel: +44 2380 236 700 Email: salesteam@bowmanpower.co.uk Web: www.bowmanpower.com

Contact: Mr Dick Tett Bowman Power Group Ltd is a world leader in advanced exhaust energy recovery technologies for reciprocating engines, providing a 6-8.5% fuel saving for stationary power applications.

The commercially available products are already providing engine operators with increased diesel fuel efficiency for various engines from Cummins, Caterpillar, Scania, Volvo and Mitsubishi. New products continue to be released for other popular engines from the above engine makers and from various others

Craig & Derricott Ltd

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Hall Lane, Walsall Wood, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 9DP, UK Tel: +44 1543 375 541 Email: pcranshaw@craiganddericott.com Web: www.craigandderricott.co.uk Contact: Mr Paul Cranshaw Craig & Derricott are a UK manufacturer of Electrical Control Equipment and will be displaying ranges of our Isolation Equipment in Die-cast, Plastic, Sheet Steel and Stainless Steel Enclosures plus our range of Control Equipment

EA Technology

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Capenhurst Technology Park, Capenhurst, Chester, CH1 6ES, UK Tel: +44 1513 394 181 Email: john.hartford@eatechnology.com Web: www.eatechnology.com Contact: Mr John Hartford EA Technology is a world-leading innovator in power engineering solutions, our core strenght is our unique range of techniques for detecting, measuring, and locating deterioration in assests, and interpreting the data to provide vital management information predicting failures before they occur.

ESP

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Unit 7, Target Park, Shawbank Road, Lakeside, Redditch, B98 8YN, UK Tel: +44 1827 63454 Email: jeromeleve@scolmore.com Web: www.scolmore.com Contact: Mr Jerome Leve ESP offers a comprehensive range of electronic security and fire detection products to meet the requirements of security installers and electrical contractors: CCTV, door entry systems and conventional fire alarm products.

E-Tech Components UK Ltd

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Unit 14 Park Court, Sherdy Business Park, St Helens, Merseyside, WA9 5GZ, UK Tel: +44 1744 762 929 Email: sales@e-tech-components.co.uk Web: www.e-tech-components.co.uk

Contact: Mr Paul Forester E-tech Components and Elpress AB are promoting the Elpress range of crimping systems for electrical connectors and transformer windings. E-tech components are also exhibiting a wide range of cable accessories from major manufacturers including Elpress, Bicon/Bicc, Prysmian, Dutchclamp, SACS Tools and CCG

Flexicon Ltd

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Roman Way, Coleshill, Birmingham, B46 1HG, UK Tel: +44 1675 466 900 Email: Colin.Legg@flexicon.uk.com Web: www.flexicon.uk.com Contact: Mr Colin Legg Flexicon is a marketing leading manufacturer of felxible conduit products and solutions, with over 47 different solutions to choose from available in either metallic and non-metallic. We are the specialist when it comes to flexible conduit whatever the application.

Global Jointing Systems

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Unit7, Park Lane Industrial Estate, Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 9LG, UK Tel: +44 1249 715 566 Email: johnmitchell@globalresins.co.uk Web: www.globalresins.co.uk Contact: Mr John Mitchell Global Jointing Systems a division of Global Resins Limited will be exhibitng their range of low voltage cable joint system, ancillary products and resin systems

GW Wiring Products Ltd

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Unit 2 Wharfside, Rosemont Road, Wembley, Middlesex, HA0 4PE, UK Tel: +44 2087 952 099 Email: gwcabletie@aol.com Contact: Mr Ying-Chuan Chou Distributors of high quality cable ties, cable management products, stainless steel cable ties and crimp terminals.

High Voltage Partial Discharge 2F19 128 Metroplex Business Park, Broadway, MediaCity, Manchester, M50 2UW, UK Tel: +44 1618 776 142 Email: info@hvpd.co.uk Web: www.hvpd.co.uk Contact: Dr Lee Renforth HVPD Ltd are leading global on-line partial discharge (PD) testing and monitoring company with over 100 years of combined experience in the application of partial discharge (PD) condition monitoring technology

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Insulated Tools Ltd

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Charlswood Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 2HR, UK Tel: +44 1342 324 255 Email: markwardle@insulatedtoolsusa.com Web: www.insulatedtoolsusa.com Contact: Mr Mark Wardle ITL insulate Tools to the highest possible standard. By injection moulding with Nylon 11, our tools can withstand extreme temperatures and climates. Visit us to see for yourself

Intertek ASTA

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Hilton House, Corporation Street, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 2DN, UK Tel: +44 1788 578 435 Email: tim.canfield@intertek.com Web: www.intertek.com Contact: Mr Tim Canfield Intertek's ASTA Services team delivers leading services for the elctrical industry. Our services include schemes truly recognized internationally such as plug and fuse approvals and low/medium/high voltage certification.

kA Testing Faciclity

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John Street, New Basford, Nottingham, NG7 7HL, UK Tel: +44 115978 4652 Email: nb@ka-testing.com Web: www.ka-testing.com Contact: Ms Neli Ban kA Testing Facility is an independent laboratory, recognised by ASTA and UKAS for LV testing. We offer full certification to cover all areas of design to be verified by test according to IEC 61439.

Kigg Limited

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Unit 4, Vale Enterprise Centre, Hayes Rd., Sully, Vale of Glamorgan, CF64 5SY, UK Tel: +44 1446 743 377 Email: sales@kigg.com Web: www.kigg.com Contact: Mr Jonathan Harfoot KIGG Ltd An ISO 9001:2008 certified developer, manufacturerelectric systems. KIGG specialises in kWh meters,smart metering, health monitors, Process control communication systems and Green house gas monitoring. Kigg also has ajoint venture with JB Meters.

Lawson Fuses Ltd

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Meadowfield, Ponteland Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE20 9SW, UK Tel: +44 1661 823 232 Email: info@lawson-fuses.co.uk Web: www.lawsonfuses.eu Contact: Mr Stephen Lawson Lawson Fuses is a leading manufacturer of LV fuse-links and fuse-holders. Products are ASTA certified to lastest IEC/BS Standards. Ranges include electricity distribution, industrial installations, house service, motor circuit and semiconductor protection. Accredited to ISO9001 and ISO/IEC 17025

Marshall-Tufflex Ltd

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Churchfields Industrial Estate, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN38 9PU, UK Tel: +44 1424 856 000 Email: rw@marshall-tufflex.com Web: www.marshall-tufflex.com Contact: Ms Rachael White Marshall-Tufflex manufacture and supply a

comprehensive range of cable management and energy saving products for commercial, healthcare, education, industrial and domestic markets. Our range includes PVC-U, steel and aluminium trunking, pre-fabricated wiring systems and underfloor to desk solutions.

Mecc Alte UK Limited

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6 Lands End Way, Oakham, Rutland, Leicesterhsire,LE15 6RF, UK Tel: +44 1572 771 160 Email: steve.ohara@meccalte.co.uk Web: www.meccalte.co.uk Contact: Mr Steve O'hara Mecc Alte are the world largest independent manufacturer of AC alternators. Our range of 2 pole, 4 pole and 6 pole alternators include 1 kva through to 3000 kva and designed for industrial, marine, military, telecommunication sectors etc.

Through our engineering expertise we offer bespoke equipment to cover most applications.

At the MEEE 13 we are launching our new product for DC power generation in the telecoms industry with a seminar at 10:30am to 11:30am Tuesday 19th February at the exhibition

Petrel Ltd

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22 Fortnum Close, Kitts Green, Birmingham, B33 0LB, UK Tel: +44 1217 837 161 Email: tglasscoe@petrel-ex.co.uk Web: www.petrel-ex.co.uk Contact: Mr Tony Glasscoe

Qlite Ltd

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Crypton House, Crypton Technology Park, Bristol Road, Bridgwater, TA6 4BX, UK Tel: +44 1600 551 197 Email: sales@qliteglobal.com Web: www.qliteglobal.com Contact: Mr Craig Bligh Qlite Limited UK specialises in low voltage control systems. Qlite designs and manufactures state-of-the-art Guest Room management systems (GRMS), plug-in Dimming controls, Lighting control, Home Automation systems, Day light Harvesting systems, Sensors and Wiring accessories. Qlite has the engineering capability to meet any market standards and provide custom-made products”

Scolmore International

2E10

1 Scolmore Park, Lansberg, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 7XB, UK Tel: +44 1827 63454 Email: jeromeleve@scolmore.com Web: www.scolmore.com Contact: Mr Jerome Leve Scolmore International together with their click brand of electrical accessories and lighting products and are amongst the market leaders for high quality and innovation. We will be featuring 3 moulded accessory ranges and 14 decorative metal finishes. In addition, we also offer a comprehensive range of internal/external lighting products and wireless controls

Systems Power Ltd

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Unit 1, 3 Prestwood Place, East Pimbo, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 9QE, UK Tel: +44 1695 550 677 Email: julia.smith@systemspower.com Web: www.systemspower.com Contact: Ms Julia Smith A UK based Specialist Manufacturer of Metal

enclosed capacitor banks and air-cored detuning reactors for 11/22/33kv systems for use in both utility and oil & gas systems. The company has an extensive supply record in the Gulf and Africa.

Termate

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John Street, New Basford, Nottingham, NG7 7HL, UK Tel: +44 1159 784 652 Email: dm@termate.com Web: www.termate.com Contact: Mr David McKain Termate is a British manufacturer of busbar supports, stand-off insulators, through bushings and busplugs. We supply electrical switchgear and railway markets

The Faraday Centre Ltd

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Unit 3 Stephenson Court, Skippers Lane, Industrial Estate, Middleborough, TS6 6UT, UK Tel: +44 1642 467 236 Email: rebecca.lambton@faradaycentre.co.uk Web: www.faradaycentre.co.uk Contact: Ms Rebecca Lambton The Faraday centre is an international training company specialising in the provision of electrical power training, either at our purpose designed facilities, which are equipped with high/low voltage equipment or the client's site in the UK and worldwide.

Whitelegg Machines Ltd

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19 Crompton Way, Manor Royal, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9QR, UK Tel: +44 1293 526 230 Email: glyn@whitelegg.com Web: www.whitelegg.com Contact: Mr Glyn Dawson Established in 1930, Whitelegg specialises in supplying equipment and tools for the repair of AC and DC electric motors. A full range is available for all rewinding needs. On display will be winding fixtures, hand tools and much more.

Yorpower Ltd

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Electricity Building, Unit 2 Hurrican Close, Sherburn in Elmet, Leeds, LS25 6PB, UK Tel: +44 1977 688 155 Email: peter@yorpower.com Web: www.yorpower.com Contact: Mr Peter Whitfield YorPower is the fastest growing independent diesel generator manufacturer in the UK. Its focus is on genuine quality, excellent customer service and providing solutions to their customers’ challenges and demands. Due to YorPower’s Growth they are now actively seeking new distributors in many countries – for further details visit YorPower on stand S2C40, call them on +44 (0)1977 688 155 or enquire at sales@yorpower.com

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BRIEFLY ■ EL SEWEDY ELECTRIC recently announced the signing of a US$56mn cable contract in Iraq with the Ministry of Electricity/Al Rusafa Directorate for Electricity Distribution. Under the contract, which represented El Sewedy Electric’s first activity in the country for a decade, the company agreed to supply Iraq with its medium voltage cables.

Alongside cables and accessories, Egypt-based El Sewedy Electric also focuses on electrical products, energy measurement and management, transformers, communications, wind energy generation and solar energy solutions. The company is now known as a global leader in cables manufacturing and a leader in Middle East and Africa for energy solutions and its related services.

It is also placing increasing emphasis on the concept of energy management in order to improve energy efficiency and reduce energy use, thereby reducing costs.

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Oman Cables signs with Samsung OMAN CABLES INDUSTRY SAOG (OCI) signed an agreement with Samsung South Korea towards the end of 2012 to supply electrical cables for Samsung’s global engineering procurement and construction projects.

The agreement, which was signed at the Oman Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, confirmed OCI’s continuing development around the world.

This development was also demonstrated in 2011, when OCI was placed at number seven in Oman Economic Review’s top 20 largest companies in Oman.

Founded by Mustafa Mukhtar and Hussain Salman in 1984, the company has since become an industry leader for the manufacture and distribution of electrical wires and cables as well as conductor solutions.

OCI cables are certified according to international standards such as BS, IEC, VDE, and are tailor-made to meet individual Representatives from Oman Cables Industry accepting their award from Oman Economic Review. (Image source: Oman Cables Industry) customer specifications.

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Saudi gas compressors order for Atlas Copco ATLAS COPCO’S ANNOUNCED recently that it had won an order for three centrifugal gas compressors to serve a natural gas-fuelled power plant in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Construction of the PP-12 facility, which is expected to start commercial operation by 2014 and have a net output of 2,175 MW, is a joint venture between Arabian Bemco Contracting Atlas Copco sells and rents products under different brands in more than 170 countries

and Saudi Electric Company. The Atlas Copco compressors will feed natural gas into the turbines at a pressure level of 33 bars in order to produce electricity.

The company’s range of products and services also include expanders, air treatment systems, construction and mining equipment, power tools, assembly systems, and related aftermarket and rental.

