Solar Expo Facts & Figures 2017

Under the Patronage of H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the U.A.E. Armed Forces

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FACTS & FIGURES

2017

www.solarexpo.ae

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SOLAR EXPO 2017

Fast Facts

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region tendered 4GW of solar projects in 2016 - and experts forecast that the industry is set for continued growth as MENA looks for clean, reliable and cost-effective energy solutions.

“Solar power will dominate world energy supply in just 15 years” - Middle East Solar Industry Association (MESIA) Solar Expo held its second annual edition at the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) in January 2017, providing a dedicated platform for the solar industry that brings together manufacturers and distributors from around the world.

SHOW FEATURES Solar Expo TechTalk

33,000+ ATTENDEES from over

175

countries

ADSW OPENING CEREMONY

3,500

1,200+ CONFERENCE DELEGATES IN WFES

INTERNATIONAL PAVILIONS

14

country pavilions

EXHIBITORS

178+ from

23+

countries

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GLOBAL EVENTS & PUBLIC FESTIVAL

SOLAR EXPO 2018: BE A PART OF IT 15-18 JANUARY 2018, ADNEC, ABU DHABI FOR EXHIBITION SPACE BOOKING AND SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES SOLAR EXPO

CONTACT RAJVEER SINGH

Tel: +971 50 616 8926 Email: rajveer.singh@reedexpo.ae FACTS & FIGURES 2017

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New Technology Solar Solutions

SOLAR EXPO 2017

Exhibition

Solar power is changing how we generate, store and use energy. Despite the volatility in oil prices in the past two years, efforts are continuing worldwide to resolve technological issues and help solar play an even bigger role in the global energy mix. The WFES Solar Expo 2018 will be the definitive place for industry professionals to see the latest solar innovations.

86%

of the exhibitors were satisfied with Solar Expo 2017.

68%

of the exhibitors are likely to exhibit again next year.

73%

of the exhibitors are likely to recommend the event to a friend or colleague in the industry.

Source: GRS Explori

SOLAR EXPO HAS YOUR MARKET COVERED PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS ❙ ❙ ❙ ❙ ❙

Consumer Products EPC Contracting/Project Development Maintenance Repair and Operations of Solar Power Systems Consulting Services

❙ ❙ ❙ ❙

Power Plants Stand-Alone Systems Photovoltaic Cells Modules & Thin Film

SOLAR THERMAL TECHNOLOGIES ❙ Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) ❙ Consulting Services, Engineering & Design ❙ Solar Thermal Power Plants

❙ Smart Grids, Smart Grid Technologies ❙ Grid Management, Infrastructure, Optimisation ❙ Inverters

ENERGY STORAGE ❙ ❙ ❙ ❙

Batteries & Battery Packs Battery Management Systems Chargers & Charging Technologies Energy Auditing & Energy Management

❙ Flow Batteries ❙ Fuel Cells ❙ Monitoring Measurement & Control Technology

PHOTOVOLTAIC COMPONENTS ❙ Cables ❙ Connectors ❙ Junction Boxes

SOLAR EXPO 2018: BE A PART OF IT FOR EXHIBITION SPACE BOOKING AND SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

SOLAR EXPO

❙ Tracking System ❙ Mounting Systems ❙ Installation Aids

CONTACT RAJVEER SINGH

Tel: +971 50 616 8926 Email: rajveer.singh@reedexpo.ae FACTS & FIGURES 2017

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2017 Exhibiting Companies Included

FOR EXHIBITION SPACE BOOKING AND SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES SOLAR EXPO

CONTACT RAJVEER SINGH

SOLAR EXPO 2017

Exhibitors

Tel: +971 50 616 8926 Email: rajveer.singh@reedexpo.ae FACTS & FIGURES 2017

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New Technology Solar Solutions

SOLAR EXPO 2017

Visitors

Solar power is changing the use of energy. While many countries are increasingly recognising the economic viability of solar, there are still major technological issues to be resolved to develop its role in the global energy mix. The WFES Solar Expo 2018 will be the definitive place for industry professionals to see solar innovations.

98%

of the visitors were satisfied with Solar Expo 2017.

98%

of the visitors are likely to exhibit again next year.

of the visitors are likely to f the visitors say it is important to recommend the event to a friend attend the event for their or colleague in the industry. business/organisation.

