Presentations

The CEBC hosts and contributes to a variety of events, seminars and webinars each year. Where possible, and with the approval of our presenters, we share these presentations with you.

Please note that video recordings of our webinars are available to watch at our webinar recordings page.

GENERAL PRESENTATIONS

• Thermodynamic solar: Retrofitting hot water systems in hospitality
• Clean Energy in MENA: Industry and Workforce Readiness – World Bank webinar
• Introducing KACARE’s Technology Localization and Commercialization (TLC) Initiative
• Presentations slides – Live Webinar & Signing Ceremony – WICE-WIRE Partnership
• Webinar Slides – Digitalization of the Power Sector: Landscape and Opportunities – 24 June 2020
• CEBC Webinar Summary | The Impact of COVID-19 on ESCO M&V Activities | 4 June 2020
• Summary of CEBC Webinar #6 “Electric Vehicle Infrastructure in MENA: Landscape and Outlook post COVID-19”
• The Impact of COVID-19 on ESCO M&V Activities – Webinar Slides – 4 June 2020
• Webinar Slides: EV Infrastructure in the MENA Region: Landscape and Outlook post COVID-19 | 20 May 2020
• CEBC Webinar Summary – Effect of COVID-19 on Energy Efficiency Markets – 12 May 2020
• The Impact of COVID-19 on the Energy Efficiency Market – Webinar Slides – 12 May 2020
• Brian Motherway_IEA – The Impact of COVID-19 on the Energy Efficiency Market – 12 May 2020
• Graeme Sims_Dubai RSB – The Impact of COVID-19 on the Energy Efficiency Market – 12 May 2020
• Firas Obeido_Smart AE – The Impact of COVID-19 on the Energy Efficiency Market – 12 May 2020
• Dr. Nasser Saidi – CEBC Webinar (A Pandemic, Oil Price Collapse, A Recession: Is the Future still Green?)
• CEBC Webinar Summary (A Pandemic, Oil Price Collapse, A Recession: Is the Future still Green?)
• ESCO Market in MENA event – Slides of Mr. Mustapha Aanzi about the findings of the ESCO market survey by CEBC
• ESCO Market in MENA event – Slides of Dr. Nasser Saidi, Chairman of the CEBC
• Webinar: Cutting Energy Costs in Industrial Facilities: Case Study of an Award-Winning ISO 50001 Project in Oman​
• CEBC-EY Annual Survey Report – Clean Energy in MENA: Industry and Workforce Readiness – April 2019
• 2019 ESCO Market Survey by CEBC
• Presentation: Stephane le Gentil, HVAC GCC, 17 November 2017
• Presentation: RetrofitTech KSA conference, November 2017 by CEBC CEO, Stephane le Gentil, on The Regional Energy Efficiency Market
• Renewables in Oman – Status Quo and Way Forward (2016)
• Opening of the IRENA Project Navigator Workshop Presentation (2015)
• Presentation: WICE Launch – 5 December 2015

CEBC WORKSHOP AT THE BRITISH UNIVERSITY IN DUBAI, 30 APRIL 2018

• SRS – Simon Bangs – Current and future demand for skillsets in sustainability
• PwC – Damian Regan – Green Bonds – mobilising the $100 trillion bond market for climate change solutions
• IRENA – Diala Hawila – Renewable Energy Jobs – Current and Future Outlook
• Dentons – Udayan Mukherjee – Role of Project Finance

ARAB FORUM FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, APRIL 2018

• Renewable Energy Group Discussions
• Energy Efficiency Group Discussions (Part 2)
• Energy Access Group Discussions (Part 1)
• Achieving progress towards SDG7: Policy Brief
• 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development: Setting the Stage – Working Groups
• Arab Sustainable Energy Strategy
• GTF – Arab Region Progress in Sustainable Energy: Key Findings
• 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development – Setting the Stage