Manufacturing products in more than 20 countries, the company sells and rents products under different brands through a worldwide network which reaches more than 170 countries.

At the end of 2011, Atlas Copco reported that it had a total of 37,500 employees and had recorded revenues of US$11.7billion.

BRIEFLY ■ JUBAILI BROS, is looking forward to the grand opening of its newly expanded Head Office in Jebel Ali Free Zone in March. This will empower the company to further service its customers throughout the UAE and GCC Region, Africa, and Asia. The new premises will comprise three floors, fully equipped with modern facilities.

New features include dedicated customer meeting rooms with capacity for up to 32 people. The 1,500 sqm new building, built over a total available land area of 10,000 sqm that includes Jubaili Bros warehouses; will be devoted to office space which will encompass all business support departments and operations under one roof. This will enable Jubaili Bros staff to continue to fully serve customers and put their needs first. With the largest stock of Diesel Generating sets in the UAE with branches in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and the new HQ in Jebel Ali Free Zone, Jubaili Bros offers complete power solutions.

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A ray of light for solar power Many international visitors come to Middle East Electricity just to learn about the latest in renewables. Solar Middle East is a brand-new specialised event and the CEBC is championing the cause

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OT ONE BUT two trade exhibitions specialising in all forms of solar power are being held in the UAE this year; Solar Middle East runs concurrently with Middle East Electricity (MEE). And to complement all this activity the Abu Dhabi-based Clean Energy Business Council is sharpening up its act in the wake of last December’s huge UN-sponsored climate-change talks in Doha, which did seem to make real progress at last.

The Emirates is already right at the heart of the fast-moving global renewable energy movement, as illustrated by the recent transfer of all administrative operations of the International Renewable Energy Agency from Germany to Abu Dhabi. The private-sector orientated CEBC (which also covers developments in North Africa) itself is headquartered nearby in award-winning Masdar City.

Over recent years MEE’s dedicated Renewable Energy section has established itself as a key component of the whole trade-show package, leading exhibitors renting space in this section (companies, institutions and lobbying agencies like CEBC) being a key reason why the whole MEE event is always such a draw for visitors from all over the world. If it can’t be done here where solar energy, public- and private-sector willingness and funds are all abundant, the argument runs, where else is there to try?

But the Council still faces an uphill task.

Performance of photovoltaics, solar concentrators and wind generators elsewhere has been, at best, ‘mixed’,

Progression in developing solar power activities in the region has been less than impressive so far

GCC countries enjoy some of the best solar resources on earth being highly reliant on subsidies to cope with the new conditions introduced by the era of cheap and abundant US (but nowhere else as yet) natural gas. And the jewel in MENA’s renewable crown, the huge export-dependent Desertec Project designed to send high-voltage direct current (HVDC) to Europe from several countries in North Africa by means of ground-breaking and energy-saving subsea transmission technology, has suffered a serious spanner in its very complicated works from the recent withdrawal of some technical sponsorship from Germany. This is the country which has led the whole multinational project from its outset. It remains to be seen who will step in to fill the gap.

However developments in North Africa will not influence progress with solar power here in the Gulf, where all projects so far announced, such as the movingmirror based Shams schemes in Abu Dhabi (first commissioning due later this year) and the huge Al Maktoum Solar Park next door in Dubai, have been designed so far to meet local needs exclusively.

Nobody is realistically proposing to export electrical power from the Gulf in anything like the medium term, although this is known to be a long-term goal of the Saudi Arabia’s Solar Industries Association,

representing the country which has the greatest potential of all.

So here the challenge is very much an institutional one, and in particular how to set up and structure the Sharia-compliant sukuk bonds needed to attract funds and finance realistic developments in the light of a prevailing economic climate in which power is effectively heavily subsidised here because the utility companies – both public and private generators and desalinators – receive their fuel at below international market rates. And at the same time consumers are given little incentive, or information, on which to base sensible decisions about how to make best use of the limited severely stretched supplies that they do have access to.

Meanwhile local demand grows by around 10 per cent each year. So for now some of the Council’s own ‘green sukuk’ schemes will be focused on countries like Egypt and Jordan which are better located in terms of serving Western markets, with the inbuilt technical standards needed to support them.

This is the CEBC challenge, as spelled out a few weeks ago by Deputy Chairman Daniel Zywietz. Chairman Nasser Saidi of the Dubai International Financial Centre said much the same in an interview conducted by ‘The Business Year’ earlier.

Zywietz points out that GCC countries enjoy some of the best solar resources on earth, while at the same time lacking the regulatory and economic frameworks needed to make this a really profitable industry to develop.

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“Our goal is to establish a dialogue between the public and private sectors to drive the development of appropriate and much-needed regulation and policy” he says. This is already being tackled by such means as collecting reliable data on what has already been achieved right across the MENA region, in such forms as the Council’s lauded online and fully interactive Clean Energy Projects map, along with various specialised Climate Bond initiatives and working groups.

Developments in North Africa will not influence progress with solar power here in the Gulf Progress so far is not impressive, the statement hints, pointing out that total solar capacity in the region is only of the order of less than 50MW – less than the capacity of one modern thermal plant in the Gulf. In the process many opportunities to create thousands of sustainable jobs and investment openings are being lost. Independently Technical Review understands that these, along with local manufacturing opportunities, are already being investigated in Qatar well ahead of the forthcoming soccer World Cup with its need for many new green fully enclosed stadiums less than 10 years ahead; indeed this commitment was a key part of the winning bid.

Meanwhile the CEBC is content to be the pre-eminent NGO representing and promoting private sector involvement in

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renewable energy development right across the whole Arabicspeaking region.

‘Our goal is to serve as an important foundation for creating a strong future green economy and the basis for effective sustainable development of the MENA region’, the Council concludes. Wise words which could have come from the team that put together all the renewable events at this year’s MEE show. ■

For further information visit www.solarmiddleeast.ae and www.cleanenergybusinesscouncil.com

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Nuclear option promises a brighter future Nuclear power can secure the region’s energy future

High-energy particle physics in the service of peace is the goal of the ground-breaking SESAME Project now nearing completion in Jordan. This location was selected because of the Kingdom’s rapid progress with the development of both nuclear power and uranium resources.

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HE GULF’S FIRST four-train nuclear plant is now well under construction in Abu Dhabi, with the final reactor scheduled to come online in the middle 2020 according to the latest information from Emirates Nuclear Energy Corp. The Nuclear section at Middle East Electricity (MEE) has been proving a major attraction since it was launched, and now that the first concrete has been poured in the UAE excitement is mounting as the dawning of a new era in the secure matching of GCC energy supply and demand nears. Other countries in the Arab world rival the UAE in enthusiasm, such as Egypt and Jordan, and elsewhere in the GCC programmes are being advanced, too.

Renewables are all vital, but nuclear is seen as being the only way to actually achieve a realistic balance based on today’s technology.

Elsewhere in the world, however, the situation is seen less clearly. First, in the United States the discovery of vast new reserves of gas have put nuclear development plans there on hold; in 2011 nuclear supplied nearly one-third of US consumption, however, and this remains by far the largest nuclear nation on earth. Second, the Fukushima disaster in Japan – caused by an earthquake but which revealed serious design faults, and the most serious accident to be recorded since Chernobyl in 1986 – has been followed by a widescale withdrawal from nuclear programmes, most notably in the European Union.

So controversy abounds, and there is certain to be plenty of lively room for discussion at MEE this year, with the whole world focusing on the regions of the world where nuclear progress is speeding up, such as North Africa and the Gulf. In some other countries, such as the heavily dependent France and the United Kingdom and smaller producers like China and South Africa, the authorities are being noticeably reticent about the subject post-Japan’s tsunami in 2011.

‘Kicking the can down the road’, some suggest.

Safety regulations There are two very positive outcomes, however. First, the already exceptionally stringent global safety regulations have been tightened up even more, and the major development in the UAE will be the first greenfield site anywhere in the world where these will be implemented in full.

Modelled on the European Organization for Nuclear Research facility in Geneva (CERN), the Sesame Project* located at Allan, near Amman in Jordan is well on course for opening as a research and service facility for industry and institutions in the entire Middle East.

Some delays are inevitable, but latest reports suggest that it could be fully operational within 2016.

CERN is a huge internationally-funded particle physics laboratory that conducts a series of research using its Large Hadron Collider and other particle accelerators into the effects of collisions between subatomic particles. Its most widely recognised achievement to date came in July last when a brand-new sub-atomic particle, long suspected but never proven, was at last positively identified.

Operating costs SESAME is a major spin-off organisation, one of a network around the world and the first to be located anywhere in the Middle East. It involves the co-operation of several countries as well as the Kingdom itself; these include Bahrain, areas under control of the Palestinian Authority, Pakistan and Iran. SESAME’s recently re-appointed Director General used to run the whole CERN complex in Switzerland; the large synchrotron radiation facility it incorporates was donated by the Federal Republic of Germany.

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At the heart of the complex near the Jordanian capital is a thirdgeneration light source, a 2.5GeV electron storage ring 113m in circumference (ex ‘BESSY’ in Germany; other major components having been donated by the UK) incorporating a dozen wigglers and undulators.

Total operating costs including power each year will amount to nearly US$7 million once the synchrotron laboratory is fully up and running. More than US$55 million has been invested in the whole project by donors and partners so far.

Jordan is an ideal location for such an international particle physics research facility because as well as being right at the heart of the MENA region it is also emerging as a major centre for uranium mining (and by-product production from the existing phosphate-rock industry). The Jordan Atomic Energy Corp is planning to be one of the first – possibly the very first - Arab countries to generate its own nuclear power (see ‘Technical Review’, issue 6, 2012).

Training SESAME’s governing council met in Turkey at the end of 2011, when the local Atomic Energy Commission chief said: “SESAME offers a remarkable opportunity for international and regional scientific cooperation. It also promises to be an outstanding example of science in the service of peace.”

At that time Scientific Director Prof Hafeez Hoorani reported that the facility’s own microtron had just accelerated an electron beam up to its full rated power, leading the way to accelerating this beam by means of the donated booster synchrotron.

He reported on good progress with the seven Phase I beamlines, which are all separately designed to facilitate research into such vital matters as protein crystallography (structural molecular biology) and X-ray fluorescence (basic materials and environmental research). Like CERN, SESAME was designed from the outset as a multi-purpose facility that could pursue a number of areas of particle-physics research simultaneously.

Training of young engineers and physicists is already a central element of all activities at Allan; well over 1000 have passed through since UNESCO’s Basic Sciences Pogramme adopted the project back in 2002, via such channels as the Lounsbery Foundation fellowships and co-operation with the partner synchrotron-operating facility in Shanghai.

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Even more significantly the International Atomic Energy Agency has provided essential support for all forms of training in Jordan; a new four-year programme having been recently announced, designed to support human capacity development in particular.

As further evidence of international support the International Union of Pure & Applied Physics is helping fund the scheme because it is a “critically important regional scientific facility”. The international Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry has adopted a similar attitude, and the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is also on board. As a result the SESAME Council was recently able to state: “Not only is the science to be carried out at SESAME of fundamental importance, but the location of this world-class facility will provide an enormous boost to the scientific standing of the region and will also provide a stimulus for local and regional industry.” ■

* Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science & Applications in the Middle East.

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An LED revolution lights the way The first-ever comprehensive survey of the global lighting market covers both light sources and lighting fixtures.

A wise choice of technology in the form of luminaires can cut costs too

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IDDLE EAST ELECTRICITY (MEE) is always a popular draw for individual consumers in the Emirates in particular, and the number-one section in terms of interest to the average Gulf national is always the Lighting section. This is even more so now that displays of other consumer products such as the HVAC (air conditioning) family and home appliances have been hived off to other highly specialised events.

Lighting is the dazzling one that remains.

Informed choice of suitable products can transform the typical Gulf residence, whether it be apartment, self-standing residence or palace. Wise choice of technology in the form of luminaires can transform the cost too – not just to the individual who settles the utility accounts but to the national Energy Ministries who have to ensure that the supplies can somehow be delivered 24/7, while demand is rising all the time as aspirations grow and average ages decline.

Following this feature we report on a fascinating (and just updated), first-ever account from a top team of business analysts of the entire global lighting industry, including its vital and quite distinctive automotive sector.

Of course the single technology that underlies it all – and one the introduction of which has transformed the whole industry since the MEE series was founded – is the common light emitting diode (LED).

Compare a white light product incorporating this today with what was being sold as top-of-the-range just 10 years ago and you will be staggered at the difference in quality, both on terms of light colour etc. characteristics (which can be measured in many ways) and sheer illumination power.

At the same time this has been achieved while electricity consumption has tumbled to a fraction of what it used to be – a far more wide-sweeping revolution than the compact fluorescent products introduced. This has matched perfectly with the growth of lowwattage renewable generation, especially if coupled with safe low-voltage circuits, making the idea of a power station for every isolated home and business a feasible option, even in the poorest of countries.

The global lighting market is currently undergoing a radical change, fuelled by the exponential urban growth expected over the next decade, and the drive towards ever greater energy efficiency.”

Nowhere in the world is this statement from consultants McKinsey & Co* more relevant than here in the Middle East.