COMPANY ACTIVITY

JOB POSITION

26%

❙ ❙ ❙ ❙ ❙ ❙

Engineering Procurement & Construction Engineering Manufacturer Consultancy/Contracting Distribution/Trade/Business Steel Factories

35%

❙ ❙ ❙ ❙ ❙

Architecture Real Estate Developers Renewable Energy Power Developers Urban Planning & Design Building Materials

4%

❙ Power Generation ❙ Nuclear Energy Products and/or Distribution

15%

❙ Utilities ❙ Industrialists ❙ Inter-Governmental Organisation

17%

❙ Finance/Banking ❙ Asset Management ❙ Venture Capitalists

3%

97%

84%

28% 18%

❙ Architect ❙ Designer ❙ Engineer

8%

❙ Analyst ❙ Consultant

❙ Manager / Supervisor ❙ Programme / Project Manager ❙ Technical / Business Specialist

20%

❙ Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO)

CEO / President / Chairman Executive Management Owner / Partner / Proprietor 3 Senior Management Head VP / Director / Department Head Other C-Level Professional

❙ ❙ ❙ ❙ ❙ ❙

7%

❙ Academic

TOP COUNTRIES REPRESENTED BY ATTENDEES

Nigeria Germany

Saudi Arabia

Pakistan Egypt

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India

Jordan

Oman

UAE

Kuwait

United Kingdom

France

United States

China FACTS & FIGURES 2017

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SOLAR EXPO 2017

Techtalk

The Solar Expo TechTalk created the ideal meeting place for project specialists, developers, entrepreneurs, investors, exhibitors, solution providers and thought leaders.

The TechTalk provided a collaborative theatre atmosphere where the experts reviewed the latest international projects and discussed new business ideas.

Speakers at the TechTalk Kostas Daniilidis Managing Director - Survey Digital

Care Guan

Dr. Hashim Al-Zain Business Development Specialist, Industry Engagement & Partnership OfďŹ ce Innovation & Economic Development - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Krzysztof Myslinski

Middle East & Africa Regional Account Manager / Huawei Smart PV Plant Sales & Service Dept - Huawei Technologies Jesus Prado

Global Sales Manager - NEXTracker Kristina Sendzik

Executive Manager, BD & PM - Grundfos Gulf Distribution

Senior Vice President Business Development - ENGIE Middle East, South & Central Asia, Turkey

Doug Kiesewetter

Laurent Longuet

Chairman - Carpe Solar

Director - SirajPower

Martin Mitscher

Director International Sales and Business Development

Joseph Abinader

- Array Technologies, Inc.

Business Development Manager – Solar Energy MENA - TUV Rheinland

Mark Kingsley CEO - Alion Energy

Martin Saunier-Plumaz

Dipl. Eng. Florian Reil Business Field Manager - Solar Energy TUV Rheinland

Business Development Manager Middle-East - Sunna Design

MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD EXCHANGE EXPERTISE AND BEST PRACTICE SOLAR EXPO

CONTACT RAJVEER SINGH

Tel: +971 50 616 8926 Email: rajveer.singh@reedexpo.ae FACTS & FIGURES 2017

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SOLAR EXPO 2017

SBC

Take advantage of Sustainability Business Connect, a tailored networking programme designed to bring buyers and sellers together to do business at WFES.

What is Business Connect 365?

The Business Connect 365 digital matchmaking solution allows you to manage your time efficiently at WFES, to ensure you make the business contacts essential for your company’s needs.

You can fill your whole day with productive meetings by simply registering as a visitor and you will automatically receive access to the online match making platform. It's that simple!

Business Connect 365 is available 24/7, giving you time to plan in advance and get the most from WFES once you arrive. Accessible via your desktop, laptop, mobile or tablet.

81%

of buyers says Business Connect 365 Digital Matchmaking is better compared to the other systems used.

90%

of Solar Expo buyers would like to keep engaging with exhibitors post show.

Source: GRS Explori

Sustainability Business Connect Brings Elite Buyers to ADSW Representing both the private and public sectors, carefully selected key decision makers (Elite Buyers) are hosted by the Business Connect programme during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, with the guarantee of attending pre-arranged meetings with WFES exhibiting companies and generating new business.

177

ELITE BUYERS

120

COMPANIES

14

COUNTRIES

1,773

ACCOUNT USERS

8,600

MEETINGS

Business Connect 365 The Business Connect digital matchmaking solution allows you to manage your time efficiently at ADSW 2017, to ensure you make the business contacts essential for your company’s needs. By pre-arranging meetings, exhibiting companies can count on having well-matched, high-potential encounters during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week.