CEBC MENA CLEAN ENERGY SUMMIT, 5 MARCH 2018

• H.E. Dr. Nasser Saidi – Clean Energy Transformations 2018 & Beyond
• Ali Al Jassim – Overview on Etihad ESCO
• Dr. Steve Halls – Energy Challenges and Opportunities in Oman
• H.E. Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Ibrahim – Keynote Address

BLOCKCHAIN WEBINAR, 30 JANUARY 2018

• Marc Manzano – Blockchain and its People
• H.E. Dr. Nasser Saidi – Exploration of Blockchain Technology in Energy Systems

WORLD FUTURE ENERGY SUMMIT, 15-18 JANUARY 2018

• Hugo Domingues – Solar Water Heaters in the GCC (Energie GCC), Presentation at WFES 2018
• Ridah Sabouni – Presentation at WFES 2018, Energy Efficiency in the GCC White Paper Launch

WEBINAR: DIGITALIZATION & CUSTOM-CENTRISM FOR THE ENERGY INDUSTRY, 20 DECEMBER 2017

• DNV-GL – Transformation to a Clean Energy Future
• Schneider Presentation – Future Ecostruxure Grid
• IEA Presentation: Digitalization & Energy
• Presentation by Katarina Uherova Hasbani of Enrupt

DUBAI SOLAR SHOW, 23-25 OCTOBER 2017

• Tipping Point rEVolution – Why the Future of Mobility is Electric (2017)
• The Indian Growth Story – Rooftop Storage Solutions with Energy Storage Applications
• Realizing Improved Industrial Energy Efficiency Through Implementation of ISO 50001 – Energetics Incorporated
• The Importance of Energy Efficiency to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement – Environment Agency Abu Dhabi
• Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation – Early Ambition in a Post Paris World – Carbon Tanzania
• Tackling Climate Change – How Hydrogen Enables the Energy Transition: A European Perspective – EU-GCC Clean Energy Network
• Yellow Door Energy, Distributed Solar Investor
• Concessional Financing and Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) – Castalia Strategy
• Achieving Zero Net Energy – The Sustainable City

WORKSHOP: GREEN BONDS AND SUKUK AND CROWDFUNDING RE IN MENA, SEPTEMBER 2017

• Presentation: An Introduction to Crowdfunding with Eureeca (2017)
• Presentation: Growth of the Green Bond Market, September 2017
• Green Financing – Merging of Shariah and Conventional? – Amanie Advisors
• Presentation: Beehive – P2P Marketplace Lending (2017)
• Presentation: Overview of Green Bond Principles and the Climate Bond Standard (2017)
• Presentation: Growth of the Green Bond Market (2017)
• Presentation: Green Bonds & Sukuk and Crowdfunding Cleantech in MENA (2017)

WEBINAR: SOLAR DISPATCHABILITY CHALLENGE: THE BEST TECHNOLOGIES FOR DISPATCHABILITY TO RENEWABLE ENERGY, JULY 2017

• Presentation: Integration of solar power and storage in Spain
• Presentation: Identifying the Best Technologies to Secure Ready Dispatchability to Renewable Energy
• Presentation: The Value of CSP with Dispatchable Thermal Energy Storage
• Presentation: The Solar Despatchability Challenge

SOLAR MIDDLE EAST 2017

• Presentation: Technical and Financial Risk Mitigation of PV Power Plants (Jorg Althaus, TUV Rheinland)
• Presentation: Thermodynamic Solar Energy

WORLD FUTURE ENERGY SUMMIT, JANUARY 2017

• Independent Engineering (IE) Services for Photovoltaic Power Plants Failures and Risk Management – Joseph Nadar, TUV Rheinland
• EPC and the Financing of Shared Savings Contracts – Smart4Power