In 2001 the business specialists conducted the first large-scale research project, the resulting report of which “provides a clear picture of the status quo and a forecast through 2010, covering major applications and technologies.” The study includes both light sources and fixtures. A second edition of what was widely seen as a landmark report appeared in December 2012.

The team’s distillation of the key drivers identified in the first edition is further summarised up in this special preview for the always-popular Lighting section at this year’s Middle East Electricity.

The whole market is described as ‘poorly understood, despite its size’, as well as being huge, much fragmented, very complex and opaque.

Globally it is expected to have revenues of around Euro110 billion (nearly US$150 billion) in 2020, with six per cent annual growth until 2016 and one half of this thereafter. This means that the size of the total all-segments market equates to the worldwide market for [much more costly] TV equipment, based on producer prices. At retail prices this would be much higher still.

Covered in this comprehensive report are all light sources such as incandescent bulbs, LEDs of all types, older CFLs, systems control components such as ballasts, specialised automotive applications and backlighting hardware.

The general lighting market is the main segment, the report says; this represents roughly three-quarters of total industry revenues, a proportion which is rising slowly. Key drivers here are the strong

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growth of construction investment – in regions like the Gulf in particular – and the growing penetration of higher-priced sources technologies such as LEDs and the latest ‘organic panel’ products.

For automotive applications the market is also growing steadily; currently around 20 per cent of the total with manufacturerfitted vehicle headlamp sales being the number-one component. Strong growth of the automotive market both here and in countries like India and – most of all – China is now driving this industry. The strength of new-installation sales compared with traditional replacement business as product lifespans increase is a key factor in the industry’s projections.

In the fast-growing LED/cold cathode fluorescent-dominated backlighting (small-screen) business – currently just six per cent of the total – current global revenues are estimated at around US$5.3 billion.

All sorts of new technology developments are currently being seen as use of mobile device sales escalate. Nevertheless the market is expected to remain stable as better (more light) products mean that fewer

The global lighting market is currently undergoing a radical change need to be used in products such as the latest wide-screen TVs. Yet another general category of growing applications are described as ‘industrials’.

All these trends are being driven by population growth in developing countries (in particular) and by rising incomes/higher expectations generally. Urbanisation is identified as a third, one which is particularly applicable here in MENA, and the last global driver is the growth in demand for more energy-efficient products generally. Replacement of wasteful incandescent and even the more recent compact fluorescent light sources is seen as a particularly efficient way of conserving energy as it costs so little to the individual utility customer, is a highly visible process and is therefore particularly well suited to subsidised energy-saving programmes.

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‘Switching to LED lighting is economically more attractive than other means of CO2 abatement, but not yet in focus’ the consultants conclude.

Nevertheless, because lighting products are used in so many different ways, the industry remains characterised by high fragmentation and complexity.

There are many different applications, a wide variety of green and non-green technologies in use, significant differences between national markets at different stages of development, and widely-differing goals and aspirations of interested parties – architects, building owners, tenants and lighting professionals.

The net result, says McKinsey & Co, makes both ‘marketing activities and channel structures particularly challenging’. This despite what is described as the ‘LED revolution’ which is ‘transforming the landscape of the lighting industry value chain entirely’. ■

* “Lighting the way: Overview of the global lighting market”, www.mckinsey.com

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RAQ’S STRUGGLING POWER system will come under increasing pressure as economic growth accelerates, says the International Energy Agency*. “Catching up with rising demand for electricity is a critical domestic challenge, as prolonged power cuts are still experienced on a daily basis in many parts of the country,” it stated late last year. However a spokesperson added: “If planned new capacity is delivered on time, electricity generation will meet Iraq’s demand for power in 2015.”

According to the IEA’s ‘Central’ projection-forecast “extensive effort” will enable installed gross generation capacity to almost quadruple by 2020 and reach more than 80GW by 2035.

“We estimate that electricity demand in Iraq was around 57 TWh in 2010, but that the installed … generation capacity was able to satisfy only 58 per cent of that level, around 33 TWh.

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Iraq needs to invest around US$6bn a year on average to meet demand for power generation

Iraq’s challenging power future ‘Meeting demand for electricity with reliable and continuous supply is the main immediate concern for Iraq’s electricity sector,’ says the IEA. Building more new and fuel-converted plant is seen as the main solution.

“Final electricity consumption grows five-fold in our Central Scenario, reaching just under 170 TWh in 2035 … consumption growth averages more than 6.5 per cent per year.”

Before 2020 it will be twice this level, the pre-WEO report warns.

Gas – an industry as yet undeveloped in Iraq - will emerge as the lowest-cost fuel for meeting this extraordinary increase in demand.

“If planned new capacity is delivered on time, grid-based electricity generation will catch up with currently estimated peak demand around 2015, but it will take longer to build the necessary capacity

buffer to allow for maintenance and unplanned outages without disruption,” the report, a prelude to the November 2012 World Energy Outlook, concluded.

The less welcome news is that achievement of this “requires investment of more than US$6bn per year on average to 2035, but half is needed before 2020.

“Most of the investment is required in new generation capacity, but just under 40 per cent goes to improving the transmission and distribution network, where efficiency gains can save the equivalent of the annual fuel input to six combined-cycle gas turbine plants.”

Just one of the problems of planning future capacity for Iraq is that the real level of current “demand” can be no more than estimated – at around 57 TWh in 2010.

This is because peak demand is not at present being met, especially in the summer months, and therefore cannot be measured. A small error in assessing this, and the rate at which it grows, makes a big difference to the shortfall that will arise in any particular year. A safety margin of 1020 per cent surplus capacity is usually maintained by utilities if possible globally to cope with circumstances that arise. Not expected nationwide in Iraq until 2017 this

will be achieved in the Iraq’s Kurdistan region first, where a largely separate transmission system exists, the Agency predicts. In the likely best-feasible options scenario the gross capacity of Iraq’s grid-connected power plants will grow quickly from 16GW in 2010 to 83GW in 2035, passing 60GW in 2020. Until the end of 2015 two-thirds of this new capacity will be based on gas turbines burning costly (but sometimes substitutable) liquid fuels such as crude oil. These efficient plants are relatively low cost, can be installed quickly, and are therefore often favoured by independent IPP producers, notably in the northern KRG area already.

Newest amongst the brand-new facilities to start generating was the 160MW station at Taji, the Agency says.

This will be followed early this year by the 500MW unit at Al-Quds. And neatly within the current calendar year a massive increase in generating capacity will be taking place, totalling nearly 4300 MW.4282, including the two massive 1250MW stations at Al-Khayrat (first) and Shatt Al-Basrah.

New or extended stations follow in close succession at Baiji, Najibiya and Samawa.

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Nothing like this anticipated rate of expansion through 2015 has ever been seen before within Iraq’s borders - or elsewhere in the Middle East, staff at Technical Review believe.

Beyond this hectic growth period the availability of cheap (and presumably otherwise difficult to monetise) gas improves markedly, much of it of course associated supplies produced as Iraq’s crude output is ramped up sharply to pay for it all. A new generation of gas turbines, including some highly efficient but very costly combined-cycle units and some older fuel-converted plants, will be able to make good use of this.

So by 2035, the report claimed in October last, 40 per cent of Iraq’s total installed mains-delivered power supplies will be coming from highly efficient CCGTs. “The first GT to CCGT conversion project, in Erbil, is underway with another, in Sulaymaniyah, expected to start soon.”

Cost-of-production reductions are the main reason. The effects of all this on both power availability (especially for meeting base load demand) and real generation costs will naturally be massive. More gas

will be available to supply peak loads from quickly-built conventional gas turbines, leaving today’s very costly diesel generators to shave the absolute peaks and meet demand in the areas where the power lines don’t reach.

Regional systems Which leads on to the thorny issue of how to extend the (long-distance highvoltage) transmission and local distribution networks rapidly enough to keep up with all this increase in availability of power.

The existence of what are effectively two different regional systems is a problem, the IEA says, pointing out that interconnection between the two sets of HV lines is “very limited”. Nevertheless “Iraq’s transmission networks are in relatively good working condition. “…Iraq is likely to need around an additional 28,000km of 400kV and 132kV lines between its main demand centres.”

Sadly the complementary local networks are reported to be in a “seriously degraded” state, with brownouts, shortages of maintenance staff

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and outright theft of power and hardware common. “Losses in the distribution network are particularly high compared to most countries in the Middle East.” There is therefore plenty of opportunity for reducing system losses, which in turn will reduce the need for new generating plant and the gas to fuel it.

“Electricity metering, billing and payment collection is an additional issue in need of urgent attention.”

Most of this is good news for all stakeholders, of course, but it does add up to a big drain on Iraq’s capital funds at a time when the State has plenty of other calls on its resources. The IEA team has calculated that cumulative investment of more than US$140 billion will be required in the power sector through 2035, roughly half of this within the next seven years alone. The upside is that this will be only around three per cent of expected oil-export revenues through the whole outlook period. ■

* “Iraq Energy Outlook”, www.worldenergyoutlook.org

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Ten things you need to know about Middle East Electricity Technical Review asked Anita Mathews, Exhibition Director of Informa Energy Group, to list 10 points that make Middle East Electricity such an important regional event.

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MEE is the Middle East’s largest and longest standing energy event.

Over 1,000 exhibitors from 58 countries attracting more than 15,000 visitors from 120 countries.

Leading names in the global energy industry under one roof.

More than 17 government-supported country groups & national pavilions Hosts the largest participation of German companies at any energy event outside Germany.

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Focuses on key industry sectors of Power (generation, transmission & distribution), Lighting, Nuclear and Renewable Energy

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Launch of Solar Middle East alongside Middle East Electricity, which is set to become the largest gathering of solar technology suppliers ever seen in the Middle East.

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Hosts the most reputable power and energy awards in the region – the Middle East Electricity Awards.

More than 25 product launches at the 38th edition of Middle East Electricity.

Hosts the most reputable power and energy awards in the region – the Middle East Electricity Awards.

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BRIEFLY â– YORPOWER SUPPLIED MORE than 30 generators to the Iraqi Thiqar Water Directorate towards the end of last year. The company was able to supply Iraq with the generators within 10 weeks of the order being placed thanks to its onsite UK production facility and teams of professional production engineers and inspectors. Formed in 1989, YorPower has grown to be one of the most recognised and successful suppliers of diesel generators in the UK. Around half its annual turnover is exported, supplying to customers in more than 60 countries. â– AKSA JENERATOR SAN A.S. specialises in gasoline, diesel, natural gas and marine generating sets along with lighting towers and accessories.As well as manufacturing its own engines and alternators, AKSA gensets also feature engines produced by OEMs such as Cummins, Perkins, Mitsubishi, Doosan, John Deere and alternators from Meccalte and Stamford.

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Innovative cable and overhead line systems OMICRON ELECTRONICS The OMICRON CP CU1 device GMBH has introduced a new range of test systems for cables and overhead lines.

The company said that in order to detect and rectify problems and therefore guarantee a reliable power supply, cables and overhead lines need to be checked on a regular basis.

OMICRON offers various test systems and diagnostic solutions to the electrical power industry, including the MPD 600, a partial discharge measurement for cables, which measures and analyses partial discharges reliably and precisely. If partial discharge occurs, the MPD 600 can locate the fault to within one metre.

Meanwhile, the CPC 100 and CP CU1 solutions measure the line impedance of cables and overhead lines, with values such as positive-sequence impedance, zero-sequence impedance and k-factors available in less than two hours.

Customer support is provided by offices in North America, Europe, South and East Asia and the Middle East, together with a worldwide network of distributors and representatives serving more than 140 countries. The company also offers consulting, commissioning and training services.

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OMICRON’s latest protection test set, the CMC 353, provides the perfect combination of portability and power with its compact design, light weight (12.9 kg) and powerful current sources (3 x 32 A / 430 VA).

OMICRON’s Test Universe software enables CMC test sets to provide the ultimate in automated protection testing. Now, for speedy manual tests, the CMControl unit offers a convenient and easy to use alternative:

The CMControl provides quick verification of test objects, utilizing an intuitive touch screen user interface and a control wheel.

In addition to its use as a front panel control unit, its flexibility also allows it to be used as a hand-held device or it can be magnetically attached to a protection cubicle for convenient eye-level operation.

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BRIEFLY ■ IN A BID to reduce machinery downtime for customers, Yanmar has begun rolling out its SmartAssist machine to machine service. To help alleviate pressure on employees and provide a service that allows for uninterrupted operation of machinery, the system gathers accurate data on operational conditions, minimising downtime. Offering more than 100 years’ experience, Yanmar manufactures diesel engines and accessories which are used in a wide range of applications, including marine vessels, construction equipment, agricultural equipment and generator sets. The company coined the term ‘solutioneering’ in its brand statement, attempting to embody the concepts of ‘solution’ and ‘engineering’. The term aims to emphasise its corporate mission of providing a high standard of technologies, products and services together with innovative business solutions.

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NETCONTROL HAS BEEN providing Distribution Automation and Smart Grid solutions to the UAE to allow both visibility and remote control of the secondary distribution electrical network.