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ELITE BUYERS

COMPANIES

SEE HOW SBC CAN WORK FOR YOU AND YOUR BUSINESS. MAKE THE MOST OF NEW SALES AND PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES SOLAR EXPO

33

11

COUNTRIES

CONTACT MAI ISMAIL

Tel: +971 50 526 6736 Email: mai.ismail@reedexpo.ae FACTS & FIGURES 2017

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A Representation of Buyers at Solar Expo 2017

SOLAR EXPO 2017

SBC

INTERNATIONAL BUYERS BAHRAIN The Bahrain Petroleum Company - BAPCO Engineer - Power and Utilities Department

EGYPT Blue Power International ❙ Chairman and Managing Director ❙ Vice Chairman ❙ Project Manager E-Green Chairman Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) ❙ General Manager - Network Studies ❙ Engineer - Private Renewable Projects Enara for Energy and Industrial Investment ❙ CEO ❙ Business Development Manager Logic Management Consulting ❙ Senior Director ❙ Principal ❙ CEO New and Renewable Energy Authority ❙ First Under Secretary ❙ NREA Consultant Solar Masr Director, International Business SolarShams Chief Operations Officer

MOROCCO Office National de Electricité et de l'Eau Potable (ONEE) ❙ Contracts Head ❙ Project Manager ❙ Director of Procurement

KUWAIT Kuwait Oil Company - Projects Engineer Life Energy ❙ CEO ❙ Projects Development Officer – International

OMAN Oval Engineering - General Manager ❙ Chief Executive Officer ❙ Project Engineer

PAKISTAN Trans Tech Group - Welt Konnect ❙ Director Operations ❙ Planning Head - Projects

REPUBLIC OF CONGO Congo Energy - Projects Director

Sterling & Wilson PVT Country Manager Taqat Middle East ❙ Chief Executive Officer ❙ Technical Engineer

INDIA Glentec Engineering Services LLP General Manager SkyQuest IP Management & Holdings INC. Managing Director Abhimaani Power Systems ❙ Managing Director ❙ CEO ❙ Senior Advisor - Projects National Solar Energy Federation of India Chairman

SAUDI ARABIA Al Ayuni Investment and Contracting Company Vice President Strategy - Corporate Al Kifah Contracting Company ❙ Chief Executive Officer ❙ Head of Electromechnical Al Madinah Al Munawarah Regional Municipality Mayor Deputy Assistant for Environment Al Nasser Power and Energy ❙ Director ❙ Vice President Electricity and Cogeneration Regulatory Authority (ECRA) Vice Governor

Babel Contracting Company ❙ Deputy General Manager ❙ Business Development Manager

Holy Makkah Municipality - Assistant Secretary for the Development of Municipal Investments and Chairman of the Committee on Renewable Energy ❙ Manager of Renewable and Sustainable Projects ❙ Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Renewable Energy ❙ Member of the Renewable Energy Committee

MID Contracting Company Business Development Manager

Saudi Aramco Engineering Consultant

JORDAN

SOLAR EXPO

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A Representation of Buyers at Solar Expo 2017

SOLAR EXPO 2017

SBC

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES BUYERS Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Petroleum Operations Ltd. (ADCO) ❙ Sustainability Manager ❙ Energy Efficiency Engineer ❙ Electrical Engineer

Consolidated Contractors International Company (CCC) ❙ Senior Design Project Coordinator ❙ Manager Engineering – Electrical ❙ Business Development Manager

Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd (GASCO) ❙ Chemist ❙ Environmental Engineer ❙ Senior Production Engineer ❙ Senior Electrical Engineer ❙ Project Manager ❙ Production Planning Department Head ❙ Interface Manager ❙ Production Section Head ❙ Production Accountant

Drake & Scull - General Manager

Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Company (ADGAS) Senior Energy Engineer Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) ❙ Senior Projects Engineer ❙ Project Manager ❙ Senior Vice President Abu Dhabi Municipality (ADM) - Senior Project Manager Abu Dhabi National Cement Factory General Manager - Operations ADNOC Distribution ❙ Integrity Department Manager ❙ Engineer AECOM Middle East Limited ❙ Project Engineer - Electrical ❙ Sustainability Consultant ❙ Electrical Engineer Al Ain Distribution Company (AADC) ❙ Electrical Engineer ❙ Senior Projects Engineer ❙ Senior Projects Engineer ❙ Project Engineer ❙ Project Engineer ❙ Power Projects Department Manager ❙ Asset Management Director Al Ain Municipality ❙ Section Head of Facilities Management ❙ Building Maintenance Supervisor Al Fara'a Group - Procurement Manager Al Ghurair Contracting and Engineering Works LLC MEP Manager Al Nowais Investments ❙ Senior Director of Projects ❙ MSc Environment & Int Development Al Qudra Real Estate - Project Manager Aston Management Consultants Executive Director & Principal Consultant Bond Interiors - Managing Director ❙ MEP Division Head Center of Excellence & Development "CoE" ❙ Network Management Expert ❙ Strategic Networks Senior Consultant ❙ Projects Manager CH2M - Sustainability Director ❙ Construction Manager