CEBC 5TH ANNUAL MENA CLEAN ENERGY SUMMIT, DECEMBER 2016

• Renewables in Oman – Status Quo and Way Forward (2016)
• BNEF Presentation
• Review of the Economics Around Net Metering and Wheeling Projects in Jordan and the Value of Storage (Kawar Energy)
• Energy Efficiency in the GCC: Status and Outlook (Energetics)
• Challenges Financing Utility Scale Solar Projects – CSP vs PV Projects (ACWA Power)
• Panel presentation: Utility Scale Solar in the MENA Region The Story So Far and Lessons Learned
• The Role of Solar in Combating Climate Change and How to Deploy this in MENA – H.E. Dr. Nasser Saidi

WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP: THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE

• Entrepreneurship for the Renewables Sector A Key Driver of Economic Growth
• UNDP – Climate Change and Social Vulnerability
• Gender Diversity at ENGIE
• Clean Energy Ministerial C3E Initiative Overview

DUBAI SOLAR SHOW SEMINAR WEEK, OCTOBER 2016

• Off-Grid Power Applications in the Middle East
• AC and DC Coupling & Microgrids
• Smarter PV, Better Return – FusionSolar PV Solution (Huawei)
• Soiling Mitigation Review at the 13 MW First Phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park
• Intro to Utility-Connected PV System Design
• Smart Grids and Renewables – The Power of the Active Grid (Itron)
• Grid Connected Energy Storage Applications
• Dubai Solar Schools
• Energy Financing
• Dubai Vision – Schools Competition

ENERGY EFFICIENCY WORKSHOP

• CEBC Energy Efficiency Working Group White Paper – Energy Efficiency in the GCC – Status and Outlook – January 2018
• Dubai Green Deal – Dubai Carbon
• Financed Energy Retrofits Case Study – takasolutions
• Intelligent Efficiency at Work: Data Driven HVAC system Optimization (Smart Energy Technology)
• Climate Action Post-Paris – Environment Agency Abu Dhabi
• Energy Savings Performance Contracting (Smart4Power)

RENEWABLES REVOLUTION: WASTE TO ENERGY GENERATION

• Bee’ah Presentation – Mohammed Nayeem Quraishi
• Success Factors for WtE Projects (Ashurst)
• Renewable Energy from SSO & MSW (Anaergia)

CSP TOWER TECHNOLOGY WEBINAR

• CSP Tower Technology with Molten Salt Presentation from Philip Hale of SolarReserve
• CSP Markets Presentation from Belén Gallego of ata

EU-GCC CLEAN ENERGY NETWORK CONSULTATION WORKSHOP, MAY 2016

• Case Study: Jebel Ali Free Zone Energy Retrofit Program (Etihad ESCO)
• Case Study: DEWA 200MW PV (ACWA Power)
• Jordan Regulatory Model: Wheeling, Net Metering & Direct Bidding (First Solar)
• State of Green Finance in the UAE (Ministry of Environment & Climate Change)
• Risks & Barriers of Renewable Energy Financing & Investment (IRENA)
• New Oil ‘Normal’ and the Impact on Renewables (Dr. Nasser Saidi)

HYBRID, OFF-GRID SOLAR POWER FOR THE GCC, MARCH 2016

• Opportunities to Integrate Renewable Energy into Isolated Power Systems (Saudi Aramco)
• Caterpillar Hybrid Microgrids (Caterpillar)
• Why Go Solar: Economics of Utility Scale Solar-Hybrid Solutions (First Solar)
• ABB Automation for Solar Applications (ABB)
• Latest Technologies for Hybrid Plants: Importance of Storage and Control for Smart HPPs (GP Tech)
• The Role of Battery Storage in Off-Grid Solutions and Likely Timing for its Effective Deployment (Eversheds)
• Off-Grid Power Applications in the Middle East (Enerwhere)
• PV/Diesel Hybrid System Without Energy Storage (Consolidated Contractors Company)