The electricity networks within the region usually prove to be a challenge to automate for a number of reasons. The installed asset base is often not designed for remote control and therefore either needs to be replaced or in most cases brought up to date with suitable upgrades to allow for automation. The installed switchgear are often numerous in both makes and models, since the focus is placed on individual contractors and project teams to comply to specifications, rather than pull equipment from a small pool of approved switchgear. This has led to a very varied asset base, often with thin document support. The climate whilst beneficial to the tourist trade is not kind to the electrical and electronic equipment and without proper equipment selection, design and installation can lead to early life failures. It was against this background that Netcontrol was selected to work with the Abu Dhabi Distribution Company to provide remote control across their electrical distribution network.

The ADDC secondary network consists of not only a wide variety of manufacturer’s equipment, but also a variety of equipment specifications, from TRM units mostly made up of outdoor Ring Main Units and single transformer stations, through QRM units of both indoor and outdoor double transformer stations to much larger panel type substations of up to 12 breakers. The eventual solution for each of these types can be broken down in to three types.

Type 1: Outdoor Ring Main Units. Here Netcontrol provided retrofit motor packs for the RMU’s which were connected to the Netcontrol NMS remote control unit. The NMS consists of an RTU with integral control panel, battery charger and back up, motor control circuits and Scada connection via IEC60870-5-104. Additional Current Transformers were fitted to allow the measurement of load current to help ADDC better balance their network.

Type 2: Indoor Ring Main Units. Here for the most part retrofit motor packs had to be designed to allow remote operation (replicating a local manual operation). If the number of units was low, less than 10, then it was deemed more economical to replace the units with outdoor type RMUs’. The NMS remote control units were used at these sites. In many cases additional tripping coils were needed as the originals were not suitable for remote operation. The retrofit motor packs had to also be designed in such a way that allowed rapid removal for when a particular feeder needed to be isolated.

Type 3: Panel Type. Here the solution to be applied needed to be different. Firstly a local control panel on the RTU cabinet was not required, since each panel had its own local/remote switch and trip/close push buttons and a battery backup was available through the station battery system. Furthermore the solution needed to be easily scalable since the number of panels varied from 4 to 12, with a mix of transformer and feeder breakers. The solution was to use the Netcontrol NetCon500 RTU. The RTU is well known for its robust design, cyber security and enhanced features but its ease of scalability was perfect for the variety of station configurations required. A large number of retrofit kits had to be designed to allow the wide variety of feeder and transformer breakers to be upgradeable to full remote control.

ADDC elected to use the 104 protocol using a local wi-fi network, although the RTU’s need to be flexible when it comes to the communication medium since not all sites are covered by this technology.

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OELMO SRL IS one of the most distinguishing Italian manufacturers of diesel generating sets and has been active in the power generation sector for the last 60 years.

The company, founded in 1946, produces diesel generating sets from three to 3000 kVA for residential, industrial, telecom and marine standard applications along with customized and engineered special solutions.

In 2012, Coelmo completed 15.5 million Euros (US$20.6 million) investment to increase its production facilities in Italy, which now includes three production plants with the most advanced manufacturing processes and quality control systems.

Dr. Marco Monsurrò, CEO, said: “With the recent product developments, we believed that the enlargement of our production facilities was mandatory to exploit the growth of the Middle East, North Africa and South American markets.

With this new investment we are aiming in reducing drastically the delivery time for our standard www.coelmo.it diesel generating sets and to reconsider scale economies to be even more competitive on prices.”

After seven years of activity in the UAE, Coelmo last year also increased its presence in Dubai with a newly constituted company, “Coelmo JLT” and renewed permanent staff.

Dr. Jacopo Monsurrò, Coelmo JLT Branch Manager, said: “During 2012, our Dubai branch has outperformed the forecasted targets, increasing sensibly the number of special applications and telecom solution supplied to key customers in the Middle East”.

Recently Coelmo has extended its standard

products range with the SMART Series generating sets from 30 to 400 kVA, especially designed for Middle East working environment with a more aggressive price positioning, developed by keeping product quality and customer satisfaction as main target.

New products development has also let to the new version of full hybrid solutions suitable for telecom applications. Full hybrid systems include mainly four components: a variable speed generating set able to supply DC and AC current, a battery bank, a renewable source of power such as PV panels and Coelmo’s intelligent power management system IntegraTel. The full hybrid system is designed for telecom BTS sites located in isolated areas where the power from mains is not available. In the full hybrid system the PV panels are the primary source of energy.

When the power produced by the PV panels is not enough to power the load, the remaining part of power needed is supplied by the Batteries. When batteries charging level is low, IntegraTel starts the variable speed generating set, which will power the load and recharge the batteries. The variable speed generating set is able to adjust the power produced and supplied to the load depending on the actual power demanded by the load, producing sensible savings in fuel consumption.

Eng. Antonio Prigiobbo, telecom application specialist, said: “With the full hybrid system we have developed a product which is able to deliver significant Opex reduction to BTS operators, reaching 80 per cent when considering the installation in remote sites where the alternative is the use of the traditional dual-generator system.”

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BRIEFLY ■ WITH THE WORLD focusing increasingly on renewable energy, Polylux has introduced a range of high-efficiency ECO transformers, offering economical and technical advantages over standard transformers. Advantages of owning an ECO transformer include lower heat generation, inrush current and noise levels, along with a longer lifetime and ability to operate at higher ambient temperatures.

■ INMESOL HAS LAUNCHED a new canopy design for its heavy-duty IT-865, IT-1010 and IT-1115 generator sets ranging from eight to 1,115 kVA. The new soundproof canopy has been designed to ensure that its dimensions (6,500 x 2,220 x 2,680mm) are appropriate for transportation in container trucks. The company’s gensets, which are specifically made for low and medium voltage supplies, can be used as a main source of power or in emergencies.

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The power behind the lights WHEN YOU’RE ENTRUSTED to power and light the prestigious night race at the 2012 F1 Singapore Grand Prix the race doesn’t start or finish with the waving of a flag. Genpower generators installed with ComAp control systems were there shining the spotlights on the world’s top drivers through three nights of practice, qualifying and throughout the race.

The drama was illuminated by 24 individual 500 kVA Genpower generators, powering 1500 special light projectors around the five kilometre track. The power generated by the fleet of generators fitted with electronic Volvo Penta engines was equal to that needed to illuminate 15 full size football pitches. The generators were located in pairs at strategic points around the track, working in parallel with each other operating at 60 per cent of the genset nominal power, so regardless of what drama was occurring on track nothing could knock the show off-course.

An event of this magnitude doesn’t just need lighting. Beyond the track 12 further 50 kVA, InteliLiteNT AMF25 controlled Genpower generators were used to supply monitoring system along the track while the 500 kVA generators were not running during the day-time.

To control this awesome power Genpower’s ComAp’s InteliVision 8 Managing Partner Bahadir Celim and his event experienced team carefully considered all available systems on the market and chose ComAp’ s new InteliGenNTC BaseBox and InteliVision 8 combination. ComAp provides an extensive family of genset, generator and engine controllers providing comprehensive control no matter how big or complex is the job. And, with cutting-edge communication modules allow detailed information from every generator to be received and evaluated remotely, whether on a PC or smartphone.

Growing the energy and environment industry Enpark will be exhibiting at the Solar Middle East event, launched alongside Middle East Electricity this year.

Enpark is a Business Park facilitating the growth of the energy and environment businesses in the Middle East. Strategically located in Dubai, Enpark provides easy access to vast untapped opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It is an ideal one-stop platform to coordinate large projects and deploy new technologies across the region.

Enpark specifically caters to the Energy, Energy Efficiency and Green Building, Recycling and Solid Waste sectors , by providing a cost effective business environment to serve their MENA markets.

Besides providing a full range of sustainably designed real estate products, Enpark also strives to provide its business partners with a platform to facilitate industry and regulatory collaboration, identify business opportunities and share their experience of regional operations, products and services with industry peers. Today, more than 40 companies, from Cleantech startups to large energy multinationals, operate under Enpark’s licenses.

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Cummins to demonstrate hybrid solution Cummins Power Generation Inc., a division of Cummins Inc., will once again be exhibiting at Middle East Electricity, where it will demonstrate its global capabilities as one company, one source for complete power solutions.

All visitors are invited to visit Cummins Power Generation at Stand S3D40. At the show, Cummins Power Generation will introduce its hybrid solution for the telecommunications market, aimed at reducing operating expenses where grid

supply is inadequate, and will show the Cummins QSK50 generator set, part of the mission-critical range of high horsepower generator sets specifically developed to meet today’s demands for emissionoptimised and seismic-certified generator products. The experts at Stand S3D40 will be able to tell attendees about all of the great diesel and gas generator offerings from Cummins Power Generation, and how through the Power of One™, the company is the one source for complete power

solutions.

Cummins’ products include alternators, generator-drive engines and pre-integrated power systems, combining generator sets with power control and transfer technologies. Services range from system design, project management, operations and maintenance contracts to development of turnkey power plants.

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The power to succeed MIDDLE EAST ELECTRICITY (MEE) is not only the longest running energy event in the region, but it is also the largest, attracting more than 15,000 visitors from 120 countries every year.

Exhibition Director, Anita Mathews recently spoke to Technical Review about the continued success of the event.

MEE is about to celebrate its 38th edition.

Such longevity is almost unheard of in the Middle East.

To what do you attribute the success of the show?

Much of the longevity of the show can be attributed to the fact that regardless of economic lifecycles, where other industries can be adversely affected, or rely on economic upswings to thrive, power generation and other pillars at Middle East Electricity such as lighting, renewable and nuclear energy are crucial to the infrastructural development of the region as populations grow and power and water demand increases.

Dubai as a strategic location is also a key factor contributing to Middle East Electricity’s success; it is literally the crossroads and gateway to the Middle East for both international and regional energy players looking to tap into a lucrative and booming energy sector.

Finally, since our inaugural event 38 years ago, Informa Exhibitions has developed a wealth of industry knowledge, and exhibitor and visitor intelligence that we continue to build on to this day.

What changes have you seen during your tenure as Exhibition Director, and what initiatives have you instigated?

I have been involved with Middle East Electricity since 2005, in which time I have seen and overseen many new directives within the show in order to diversify its product portfolio.

In the last year, I oversaw the launch of Power Nigeria and Africa Electricity, which are both partner events of Middle East Electricity, and which have been introduced to provide our exhibitors and visitors with the same type of business and networking platform that we offer at Middle East Electricity.

The 2013 edition of Middle East Electricity in particular has been very busy, in with several new initiatives being introduced at the show. The first is the launch of Solar Middle East, taking place alongside Middle East Electricity, which is being introduced in response to the growing number of exhibitors and visitors at Middle East Electricity that are involved with solar technologies. We expect more than 150 suppliers of solar products from around the world at Solar Middle East, making it the largest gathering of solar technology suppliers ever seen Anita Mathews in the region.

Solar Middle East will also be complemented by the inaugural Solar Energy Conference on 17 February, which will address the fundamental issues faced in the development of the region’s solar potential, covering key issues such as solar policies, standards and quality infrastructure for the GCC and MENA region.

Continuing on the green theme, we have also introduced this year in partnership with the Dubai Municipality, the Green Energy Middle East Conference, which will put a spotlight on the new green building codes being rolled out in 2013, with a focus on the reduction of carbon emissions and improved energy efficiency in Dubai.

Does this mean solar power is a technology whose time has finally come?

Industry experts feel that the MENA region is tipped as the upcoming solar power investment destination for major market players, with energy experts predicting the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Algeria and Jordan to be the key countries fuelling further growth.

Saudi Arabia’s Rub Al’Khali region (the Empty Quarter) alone receives enough sunlight to power two earths - the challenge is being able to harness this wealth of natural sunlight.

The UAE meanwhile is forging ahead with several solar projects, most notably the US$600mn Shams 1 in Abu Dhabi, the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant which is expected to be inaugurated in the first quarter of 2013; and the US$3.2 billion Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai, which is slated to begin construction in 2014 and will reach a peak of 1,000MW production capacity upon its scheduled completion in 2030.

The MENA investment in renewables, and in particular solar is comparatively little when compared to more established markets, however there is a huge shift in focus now as regional governments begin to implement policies that will enhance the integration of renewables into the energy mix.

This has contributed to an increased interest from manufacturers and suppliers to look at the Middle East as a key growth market for Photovoltaic & CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) manufacturers and solutions providers.

We certainly believe that solar power and technologies can only grow further in this region, and from what we are seeing at Solar Middle East, we are not the only ones.

How successful are MEE’s technical seminars?

Our technical seminars have always been hugely popular and are fantastic addition to Middle East Electricity. They provide an unrivalled platform for exhibitors to showcase in person their latest innovations and technologies to a highly targeted audience.

We sell out our slots for the seminars months ahead of the show, which is a testament to their popularity and we will be looking at ways to expand the seminars in future years of Middle East Electricity.

The region’s power requirements have been well documented over the years. And they continue to grow. Does MEE satisfy the needs of those companies wishing to make the right contacts and establish a presence in the regional power markets?

We certainly feel that it does, and this goes back to your first

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question asking why the event has maintained its longevity and popularity. At Middle East Electricity, visitors (all 15,000 of them) are actively looking to interact with our exhibitors, They are there specifically to seek suppliers and service providers in the energy, power generation and lighting sectors.