SOLAR EXPO

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) Engineer-Electrical Dubai Municipality - Director of Contracts & Purchasing Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) ❙ Operations Planning Superintendent ❙ Lubricants and Grease Manufacturing Plant ❙ EHSQ Officer Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) / Emirates Petroleum Products Company (EPPCO) Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation - Head of Sustainability Ghantoot Group - Projects Director ❙ MEP Manager Government of Dubai - Dubai South (Dubai World Central) District Cooling - Supervisor Gulf Crown Head of Business Development Hooks Strategy and Innovation Founder and Managing Director JHA Consulting Engineers ESD Consultant Mechanical Engineer Khatib and Alami ❙ Head of Sustainability ❙ Project Energy Engineer ❙ Project Sustainability Engineer ❙ Energy Engineer ❙ Sustainability Construction Engineer ❙ Energy Engineer M.H. Al Shaya - Senior Project Manager ❙ Group Facilities Manager ❙ Group Procurement Manager ❙ Regional Project Manager Module Engineering Consultant - CEO Mott MacDonald Limited Senior Sustainability Consultant ❙ Senior Design Engineer Oger Abu Dhabi - Projects Control and Commercial Manager Shams Power Company PJSC ❙ General Manager ❙ Procurement Manager ❙ HSSEQ Manager ❙ Technical Support Manager ❙ Deputy Plant Manager ❙ Plant Manager Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA) - Director USC Global Trade FZE - CEO WS Atkins - Senior Electrical Engineer Al Ghurair Contracting and Engineering Works LLC General Manager

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Where Will Your Business Be In January 2018?

The WFES Solar Expo 2018 will deliver opportunities to build stronger networks with a highly influential audience of investors, partners, government officials and buyers.

FOR EXHIBITION SPACE BOOKING AND SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES CONTACT REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SOLAR EXPO 2017 GROUP EVENT DIRECTOR Naji El Haddad T: +971 2 409 0499 naji.haddad@reedexpo.ae

GROUP SALES DIRECTOR Claude Talj T:+971 2 409 0409 M:+971 50 452 8168 claude.talj@reedexpo.ae

SALES MANAGER Rajveer Singh T: +971 2 409 0444 M: +971 50 616 8926 rajveer.singh@reedexpo.ae

INTERNATIONAL SALES EXECUTIVE Carla Fadel T: + 971 2 409 0301 carla.fadel@reedexpo.ae

SHOW ADMIN & CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER Marites Dominguez T:+971 2 409 0423 marites.dominguez@reedexpo.ae

GOVERNMENT AND BUYERS RELATIONS MANAGER May Ismail T: +971 2 491 7615 M: +971 50 526 6736 mai.ismail@reedexpo.ae

ASSISTANT DIGITAL MARKETING MANAGER Mariam Sabra T: +971 2 409 0300 mariam.sabra@reedexpo.ae

MARKETING - MEDIA RELATIONS Afrina Nasrin T: +971 2 4090387 afrina.nasrin@reedexpo.ae

INTERNATIONAL SALES NETWORK CHINA ASIA RESOURCE EXPO Amanda Hu +86 135 6710 6572 feng2263@gmail.com

BELGIUM & FRANCE Alexandre Graziani +33 1 79 71 93 20 agraziani@reed-export.fr

BRAZIL Marcelo Vitali +55 11 3266 3631 marcelo@orbiz.com.br

GERMANY & AUSTRIA Christina Iu +49 211 55 628 539 christina.iu@reedexpo.de

HUNGARY Tibor Fazakas +36 30 714 24 52 office@expogroup.hu

INDIA Akhil Jajoo +91 99202 60800 akhiljajoo@ibcgroup.co.in

ITALY Emma Luca +39 02 4351 7049 luca.emma@reedexpo.it

JAPAN Keiko Itai +81 3 6261 2996 itaik@reedexpo.co.jp

NETHERLANDS Nadine Grotendorst +31 6 22 97 02 65 ngrotendorst@reed-export.fr

NIGERIA Dr. Afolabi Otitoju +2348166140100 afolabiotitoju@yahoo.com

RUSSIA Jerome Piegay +7 916 37 937 26 jeromepiegay@yahoo.fr

SOUTH AFRICA Annalize Van Zyl +27 82 458 4229 annalize@annalizevanzyl.co.za

SOUTH KOREA YK Shin +821022598919 ykshin@kfairs.com

SPAIN Víctor M. Dorado +34 606 547 314 vdorado@expertrade.biz

SWITZERLAND Viviane Mor +41 43 288 18 84/88 v.mor@t-link.ch

TAIWAN April Hung +886 2 2598 2630 ext.111 april_hung@wesexpo.com.tw

TURKEY Betul Oktuay +90 212 867 1244 betuloktuay@reedtuyap.com.tr

UK Jack Hassall +44 20 8910 7089 jack.hassall@reedexpo.co.uk

USA Greg Ahneman +1 203 840 5870 gahneman@reedexpo.com

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