HYBRID, OFF-GRID SOLAR POWER FOR THE GCC, MARCH 2016

• Opportunities to Integrate Renewable Energy into Isolated Power Systems (Saudi Aramco)
• Caterpillar Hybrid Microgrids (Caterpillar)
• Why Go Solar: Economics of Utility Scale Solar-Hybrid Solutions (First Solar)
• ABB Automation for Solar Applications (ABB)
• Latest Technologies for Hybrid Plants: Importance of Storage and Control for Smart HPPs (GP Tech)
• The Role of Battery Storage in Off-Grid Solutions and Likely Timing for its Effective Deployment (Eversheds)
• Off-Grid Power Applications in the Middle East (Enerwhere)
• PV/Diesel Hybrid System Without Energy Storage (Consolidated Contractors Company)

CEBC 4TH ANNUAL MENA CLEAN ENERGY SUMMIT, DECEMBER 2015

• Long Term Outlook for the Global Power Sector (BNEF)
• Smart Grids & Energy Storage Innovations (MiccGreentec)
• Smart Grids & Energy Storage Enabling RE Developments (IRENA)
• Women in Clean Energy MENA
• Renewable Energy Developments in the GCC: A Revival (IRENA)
• Latest Developments in Morocco’s Renewables Program & Lessons Learned (SMADER)
• Renewable Energy in Oman (The Research Council)
• Renewable Energy in Jordan (EMRC)
• DSM Strategy 2030: Green Buildings & Energy Management (DSCE)
• Welcome Address: Suresh Bhaskar (ENGIE)
• Opening Address: Dr. Nasser Saidi (CEBC)

ENERGY STORAGE: THE FUTURE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY, MARCH 2015

• SMART Connected Products
• Energy Management Solutions
• QMICC™ Based Solar Power – Energy Independence with Storage
• Integrating Renewable Generation With Energy Storage And Gas Turbine Generation
• Large Scale Energy Storage Development Worldwide
• Hydraulic Rock Storage – an efficient system for large grid scale storage
• Grid Connected Large Scale Energy Storage Development
• Temporary Solar-Hybrid Power Solutions for the Off-­grid Market
• Financing Distributed Generation (Adenium)

CEBC 3RD ANNUAL MENA CLEAN ENERGY SUMMIT, DECEMBER 2014

• Wind (DNV GL)
• What Gets Measured Gets Managed (V4 Advisors)
• Solar PV powered Desalination Solutions (First Solar)
• Smart Grid (CLS)
• Renewable Energy and Jobs (IRENA)
• Presentation – UNDP
• MENA Cleantech survey 2014 Highlights & Challenges (EY)
• Groceries and Energy Projects (Dentons)
• Enerwhere – CEBC MENA Forum
• CEBC Chairman’s Opening Speech (Dr. Nasser Saidi)
• Dentons – CEBC Presentation (Rajan Phakey)

BREAKFAST SEMINAR – FINANCING SUSTAINABLE ENERGY IN MENA 2014

• Sustainable Energy Financing in MENA, Tapping Capital Markets through Green Bonds (HSBC)
• Etihad Energy Services, Energy Efficiency Financing – The Dubai story so far
• Financing Solutions for Renewable Temporary / Off-grid Power
• Facilitating Access to Finance for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Investments in the MENA Region (IFC)

CREATING SMART, SUSTAINABLE CITIES

• Delivering urban efficiency through Collaboration (Schneider)
• Smarter Energy & Utilities – an IBM View (IBM)
• Energy Balance burning platform (Accenture)
• The Smart Grid Map (Elster)
• ADWEA Smart Grid Implementation Roadmap (Transco)
• Smart Water Network (Schneider Electric)
• Internet of Everything (Cisco)
• Connections change everything (Cisco)

MENA: FULCRUM OF GLOBAL ENERGY, “THE SHIFTING SANDS OF ENERGY IN MENA”

• KAUST: New Energy Oasis. KAUST are seeking further partners to participate in their demonstration facility for solar PV
• Dr. Nasser Saidi, by Chief Economist & Head External Relations DIFC and chairman Clean Energy Business Council