We know who these customers are, and have collected valuable information on their jobs, companies, and areas of interest and we help use this intelligence both before and during the show to help our exhibitors market their products and services.

Are there any plans to add value to MEE in the future by diversifying further?

We are constantly reviewing how we can add value to Middle East Electricity, and the recent additions of Solar Middle East, the Solar Energy Conference, the Green Energy Middle East Conference, Power Nigeria and Africa Electricity are recent examples of adding value in and around Middle East Electricity for its participating exhibitors and visitors.

We will again review Middle East Electricity 2013 post show as we do every year, and work on ways that we can enhance the event. Any new developments will of course be announced in due course.

Do you see any obstacles to MEE’s continues success?

We don’t, however we are constantly aware of the need to keep ahead of the curve in what we deliver every year. With our current systems in place though to deliver a successful show year in year out, we are confident that Middle East Electricity will continue to build on its success and we look forward to taking the event to even greater heights.

BRIEFLY ■ MATRIX COMSEC, A leading Indian manufacturer of telecom and security solutions, has partnered with Integrated Trading Services (ITRADS) to expand its operations in Saudi Arabia.

Matrix Comsec’s collaboration with ITRADS, which offers licensing and software solutions and is based in Saudi Arabia, began in August 2012. Abhay Joshi, business manager of international security sales for Matrix Comsec, said, “We at Matrix are excited by our partnership with ITRADS to develop our business in Saudi Arabia. Together we plan on providing comprehensive and feature-rich access control and timeattendance solutions for all businesses to increase security and improve productivity.”

Meanwhile, Mohammed Hasan, senior business development manager at ITRADS, added, “We at ITRADS are extremely happy to associate with world-class security solutions company Matrix.”

I must however take this opportunity to thank all our exhibitors and visitors that participate at Middle East Electricity every year. They are the crucial element to what makes the show what it is, and their support is always greatly appreciated.

New compact controller series DEEP SEA ELECTRONICS has introduced a new 4500 series of compact controllers which include a number of flexible features.

Although small in size, the new products can be used for a range of applications such as lighting towers.

The DSE4510 Auto Start Control Module and the DSE4520 Auto Mains (Utility) Failure Control Module are designed for single genset applications and are compatible with Electronic J1939 (CAN) and non-electronic (alternator sensing) diesel, gas and petrol engines.

Features include generator or load power monitoring, engine speed, oil pressure,

coolant temperature, frequency, voltage, current, power, fuel level. The modules also offer comprehensive engine and alternator protection.

DSE45xx controllers include back-lit LCD icon displays which show engine and system status information such as warnings, electrical trip and shutdown alarms in a clear format.

DSE, based in the UK, has been designing and delivering engine and generator control modules and accessories, ATS control modules and battery chargers, for over 35 years. In 2010 the company started designing and manufacturing bespoke LED lighting solutions for commercial applications.

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Does carbon capture technology use too much water?

AS WELL AS being extremely costly, proposed carbon capture technology could more than double water consumption by conventional coal-fired power plants, adding to reasons for an urgent demonstration program.

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology is central to cutting carbon emissions from fossil fuel power plants as the only known way to slash these from gas and coal combustion.

But no commercial-scale demonstration plant exists in the power generation sector, and just one is under construction at Boundary Dam Power Station in Saskatchewan, Canada.

A major problem is the extra capital cost of trapping greenhouse gas emissions, normally vented into the atmosphere, and piping it underground, estimated at about US$1.5 billion for a medium-sized coal power plant.

There are also public acceptance concerns regarding the possibility that the stored CO2 may leak and suffocate people above ground, a risk often discounted by

experts. Another potential deal-breaker, and far less discussed, is a so-called water penalty, which is particularly relevant in water-stressed India and China where most new coal plants will be built in the coming decades.

Concerns about water availability are growing worldwide in response to rising populations, more frequent heatwaves and ground-water depletion.

Ways to mitigate the problem include a parallel support for wind and solar power, which have negligible water consumption.

In thermal power generation, a fuel source such as gas, coal or a nuclear reactor is used to boil steam and drive a turbine-generator.

Typically, steam exhaust from the turbine is condensed and recycled back to the boiler, repeating the process.

That condensation requires significant cooling water, given that more efficient power generation depends on a cooler condensate.

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Concerns about water availability are growing worldwide

more than 12 million gallons of water per hour, according to U.S. Department of Energy data. There is an important distinction between water withdrawal and consumption: withdrawal refers to how much water is diverted for example from a river or the sea, while consumption refers to whether that is then made permanently unavailable for example through evaporation, or else returned to its original source.

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Pioneering solar irrigation in Bahrain IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ON key highways and roads across Bahrain could soon run on solar energy, the Gulf Daily News reported.

If a pioneering pilot project is successful, it could lead to all irrigation and electricity systems across the five governorates being run on solar power, as part of initiatives to reduce the cost of powering the country.

The first solar panel unit has already been set up on Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Highway by Bahrain-based Abdulla Al Derazi Trading and Contracting Company.

Plans are also underway to set up similar units in Zallaq and adjoining areas, before rolling out the project in residential areas.

"Our aim is to encourage authorities in Bahrain to use solar energy, which is abundant in this part of the world and can help in several projects," said company managing director Mansoor Al Derazi.

"These units generate about 200 watts of electricity during peak sunlight that can be used to water date palms or shrubs.

"A timer is set that ensures the area is watered and there is no need for a worker to be physically present to do the work."

He said the units would be installed in different areas in cooperation with Gulf Fencing and Specialist Surfacing.

He also said installing the units could reduce worksite accidents, particularly labourers injured near highways.

Al Derazi also revealed plans were in the pipeline to venture into solar streetlights, which could be used in neighbourhoods and villages.

"Bahrain has the best climate condition to harness solar energy and look at Dubai, which is extensively using this concept," he explained.

"We could use solar energy in households for lighting purposes or even solar water heaters."

However, he said the Bahrain hopes to employ solar energy in project would only be streetlighting too successful if municipal councillors joined the "green" initiative and raised awareness about the use of solar energy in residential buildings and public parks.

"People have this perception that it is expensive to invest in solar energy equipment, but they do not realise they actually save power for years by using them," added Al Derazi.

Meanwhile, Gulf Fencing and Specialist Surfacing general manager N Pugalendi said the projects in Zallaq and Hamad Town were underway.

"The solar irrigation system concept can last for over five years with proper maintenance," he added.

"If we cover all the major highways and strategic locations where sunlight is abundant, it could help save power."

He also hopes to spread the go green concept near shopping malls, Bahrain International Airport and government buildings.

Generators ready for the rental market HIMOINSA HAS OVER 30 years’ experience in the energy market. The company’s capacity as a vertical manufacturer has allowed it to launch new generating sets around the world, such as the new 10 foot container of 500kw. The main feature of this generator set is its size.

The product was launched onto the market with 50kw power and a high adaptation, and it is simple to locate in reduced space projects, where a 20 feet container is not an option.

There are even more advantages in this new product, for instance, the CSC certification- International Convention for Safe Containers-, which allows for transportation by sea of two units, instead of a single standard 20 foot unit.

Another new point of strength in the company’s rental range which was presented at Middle East Electricity (MEE), from February 17th to 19th, is the dual frequency container HRTW 1300, which the manufacturer believes is perfect for IPP applications (Interim Power Plant), or for rental, mining, building, quarrying and ports, amongst other industries.

With its dual frequency value, the same machine can work with 50Hz as well as 60Hz. This generator is thought to satisfy the needs of the rental and building market and for heavy duty applications. For this reason, Himoinsa say it shows several important advantages in comparison with other products operating in this segment.

Among its elements, there is a variable speed fan, to reduce the fuel consumption and sound emissions, and an inside lighting system, to assist with easy cleaning and maintenance.

The company has also launched the APOLO 4006 lighting tower which has already seen use at industrial and mining projects in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman and the UAE, as well as Bahrain.

Among its components, it has a steel canopy to protect from harsh weather conditions. It’s finished with epoxypolyester to protect the equipment from from corrosion. In addition, there are four galvanizing stabilizers which level and establish the tower on irregular ground and protect against strong wind gusts.

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The fact that it can work in extreme conditions, with reduced visibility and access has directly affected its design.

Its elliptic lamps allow more direct lighting projection and a stronger lighting workplace. Each lamp can be adjusted individually without using any tools. Moreover, the mast can be rotated 360 degrees permitting the illumination adjustment while it is opened out.

Therefore, it is about an innovative design which adheres to strict security, and portability requirements.

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A wide range of capabilities AEC IS RECOGNISED as a specialist in the field of systems integration and automation services. The company is an electrical project supplier based on its engineering expertise, and has considerable experience in manufacturing and support facilities for low voltage distribution systems.

The company offers industrial automation solutions with a wide range of

engineering capabilities in control and automation engineering, and custom motor control panel design and fabrication.

The primary focus of AEC’s industrial control and automation division is to provide an engineered solution for various market segments such as commercial and residential buildings, water and wastewater facilities, utilities, power infrastructure and oil and gas.

AEC says it is proud to be seen as a market leader with ISO 9001 : 2008 Lloyds certifications as well as product certifications from ASTA and KEMA. AEC states it has always put customer satisfaction at the forefront of its ideology and has continued to focus its efforts on converting customer needs into reality by offering the highest quality products and services.

TAQA starts pilot project for solar cooling technology Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) and Chromasun Inc. (Chromasun), the California-based solar panel manufacturer, have begun a pilot project for roof-top solar airconditioning in Abu Dhabi.

TAQA installed 27 Chromasun Micro-Concentrator (MCT) solar panels on the rooftop of Abu Dhabi Transmission & Despatch Company (TRANSCO) in Abu Dhabi on 13 January 2012. The concentrated solar panels will provide clean renewable solar energy to the building’s air-conditioning system during peak demand hours. The Chromasun MCT technology is designed specifically for rooftop application and operation in high temperatures and dusty conditions, producing more energy per

unit of roof area than many other technologies.

Dr Saif Al Sayari, TAQA’s Executive Officer and Head of the Energy Solutions division, commented: “We are delighted to see the Chromasun MCT technology being tested in the UAE. In addition to significant energy savings, roof-top solar cooling technology has great potential for peak-shaving which will result in reduced emissions and better grid efficiency.”

David Copestake, Managing Director of TRANSCO said: “We continuously seek ways to use advanced technology to achieve better efficiency in Abu Dhabi’s power generation networks so we are immensely proud and honoured to be participating in such an initiative.”

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Saudi electricity output could see 49 per cent growth SAUDI ARABIA’S ENERGY sector has been experiencing rapid growth due to burgeoning demand, economic expansion, and solid investment flows. A 13 per cent average electricity generation growth rate is needed by 2015 to meet demand; investments in electricity projects to address supply requirements have already cost SAR 140.7 billion (US$37.5 billion) in 2012 alone.

Around SAR 502.5 billion (US$134 billion) worth of power generation and water projects are being lined up for the next decade to drive electrical generation upwards at around 49 per cent through 2019.

The Kingdom’s power sector is on track to remain the most dynamic in the GCC area over the next few years; macroeconomic and demographic indicators point to a strong medium-tolong-term outlook as well.

Efficient and effective solutions to address the Kingdom’s surging energy demand will be unveiled during Saudi Energy 2013 – the 16th International Trade Exhibition for Electricity Power Generation,

Alternative Energy, Water Technology, Lighting & HVAC running from May 26 to 29, 2013 at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Regarded as one of the largest and most specialized energy exhibitions in the Middle East and held under the patronage of the KSA Ministry of Water and Electricity, Saudi Energy covers major aspects of the energy domain, as it features four concurrent events that are: Saudi Elenex, Saudi Luminex, Saudi Aircon, and Saudi Water Tech.

“Factors such as a region-leading economy, ongoing structural reforms, a growing and young population and a diversifying business landscape are all boosting the Kingdom’s demand to raise its energy output to unprecedented levels,” said Khaled Daou, Project Manager of Saudi Energy at Riyadh Exhibitions Company.

“By 2022 we could see electricity projects collectively worth SAR 300 billion (US$80 billion) up and running across the country. The rapid expansion of the Kingdom’s energy sector requires keen

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insights on specific consumer needs, market and partnership opportunities, best practices, and the right technologies – all of which are precisely what Saudi Energy 2013 aims to deliver,” Daou concluded.

Saudi Energy is certified by the UFI – The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry.

Why the GCC is the key renewable energy powerhouse of the future - CESI CESI MIDDLE EAST (CESI), a global leader in power systems consulting and testing, reinforced its strategic presence in the Middle East through its participation in the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) recently, where CESI regional operations were officially launched last year.

During the first year that CESI has been in operation, it’s been awarded several high-profile large-scale energy projects from some of the region’s leading energy authorities such as the Electricity & CoGeneration Authority of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (ECRA) for the development of a smart metering and advanced metering infrastructure plan and also from the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) for the implementation of a High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) power transportation interconnector between Riyadh and Mecca, which will connect Saudi Arabia’s central www.cesi.it and western regions and provide a much needed back-up energy supply.

Furthermore CESI Middle East has been selected by the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development to undertake a feasibility study to determine the best options for electrical and gas interconnections scenario to create a single energy market for 20 Arab Countries by 2030.

CESI anticipates the GCC region to become a key powerhouse

energy source with the capabilities to support a large part of the world’s energy demands of the anticipated 10 billion population in 2050. In addition to being consultant to Desertec Industrial Initiative, CESI is among the founding members of RES4MED, known as the Renewable Energy Solutions for the Mediterranean, a non-profit organization driven by CESI and other key players (including Enel Green Power, Politecnico di Milano University and also sponsored by Italy’s Ministries of Development, Environment, Foreign Affairs and Research) in the renewable energy market.

CESI’s research aims to not only identify technical solutions to ensure large-scale distribution of renewable systems from the GCC region to Asia Pacific, Europe, Mediterranean and North Africa, but also to integrate these various electricity markets. The multi-party initiatives aim to establish technical, social, regulatory and financial alignment amongst the international markets involved.

CESI is a leading technical consulting company with over 50 years’ expertise operating in several areas including: Transmission and Interconnections, Smart Grids for Distribution, Renewable and Solar, Testing, Certification and Quality Assurance. CESI also develops and manufactures advanced multi junction photovoltaic solar cells for both space and terrestrial (HCPV) applications.

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North Africa’s first solar tower power plant The DLR research power plant in the German town of Julich inspires the construction of a unique solar facility in Algeria.

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HE FIRST SOLAR tower power plant in North Africa will be built in Algeria.

The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Bundesministeriums für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit; BMU) have agreed to collaborate on this project.

The aim is to build a solar-gas hybrid power plant with an output of up to seven megawatts. Important components of power station technology were, to a great extent, developed by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) with partners.

The power plant will be constructed in Boughezoul, on the northern edge of the Sahara desert, and will serve primarily as a pilot and research facility. It will be able to operate using just solar energy or as a hybrid power plant fuelled by a combination of solar power and gas. This combination enables this country, one that holds exceptionally large gas reserves, to manage a relatively smooth and inexpensive transition from fossil fuel to solar power generation with an assured continuity of supply.

"We are delighted to be able to further develop relations between Algeria and Germany in respect of environmental technologies and renewable energies through this project," stated the German ambassador to Algeria, Götz Lingenthal, who signed a declaration of intent to promote and support this venture at the EnviroAlgérie trade fair in Oran.

German lab work leads to Algerian power Key components of the technology for the solar tower power plant were developed at DLR. On a laboratory scale, solar researchers

DLR developed this radiation receiver for solar tower power plants

initially designed and tested the High Temperature Receiver (HiTRec) currently in use in the solar furnace in Cologne. At the top of the tower, a solar radiation receiver collects the radiation reflected by the mirrors and converts this solar energy into heat. The HiTRec solar radiation receiver uses ambient air, making it very robust and therefore ideally suited to operate in North Africa. The receiver operates at temperatures of up to 700 degrees Celsius, so solar energy can be converted into heat and subsequently into electricity very efficiently.

Researchers tested the first large-scale pilot unit of this type of receiver at the Plataforma Solar de Almería in southern Spain. The breakthrough came when this new technology was applied to the pilot solar tower power plant in Jülich, in Germany, that was completed in 2009 by Kraftanlagen München (KAM).

"We are delighted that a solar tower power plant using receiver technology developed at DLR is now, for the first time, about to be constructed in the Sun Belt. This is a great success, only made possible by the pilot solar tower power plant in Jülich. Together with Algerian researchers, we will be able to gain valuable experience to further improve this technology under real desert conditions," commented Bernhard Hoffschmidt, Co-Director of the DLR Institute of Solar Research. "DLR has guided this

technology from the early stages of basic research in the laboratory in Cologne through to its use in the Sun Belt in North Africa and, with its partners, continues to develop this concept."

How a solar tower station operates In a solar tower power station, an array of mirrors reflects sunlight onto the top of the tower. Here, the concentrated rays are converted into heat, giving rise to temperatures of up to 1,000 degrees Celsius.

This energy is used to heat water and turn it into steam; this steam is then used to drive a turbine. Solar tower power plants operate at higher temperatures than other kinds of solar-thermal power plants, like parabolic trough power plants. Their high operating temperatures make the efficiency rating of these power plants very high – fewer collectors are needed per kilowatt-hour generated, thereby cutting the cost of power generation. In contrast to the parabolic trough design of solar power plants, the first of which entered service some 30 years ago, solar tower power technology is still, comparatively speaking, in its infancy. The big advantage of solar thermal power plants is that they are able to store solar power in the form of heat for several hours, and to do so in a cost-effective manner. This enables them to deliver renewably sourced electricity in line with varying demand. ■

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A new concept in desalination IT TOOK 10 years of research and development for French start-up TMW to refine a new concept in desalination units and concentrators for industrial wastewater. The technology is unique for the way it reproduces the natural water cycle, using lowtemperature evaporation at atmospheric pressure.

TMW’s MHD technology stands out from more commonly used techniques such as reverse osmosis and mechanical steam compression. Energy-efficient and maintenance-free, the MHD technology is viable for users of all kinds. It offers numerous benefits as well.

The process itself generates 80 per cent of the thermal energy needed: the heat produced during evaporation is used to heat the seawater to be desalinated. Moreover, the AQUASTILL module, built entirely of plastic, is fully resistant to seawater corrosion and chemical products, so cleaning the module is a simple task. Its design eliminates moving parts and doesn’t require any sensitive technology, such as electronics, pneumatics, membrane systems, vacuum or compressor systems, etc. These latter two arguments make it clear why no maintenance is needed.

“The product is mature, with proven reliability and performance”, says Thierry Satgé, President of TMW-ME, a subsidiary of Paris-based parent company TMW. The company installed and activated its equipment on behalf of a variety of clients in 2012.

Added Satgé, “Our process isn’t limited to treating seawater—it can be applied to ANY type of industrial effluent from the moment it contains water.” As a result, a separate version of the module, known as ECOSTILL, has won wide favour for industrial applications, thanks to both its economic and environmental appeal. Canon, the internationally known Japanese group, was TMW’s first customer. The demineralised water extracted from polluted effluent is channelled back into the industrial process for re-use.

“Whether in France or Ouagadougou, we’re preserving water as the critical natural resource that it is. “TMW-ME will be our beachhead for growth in the Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and even beyond,” concluded Satgé.

The company has been selected by the Schneider Group and France’s Atomic Energy and Alternative Commission (CEA) to deploy a solution for producing both electrical and thermal energy. The project will involve building a facility in Ouagadougou that processes 2,000 litres per day - a capacity that may seem small, but is tailored to local needs. The lack of maintenance was clearly a very strong argument in the project’s favour.

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Omani-German joint venture raises standards SINCE THE START of 2009, the range of lcoally manufactured goods in Oman has included the production of spun concrete poles. A new production facility was opened in Nizwa by Europoles Middle East, a joint-venture between the leading European poles manufacturer, Europoles GmbH & Co, KG and the Omani company, Ray International L.L.C. Through the collaboration with Ray Inetrnational L.L.C., Europoles Middle East is now able to provide a full turnkey solution for overhead power lines, covering training and consulting, products, services, drilling and erection and development of the power line.

As a market leader in Europe, Europoles operates several plants in Germany, Poland and Switzerland which deliver poles, towers and columns made of spun concrete, steel or fibreglass reinforced plastics for a variety of applications.

One of the main reasons for opening a manufacturing plant in Oman was the high cost of transportation of concrete poles, either by rail or ship. By saving on shipping costs, the new plant offers a much more

cost effective product for the Omani market. About 40,000 concrete poles can be manufactured annually, and they are mainly used to replace the still widely used wooden overhead power line poles. In addition, Oman’s proximity to the GCC region gives the manufacturer the opportunity to export the concrete poles to other Gulf countries.

The concrete poles manufactured in Nizwa can be utilised for a variety of applications. Measuring from five to 30 metres in length, they can be used for distribution and transmission of electricity, at railway tracks, for floodlights, street lights, advertisement towers, mobile communication or antenna towers.

As the climate in Oman is very demanding for the materials, the most advanced production methods are being used in Nizwa. The high performance concrete being used is compressed with over 20g and is very resistant to environmental exposure, such as salt breeze with its corrosive characteristics.

Eventually, the technological advantages of concrete poles resulted in a variety of

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commercial advantages. Apart from preventing failures due to pole fires, the total cost of a power line can be reduced with spun concrete poles as they require less maintenance, have a longer life span and can be positioned a greater distance apart, which reduces the number of required foundations.

To reach a high quality standard, Europoles Middle East has invested heavily in the vocational training in Germany of the factory’s workforce. Personnel are largely drawn from young Omanis, who hold various leading positions.

Saudis complete largest photovoltaic plant SAUDI ARABIA HAS completed its biggest ground-mounted photovoltaic plant as the Kingdom seeks to generate a third of its electricity with energy from the sun by 2032. Germany’s Phoenix Solar AG (PS4) developed the 3.5-MW plant in Riyadh that uses 12,684 panels from China’s Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (STP) and inverters from SMA Solar Technology AG (S92), Phoenix Solar said in a statement.

Analysts say Saudi Arabia plans to boost renewable energy use as a way to pare back on oil consumption used for domestic desalinization and power plants, potentially saving 523,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day over the next 20 years. The Kingdom aims to have 41,000 MW of solar capacity within two decades, Maher Al-Odan, a consultant at the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy, said last year.

The 3.5 MW system is owned by Saudi Aramco and installed on the grounds of the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), the world’s largest energy research center, www.phoenixsolar-group.com in Riyadh.

Klaus Friedl, vice president projects and head Middle East of Phoenix Solar, said: “We are pleased to complete this historic project which will provide clean, renewable energy for KAPSARC as well as for the Saudi grid. We chose Suntech’s panels because

of their proven durability and performance in high-temperature, desert conditions.”

Utilizing Suntech’s premium solar panels, Phoenix Solar designed and built the 3.5MW system, which will enable KAPSARC to achieve LEED platinum certification. The ground mounted solar field comprises 12,684 Suntech panels and covers an area of 55,000 square meters.

The grid connected system is designed to supply 5,800 MW hours of electricity per year and offset roughly 4,900 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per year.

The King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) is an independent non-profit institution that focuses on research in energy economics, policy, technology, and the environment.

Its research areas include global energy markets and economics, energy efficiency and productivity, energy and environmental technologies, and carbon management.

Founded in 1999, Phoenix Solar is a global leader in designing, building and operating large commercial and utilityscale solar power plants. Phoenix Solar’s technology-neutral approach enables them to objectively provide the best solar solutions for their customers. Their people provide expertise at every level, from project finance all the way through to plant operations.

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Intertek to undertake cable risk studies in Qatar INTERTEK’S ENERGY & Water consultancy services, formerly Intertek METOC, has won a new marine power cable assignment in Qatar for LS Cable & System, the global cable manufacturer. Intertek says it is the leading quality and safety solutions provider to industries worldwide.

Intertek will be undertaking a cable burial risk assessment study for two high-voltage AC (HVAC) submarine cables from Ras Laffan, mainland Qatar, to Halul Island, approximately 100-km off the coast of Qatar.

The HVAC link will supply power to meet the present and future electrical demand of Halul Island, a major international oil and gas terminal.

The cable burial risk assessment includes hazard identification, fishing gear and anchor penetration studies, shipping intensity study, geological assessment, cable burial technology and tool www.intertek.com evaluation, and burial depth recommendations. The work started in December 2012 and will take around three months to complete.

Intertek brings to the project significant experience gained from

over 16 years of undertaking similar studies for a number of major sub-marine power cable projects.

Frank Beiboer, Managing Director of Intertek Energy & Water Consultancy services, said “We are thrilled to win this significant piece of work supporting a strategically important project for the oil and gas industry in the Middle East. This further strengthens our portfolio of international offshore HV cable projects that now stretches from the Americas to Europe, the Middle East and the Far East.”

Intertek’s Energy and Water consultancy service specialises in technical support in marine, coastal and river environments to help reduce risks to engineering and environmental projects at all stages: from concept, feasibility and design, through construction, operation and decommissioning.

Key service sectors are oil & gas, offshore renewables and marine cables, and water, where the consultancy partners with operators, developers, utilities, lenders and Governments.

IDC gives its top 10 predictions for the regional utilities sector IDC ENERGY INSIGHTS recently revealed their Top 10 Predictions for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) utilities industry in a complimentary web conference. Attended live by over 100 utilities and vendors, the web conference highlighted key trends and developments that will impact EMEA utilities' business and technology investment decisions in 2013 and beyond.

IDC Energy Insights predictions for the next 12 months have been developed specifically taking into consideration the future impact of the major world events of 2012.

Featuring analysts Roberta Bigliani, Gaia Gallotti, Luiza Semernya, Daniella Muallem, Milan Kalal and Petr Stabrawa, the session addressed key business and technology opportunities utilities should be considering in their transitioning role for the new energy paradigm. Electricity/gas/water smart network management, smart metering, customer engagement, smart integration of distributed generation,

storage and electric vehicles and energy management were among the topics discussed.

The top 10 predictions are: ■ Flexibility will be the ‘new normal’ for smart grids implementation ■ Regulatory procrastinations will hold back EMEA’s electricity smart metering market ■ Smart grid communication approaches will continue to be heterogeneous ■ Consumer engagement will be the name of the game ■ Smart water spending kick-starting in 2013 ■ Public funding will back Smart Cities ■ CIOs will need resources capable of transforming operations ■ Boosted by apps, mobile fever will hit utilities ■ Utilities will embrace analytics to make sense of their “big data” ■ EMEA Utilities IT spending will surpass US$17.5 billion in 2013 Utilities are under pressure across the EMEA region. Economic downturn in

many European countries, more difficult conditions on capital and borrowing markets, and most importantly uncertainty about medium and long term return on investments are slowing down the smart energy transition.

Nevertheless, renewable sources and distributed generation continue to develop, as well as investment in Grids.

We expect for instance that IT spend on Network Automation and Control in EMEA will grow about eight per cent in 2013" said Roberta Bigliani, Head of EMEA, IDC Energy Insights.

"Flexibility will be the New Normal for utilities and smart technologies are the cornerstone of the transformation across the entire value chain.

Utilities will invest in analytics, mobility and cyber security. CIOs will consider alternative sourcing models to enable business agility and reduce IT investments.

Different IT skill sets will be needed.

Lack of a clear leadership and governance in the integration OT/IT could undermine innovation."

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Rail project on schedule THE US$ 7 BILLION railway project linking Riyadh with Jeddah gathered steam yesterday with the state-owned Public Investment Fund signing a US$72 million contract with Fluor, a US company, to provide management consultancy.

Fluor is contracted to oversee the work of the contractors and experimental operation of the railway project over a period of 84 months, according to the Saudi Press Agency.

The contract is part of the plan ordered

by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah to complete the railway infrastructure of the Kingdom and in line with a decision of the Council of Ministers to construct a railway line connecting the Kingdom’s west coast with its east coast.

PIF will fund the massive project and a supporting team drawn from the ministries of Transport, Finance and Saudi Railways Company (SAR) was formed to supervise the project.

SAR Board Chairman Mansour AlMaiman said the line would start from Jeddah Islamic Port to Riyadh to be connected with the existing 450-km line between Riyadh and Dammam, with a second 115-km new line planned to connect Dammam with Jubail on the Arabian Gulf.

The 958-km dual track railway passing through different geographical areas will necessitate the construction of a series of tunnels and bridges. The SAR will closely work with Fluor for scheduling all construction work based on the highest quality and standards, he said.

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Greater integration leads to a brighter future Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment had a very strong 2012 and Gaby Rhayem spoke to Technical Review about the company's ambitious expansion plans.

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ABY RHAYEM BELIEVES 2012 has been a pivotal year for Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment who has further integrated its brands and, with the launch of a host of new products, is poised to hit the ground running in 2013.

Rhayem, regional director Middle East, said, "2012 was a very good year for our operation here in the Middle East. We have been focusing on consolidating the business between the big brands of Doosan, Bobcat, Doosan Portable Power and Montabert."

The integration within the regional organisation has allowed the company to house all its brands under one roof with a combined office and team.

"We now have one vision," Rhayem said.

The greater integration will give Doosan a decisive edge in the markets and although the brands often have different dealers across the region, Rhayem explained that they can now have a better overview of their business enabling his team to compare best practices from all the brands

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and start sharing them.

One area that will receive greater emphasis next year will be after sales support. Doosan will be looking at making new investments to support the after sales market in the region and the strategy will be rolled out from Doosan's regional HQ in Dubai across the whole Middle East, and also significantly to the east coast of Africa, which is a real target market, according to Rhayem.

Expansion Rhayem spelt out exactly how Doosan was looking to expand its footprint in the region next year.

"We feel that we need to respond to the growing demand we are seeing and to meet the customers’ expectation with an even better service. I think 2013 will bring us very good business. We have suffered in some regional countries from the negative impact of the Arab spring but I am confident the regional situation will improve in the next year."

The main growth area for Doosan's operations will come from its Saudi Arabian business, which is booming.

Saudi Arabia is leading the way for the construction market and the demand in the Kingdom is high for all of Doosan's products.

"We have great dealers in Saudi Arabia and we are getting the best results from them," Rhayem said.

Concerning Qatar, he noted that the market

was not booming yet, but that he has high expectations there in the next couple of years.

For the rest of 2012, Rhayem said that there were a number of projects that the company would finalise, to ensure that it will be in a good position to start 2013.

Revamped product line-up This year, Doosan has made a big push on the product side and has launched a wide range of new generations of excavators and wheel loaders offering new designs and features particularly suited to the specific needs of the Middle East market.

Rhayem remarked, “This year will bear the fruit of all these new launches and will help us expand our market share.”

The company has launched its new generation of wheel loaders, including the DL420A model, which was displayed for the first time in the region at the Intermat Middle East 2012 show.

The DL420A wheel loader brings with it improved reliability, increased production and reduced maintenance needs.

Doosan also introduced a new generation of excavators. All the new excavators and wheel loaders offer several improvements for better performance, greater operator comfort and easier handling.

"The biggest advantage that these new product launches provide is better performance and all the machines are now easier to operate, which is very important," added Rhayem.

With the Bobcat equipment brand, Doosan will be making some very important product launches within the next few months.

Rhayem explained that Doosan has expanded the Montabert business in 2012 by increasing their support to their dealers and Doosan started an awareness campaign around the theme of "Montabert being one of the top breakers in the industry".

He concluded on an upbeat note, "there are very positive signs from the Middle East market and we are therefore going to focus on several new investments around the region in 2013". ■

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Wolffkran promotes its expertise in the region Technical Review sat down with the managing director of WOLFFKRAN Arabia and the director of international sales and a member of management board of WOLFFKRAN International to learn more about company's expansion in the region.

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OLFFKRAN ARABIA, A jointventure with the Kanoo Group, was established in 2006 and is looking to take advantage of its new Dubai office to expand its presence in the Middle East and provide improved services.

"Opening the new office has sent out a positive message of our positive outlook for the region," remarked Martin Kirby, managing director WOLFFKRAN Arabia.

Kirby explained that they decided to purpose-build the new office and as a result, the office is now three times as large as the original.

The new offices also house the headquarters office of WOLFFKRAN International serving Saudi Arabia, the rest of the Middle East, India and Africa. This new united front will benefit customers.

"The reason for placing our HQ in Dubai was to have WOLFFKRAN International next to WOLFFKRAN Arabia and to serve the whole region from here. It is also a sign of our commitment to the market. We believe in this market and this is why we are investing in it," Joseph Sayegh, member of the management board of WOLFFKRAN International stated.

Wolffkran is expanding the number of people in the Middle East office and will be offering not just technical advice and solutions to Wolffkran Arabia, but to the area as a whole.

"WOLFFKRAN Arabia is the rental side of the business and WOLFFKRAN International is the technical support and backer."

Dietrich Sell, director international sales at WOLFFKRAN International explained, "For us Dubai is an ideal location to base our hub for the region."

The Middle East region is one of the key regions for Wolffkran and the Dubai location is seen as a perfect starting point for the company's ambitious growth plans.

Extra services With the new premises the local service performance will be supplemented by training facilities for operators and engineers in two dedicated training rooms.

"We believe in the importance of training and have identified the need to be present locally with our own people to offer best possible advice on the safety and efficiency of tower cranes," Sayegh remarked.

Some of the new technical support on offer includes hook time analysis, tower crane safety and climbing training.

"The trainings include a theoretical background, safety teaching and then the practical element," Sell said.

The practical side of the training is vital.

The example was given in regards to climbing training, where it is so crucial to learn to climb a crane properly and safely, according to Kirby.

"With cranes being such a critical piece of equipment on a constructions site, you can not afford to jeopardise anybody’s safety.” Sayegh added.

The training courses are also not meant to be for Wolffkran only and Kirby would like to get other industry players involved.

"We want to evolve this into a regular thing and make training courses a normal occurrence," explained Kirby.

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Wolffkran wants to strengthen its position in the Gulf region and to develop new markets in Saudi Arabia and the Middle

East. It is purposefully expanding the number of people in its Middle East office.

"When we decided as Wolffkran to come to the region, we committed ourselves fully.

Not only by supplying cranes but also in terms of personnel,” Sayegh emphasised.

Saudi is proving a good market for Wolffkran and the company has already brought in more than 100 cranes into Saudi.

"For the time being we are concentrating on Saudi Arabia, as the Kingdom has the strongest market for construction machinery,” stated Sell.

Kirby said that for Wolffkran Arabia all GCC markets are important with growth expected in the UAE and Oman but he also noted that Qatar was up and coming.

The Kuwaiti market promises quite a bit in the future but the political hurdles need to be overcome.

“Oman is a nice market as it has never really boomed, and never really bust. It is a very nice market to be involved in and is very accessible from the UAE,” he added.

Making the difference Wolffkran Arabia is not only guaranteeing high performance on the construction site, but is also providing analyses and project evaluation at a tender stage for a high level of certainty and efficiency in planning of a construction site.

“We act as consultants and service providers. Thanks to our outstanding technical know-how and best quality we are able to implement solutions according to the demands of the individual projects,” stated Kirby Sell explained that this enables Wolffkran to provide the complete solution for the entire process of the construction project.

"We are the only company inside the region that offers this kind of solution," pointed out Kirby.

He explained that Wolffkran Arabia made themselves competitive not by making a cheap product but by engineering it better.

“We are the Rolls Royce of tower cranes,” Kirby concluded. ■

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UILDEX 2013 IS the place to showcase your company’s products, services and expertise” say local organisers Dhahran International Exhibitions Co*. The 15th edition of the popular Saudi International Building & Construction show, the only such event to be held in the busy industry-focused Eastern Province, will be open for business at the Dhahran International Exhibition Centre in Dammam, easily reached from the international airport, from 3-6 February.

Opportunities Developments in other countries in the Gulf often fill the headlines, but seasoned business personnel around the world know that it is what plans are laid in the Kingdom that matter most, because of the sheer size of opportunities that are to be found there for selling constructionrelated products and services.

The Kingdom is by far the region’s largest construction market

Tackling infrastructure requirements The key construction event to be held in Saudi Arabia's energy intensive Eastern Province will be opening its doors early in February.

This is after all the single country that holds around one-fifth of world petroleum reserves, at a time when the marker price of WTI seems to have been holding above US$80/bbl for many months in succession. A price which of course is very much determined by developments in Saudi Arabia itself.

The Kingdom is the world’s number-one exporter – a situation which will not be changing with all the jostling for position that is taking place elsewhere in the Top Five – and attempts over many recent years have successfully been made to build complementary petrochemicals, building materials and consumer products industries, which is all grist to the

construction mill as served by BUILDEX. A new focus on gas exploration is just one of the many growth activities being noted as developments take place all the time in the infrastructure needed to support it all.

And all these positive and employment/wealth-creating developments need new housing, training institutions and commercial premises to ensure balanced growth on all fronts. Along with the huge infrastructural needs it all represents excellent business prospects for the world’s construction materials and equipment industries, the international managers of which know that it is within

BUILDEX is also an excellent event at which to launch brandnew products and services, the organisers say

Saudi Arabia that marketing efforts are nearly always best focused.

The phased and ongoing construction of no less than six new Economic Cities spread throughout the country says it all, exemplifying the planned spend of around US$400 billion between 2010 and 2014.

New contracts adding up to close on US$44 billion are expected to be placed this year alone.

Ideal location Most of these outgoing funds will be used to support construction activities of one sort or another, and a high proportion of these will be allocated to the busy energyproducing Eastern Province, a region which is often described as “The Middle East’s Industry Capital” and therefore an ideal location for an international marketing event such as this.

BUILDEX is the regional construction exhibition that promotes and supports all this. In addition the four-day event takes place within a short overland drive from both Kuwait and Bahrain; most visitors from the Emirates and from Qatar will be able to reach Dammam within an hour by air.

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Visitors from further afield are usually pleased to note that Dhahran is a major international air transport hub that is ideally located midway between Europe and most of Asia. And that the Kingdom accounts for around one-quarter by value of new contracts awarded within the GCC community each year.

Along with the huge infrastructural needs it all represents excellent business prospects New activities So, scale apart, other reasons for visiting BUILDEX this year include the many opportunities that will be provided at one venue to meet the industry’s decision makers – not just from the Saudi Arabia but many will be coming from elsewhere in the region, too.

Attendance at BUILDEX always provides an excellent opportunity to keep a close eye on what all suppliers’ leading competitors are now successfully doing, and to learn about the new activities (such as accelerated gas exploration and development of healthcare industries) that are opening up. The generation of sales leads and the negotiating and signing of new contracts is an obvious incentive for attendance, with multiple face-to-face meetings possible on each day.

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BUILDEX is also an excellent event at which to launch brandnew products and services, the organisers say.

Entry is free on all days between 9.30-12.30 and 16.00-22.00 and the DIEC team tell us they have negotiated special discounts with leading hotels in the Province during the duration of the show. They also point out the importance of meeting the Kingdom’s visa requirements. ■

Hardox with upgraded structural ability SSAB HAS FOR many years worked with development of their equipment, competence and procedures in order to produce cleaner steel with a better controlled microstructure. This makes it possible to increase the guaranteed toughness for Weldox and take a giant toughness leap for Hardox.

For the most popular Hardox grades, Hardox HiTuf, Hardox 450 and Hardox 500 they now guarantee the toughness, increasing the structural capability of the wear plate. The guarantees for some grades of the structural steel Weldox, have also increased, giving a safer steel with an even high guaranteed prevention against crack propagation.

High toughness is a must when you want to upgrade to harder and stronger steel with a higher resistance against permanent deformation. This is what eventually brings extended service life and/or higher payload to the end user.

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Kingdom a ‘major hub for heavy machinery’ Saudi Arabia ‘s continuing development means it’s a key market for distributors of construction machinery, such as FAMCO.

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HE CONTINUOUS GROWTH and strong prospects for Saudi Arabia’s infrastructure and construction sectors demand that global manufacturers have the right quality distributor networks in place to ensure success.

This is particularly true of the construction equipment and heavy machinery market place, where strong growth is placing new demands on equipment dealers, according to FAMCO (Al-Futtaim Auto & Machinery Co), the distributor of Volvo Construction Equipment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Economic growth Speaking during his recent visit to Saudi Arabia to mark the first anniversary since the acquisition of Al-Rehab Equipment & Machinery Company, Paul Floyd, Managing Director of FAMCO, said that the company’s performance in the last 12 months has seen it grow from strength to strength across the country and in line with the region’s sustained economic growth.

“Saudi Arabia’s aspirational development plans across many key sectors of economic activity are driving our business in the Kingdom and fuelling our expansion plans across and beyond our current five locations,” said Floyd, who visited Jeddah and Riyadh together with a delegation of senior Al-Futtaim Group officials headed by Mr. Omar AlFuttaim, the group’s Vice Chairman.

Demanding “Our mutli-award winning range of top quality machinery and equipment brands are made for the tough conditions and

Omar Al-Futtaim, Vice Chairman, Al-Futtaim Group, Len Hunt, President - Automotive, Al-Futtaim Group, and Paul Floyd, Managing Director of FAMCO visit FAMCO in Saudi Arabia to mark the first anniversary of FAMCO’s operation in Saudi Arabia.

demanding landscape and climate of Saudi Arabia and are already the preferred choice for a large number of industry players involved in infrastructure development across the Kingdom,” said Floyd.

Our mutli-award winning range of top quality machinery and equipment brands are made for the tough conditions Regional operations FAMCO is a distributor of leading industrial and construction brands in the GCC such as Volvo Trucks and Volvo Buses in the UAE, Volvo Construction Equipment in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, as well as Merlo telehandlers, Linde material handling equipment, Dexion industrial storage systems, Ingersoll Rand air compressors and tools, Yanmar power products and Himoinsa generators.

Outside of its five locations in Saudi Arabia, including Jeddah, Makkah, Abha, Riyadh and Dammam the company is also present in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Ras Al Khaimah, and last year started operations in Oman and Qatar.

According to Floyd, “While the AlFuttaim Group has excellent historical business ties in Qatar, we felt the time was right for a dedicated operation in Qatar to service the country’s rapidly growing construction and logistics industry.

“FAMCO is already known as the leading supplier for construction, logistics and industrial equipment in the UAE, Oman and Saudi Arabia, and with our Qatar branch we continue our ambition for becoming the Middle East’s largest equipment distributor.”

FAMCO in Qatar will be the exclusive distributor for Linde material handling equipment, Ingersoll Rand industrial air compressors, Himoinsa generators and lighting towers, Nassau doors, Hart doors and Stertil dock levellers. FAMCO has already supplied Himoinsa products to leading construction companies and Linde forklifts to Qatar Duty Free. ■

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Doosan gets heavy at World of Concrete DOOSAN INFRACORE CONSTRUCTION Equipment will be showing the new DX140LC-3 Interim Tier 4 compliant crawler excavator and the new DL200-3 Interim Tier 4 wheel loader at the 2013 World of Concrete Exhibition in Las Vegas from 5-8 February 2013.

The new DX140LC-3 excavator on the stand at World of Concrete will be equipped with a coupler and hydraulic breaker. A plate compactor attachment which can also be mounted on the DX140LC-3 model will also be on show at the exhibition. The excavator is powered by the reliable Doosan DL06 6-cylinder ‘common rail’ turbocharged diesel engine providing 74.5 kW (98 HP) of power at 1850 RPM. The DL06 engine meets Interim Tier 4 emission regulations through the use of EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) and DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter) after-treatment technologies.

Delivering excellent performance in the 12-14 tonne size class, the new DX140LC-3 excavator offers a maximum digging depth of 5258 mm (17 ft 3 in) and a dump height of 5867 mm (19 ft 3 in). Digging force over the bucket is 29156 kN (21,504 ft lb), while that over the arm is 19133 Nm (14,112 ft lb). The swing torque on the DX140LC-3 excavator is 3330 kgf.m (24,086 ft lb).

Users can choose from Standard Mode for optimised fuel consumption and general working conditions, Power Mode for

faster cycle times and heavy duty work requirements or Economy mode for reduced fuel consumption in reduced demand applications.

A new multifunction colour LCD monitor panel displays a variety of machine information, including operation history, flow rate control and filter/oil information.

Doosan can also supply numerous The new DL200-3 wheel loader is also attachments for powered by the Doosan DL06 Interim Tier 4 some equipment diesel engine delivering 107 kW (143 HP) of power at 2100 RPM. Like the DX140LC-3 excavator, the DL200-3 wheel loader features a new cab design offering better visibility thanks to a wider front glass section and an extended wiper blade area. Now that the reservoir for the wiper water is located on the outside of the cab, space inside has been increased, providing more foot room. The air conditioning system is regulated automatically by a temperature sensor.

With a bucket capacity of 2.0 m3, the DL200-3 wheel loader is intended to meet a wide range of material-handling needs from loading and transporting granular material to industrial, mining and quarrying applications.

On the stand at World of Concrete, the DL200-3 wheel loader will be equipped with a coupler and pallet forks attachment. As well as offering more standard features than other machines of its size on the market, there is an expanded choice of options for the DL200-3 wheel loader, including electric steering.

Jotun showcased an eco-friendly range at WFES JOTUN PAINTS, ONE of the world’s leading producers and distributors of paints and powder coatings, participated at the sixth edition of the World Future Energy Summit (WFES), the world’s foremost event dedicated to advancing future energy, energy efficiency and clean technologies, which was held from January 15, 2013 to January 17, 2013 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC). During the event, the company showcased three of its current eco-friendly range of paints—‘Jotashield Extreme,’ ‘Fenomastic Stain Resistant’ and ‘Fenomastic Hygiene.’ The products are part of the company’s continuing move to develop products that integrate the latest technologies while also playing a significant role in the global campaign to help save and preserve the environment.

‘Jotashield Extreme’ is a 100 per cent pure acrylic formulation designed for durability in extremely harsh tropical climates. The new innovative paint product is the result of the company’s use of revolutionary pigment technology to meet the growing demand for heat reflective and eco-friendly paints in the Middle East. 'Jotashield Extreme' allows consumers to have darker shades of colours while also giving them thermal indoor comfort and durability with superior

exterior protection at a competitive price.

The paint presents a unique 2x UV Protected Colours and 2x Heat Reflective feature that offer superior colours with outstanding protection against the destructive effects of UV rays and heat from Infrared (IR) rays present in sunlight.

'Jotashield Extreme' also has low dirt pickup and excellent resistance to alkali, algae and fungus. It is a low-VOC environmentallygreen product that contributes to reducing energy consumption in cooling interiors and reducing Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, a phenomenon where metropolitan areas become slightly warmer than its surrounding rural areas.

According to Jotun, the company has conducted various tests on aluminum and cement fibre boards, which showed significant temperature differences as compared to using normal paints.

'Jotashield Extreme' exceeds GS-11 standards for paint, LEED compliant and also meets the requirements set by Estidama. This paint is multicolour, tintable and has an increased selection of darker colours for exterior. Users are also given assurance and confidence with its offer of a 10-year performance guarantee and high anti-carbonation feature, which protects

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against chalking, flaking, peeling, etc.

Jotun’s Abu Dhabi production facility produces more than 23 million litres of paints annually and has managed to strengthen its sustainability efforts with the roll-out of its ‘GreenSteps’ initiative--a fivepoint goal program that leaves consumers with the security and confidence that Jotun products are better formulated and conform to world class green building standards.

The five ‘GreenSteps’ include the move to reduce energy consumption; reduce carbon footprint; reduce waste; reduce the use of solvent or Volatile Organic Content (VOC) and reduce the use of hazardous materials.

The company’s move towards the environment and more sustainability has also landed the company in the current edition of the Sustainable Building Products Online Directory of Masdar, which can be found at www.thefuturebuild.com.

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BRIEFLY â– THE IFC, A member of the World Bank Group, will provide a loan worth US$70mn to help renovate a cement factory in Iraq. It is part of a wider effort to support the local construction sector. The money will allow Kerbala Cement Manufacturing (KCML), a subsidiary of France's Lafarge, to rebuild a state-owned plant near the city of Kerbala.

The work will take place under a concession agreement with the government.

"This financing will help address the cement shortage that Iraq is facing and help the country meet supply gaps in its infrastructure," said Guy Ellena, IFC Director for Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Services in the Middle East, and North Africa.

The injection of capital is expected to help bolster Iraq's construction sector, which is a key source of jobs.

"It will also play a catalytic role in attracting other foreign investors to Iraq," added Ellena.

Value of GCC projects in the pipeline increased in 2012 PROJECTS PLANNED AND underway across the Gulf region now totals US$2 trillion, a rise of 12 per cent year on year, Citi's quarterly MENA Construction Projects Tracker showed.

The Citi report stated that all GCC markets had seen the value of project increase as governments has announced new projects.

The report stated that all markets across the GCC had risen, mostly driven by new project announcements. For the main markets in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the project pipeline was up five per cent to US$308bn since October 2012.

Saudi Arabia's remains the largest construction market in the GCC

Saudi Arabia's remains the largest GCC market with projects totalling US$790bn and planned projects jumped 19 per cent. Projects in Kuwait were up 16 per cent to US$206bn but Citi noted that delays were a key risk due to geopolitical factors.

Qatar's planned projects rose six per cent year-on-year to US$228bn, while growth in Bahrain has slowed to a stand still at US$64bn and Oman was up six per cent to US$122bn.

The Citi tracker highlighted that cancelled and delayed projects have also fallen in 2012, down by approximately 4 per cent to US$1.45 trillion.

While, early stage projects were up 17 per cent to US$655bn over the same period, mostly driven by the UAE. Preliminary stage projects in the UAE now stood at US$199bn, a 127 per cent rise from October.

The UAE saw much improvment and the report said that this is the first period since the first quarter of 2010 that the UAE has shown growth in its construction market which is up six per cent to US$614bn.

"For the UAE focus is now on a potential revival in Dubai. While real estate development spend is rising we believe the key bottleneck for the emirate remains financing," the report noted.

RMD Kwikform formwork and shoring boost landmark Makkah project RMD KWIKFORM HAS designed and supplied in excess of 15,000 tonnes of formwork and shoring solutions to main contractor Saudi Binladin Group for the expansion of the landmark Makkah Mosque in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The Shamiyah Holy Haram Expansion 3 project as it's officially called is situated adjacent to the Holy Haram mosque in Mekkah, the location of Kaaba where all Muslims direct their daily prayers from around the world, and will provide additional facilities for 2.5 million people during their Hajj pilgrimage. The stunning 250,000m2 of ornate prayer halls, ceremonial halls and courtyards is the largest project RMD Kwikform Saudi Arabia has undertaken in the region to date.

Having delivered the first RMD Kwikform equipment to site in July 2010, Saudi Binladin Group has expressed its total satisfaction with the designs, solutions and industry leading support supplied throughout such a fast paced and highly technical project.

The overall scope for equipment designed and supplied by RMD Kwikform covers four main areas of construction throughout the site; the first is the

RMD Kwikform has designed and supplied in excess of 15,000 tonnes of formwork and shoring solutions for the Makkah project

centerpiece of the overall design, the main 5000m2 central ceremonial area.

The ceremonial area contains a number of impressive insitu concrete engineering features including the multi arched north and south entrance gates and the magnificent 14m high grand

arches supporting the mosque’s 60 metre high central dome. Equipment supplied for the construction of the ceremonial area included configurations assembled from heavy duty Megashor towers, R700 trusses, Superslim, Albeam, Rapidshor, Maxima panels and a specially made 25 ton arch support former for the south main entrance.

Complimenting the central ceremonial area is seventy-four, 400 square metre prayer halls spread across three floors for which RMD Kwikform supplied 100 tonnes of formwork and falsework to support a staggering 1600 tonnes of concrete structural frame.

Configurations formed from Alshor Plus, Alform beams, and purpose designed and fabricated negative arch supports were designed and supplied by RMD Kwikform for the construction of supporting columns, beams and the support of precast artificial stone soffits.

The remaining areas consisted of the supplying solutions for the construction of perimeter elevations, atriums and the erection of impressive 140m high artificial stone minarets that stand either side of the main north entrance gate.

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