Middle East Energy | Intersolar Middle East

“If we look back only 10 years, the cost of solar energy was too high, and landowners across the Middle East did not believe in the vision of creating a world-leading solar ecosystem as other fuels such as oil and gas were in abundance. Things have changed much faster than anyone could have imagined, with the Middle East now poised to truly contribute to global energy security through the alternation of existing assets to renewable assets.“

Ahmed S Nada, President of Middle East Solar Industry Association MESIA
Keynote at Intersolar Middle East Conference 2023

The transition to a greener planet powered by renewable energy is now truly underway. The Middle East starts to turn green and solar as well as energy storage solutions are gaining strong momentum. Falling technology costs and stronger government policies, accelerated by the 2015 Paris Climate Accord, have resulted in renewable energy overtaking conventional fossil fuel as the power generation source of choice..

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is playing a key role in driving down the cost of renewables, with the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt all setting world record tariffs for clean energy projects since 2015. MENA countries have launched some of the most ambitious renewable energy programmes in the world. Saudi Arabia alone is planning to develop 58.7GW of renewables by 2030, Morocco targeting 52 per cent of its energy to come from clean energy in this period and Egypt aiming for 42 per cent clean energy by 2035.

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Intersolar and Middle East Energy are joining forces

The two leading energy exhibitions are joining hands to co-deliver an outstanding renewables and energy storage event at Dubai’s World Trade Center in April 2026. With an expanded exhibition section dedicated to solar and energy storage technologies, Intersolar Middle East Conference will be part of Middle East Energy 2026 and will complement Middle East Energy’s traditional product sectors with a significant growing number of companies from these industries. Intersolar Middle East Conference is the most effective trade focused platform to connect the global solar and energy storage community with regional decision-makers in MENA.

Areas of Focus

Photovoltaics
Solar Thermal
Energy Storage & Battery Technologies

Exhibitor Profile

Manufacturers
Suppliers
Distributors
Service Providers
Project Developers/EPC Contractors
Researchers

Intersolar Middle East Exhibition and Conference 2026

Join us on the way to MENA’s bright energy future! Take advantage of MENA’s solar rise!

Are you ready for entering the dynamic and promising MENA markets? The Middle East starts to turn green and solar as well as energy storage solutions are gaining strong momentum. Intersolar Middle East Exhibition and Conference, as part of Middle East Energy, will enable solar and energy professionals forming valuable business relationships and network with decision makers in the region.

As a leading platform for manufacturers, suppliers, wholesalers, service providers and partners for the solar industry, Intersolar is more than a mere showcase of goods and services — this is where to meet multipliers, tap into expertise and network. It is about big business. With more than 30 years of experience, Intersolar has the unique ability to bring together members of the energy industry from across the world’s most influential markets and supply chains. Intersolar reflects the synergies and interaction between photovoltaics, PV production technologies, energy storage and solar thermal technologies on the highest level of expertise.

Conference Topics

Photovoltaics
Utility-Scale Solar
Energy Storage
Hydrogen

Delegate Profile

Distributors
Project Developers/EPC Contractors
Architects
Manufacturers and Suppliers
Investors and Analysts
Utilities
Government Officials / Policy Makers
Project Management
Finance & Insurance

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Conference agenda for 2025

Day 1 | 7th April 2025
Day 2 | 8th April 2025
Day 3 | 9th April 2025

10:30

Opening with MENA PV market outlook

Dipak Sakaria, Energy Transition Expert, Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure
Dr. Florian Wessendorf, Managing Director, Solar Promotion International GmbH
Sohan Gwalani, Research Analyst, MEA Renewables Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables
Denisa Fainis, Secretary General, Middle East Solar Industry Association (MESIA)

11:15

Utility-scale Solar Power: Trends in Development, EPC, Digitalization and Asset Management

Waqas Hussain, Business Development Manager, Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH
Aditya Saraswat, Research Director, Rystad Energy
Satar Rafie Schahraki, CEO, AS-Energie
Lennart van Walsum, Director EMEA & Americas, Global Solar Council
Eric Evers, Global Sales Management, DEKRA

13:30

CleanTech investments: State of play and new opportunities in the MENA region

Dr. Valentina Dedi, Associate Director, KBR, Inc.
Asem Al Shamsi, Member, Saudi Leadership Society, Founder, Prosworx
Herald Bonnici, Secretary General, Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, Malta
Catalina Valentino, Group CEO, ELIXR
Fatima Zahra El-Khalifa, Director General, Cluster EnR, Climate Innovation Center – Morocco

15:15

Manufacturing Renewable Energy products - advanced technology development

Dr. Puzant Baliozian, Lead Consultant of Sector Group Photovoltaic Equipment, VDMA - Machinery and Equipment Manufacturers Association
Hans Juergen Sauter, Senior Advisor, IDEEMATEC
Dr. Lili Wang, Senior Director-Renewable Energy Materials, Technology Innovation Institute
Dr. Radovan Kopecek, Director and CTO, International Solar Energy Research Center (ISC)
Nishant Kumar, Renewable & Power Market Analyst, Rystad Energy
Sebastian Gatz, Vice President Renewable Energies & Strategic Partnerships, VON ARDENNE GmbH

17:00

Talent development: Transitioning human capital from oil & gas to renewables

Maria Flouda, Founder and Managing Consultant, Sustainability Switch Consultancy
Neeraj Mense, Principal Consultant, Frost & Sullivan
Lewis Cheeseman, Operations Director, NES Fircroft
Marta Mieres Bárcena, Global Business Development Director, Honeywell International, Inc.
Dr. Nabih Cherradi, Chief Technology Officer, Desert Technologies

10:30

Hybrid PV power plants I: Providing flexible generation for the energy system

Youssef Ammar, VP of Product Development, Yellow Door Energy
Hisham Alhegelan, Country Manager, X-Noor
Veronica Bermudez Benito, Director Energy Department, Al Wajba Establishment
Sangeetha Suresh, Partner (Dubai), EUPD Research Sustainable Management GmbH
Michael Heilig, CEO, SwissWatt One AG

12:15

Hybrid PV power plants II: Business models for 24/7 Renewable power plant supply

Ahmed Al Shehri, Energy Engineer II, King Abdullah City for Atomic & Renewable Energy
Pierre Holstein, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Business Development Industrials
Laurent Gerard Longuet, CEO Generation (Siraj Power), Positive Zero FZE (Siraj Power)
Dr․ Raed Sherif, Sr. Renewable Energy Expert, King Abdullah City for Atomic & Renewable Energy
Sangeeth Suresh, Partner, EUPD Research Sustainable Management Gmbh

14:15

Integrated PV: AgriPV, BIPV, VIPV, Floating

Dr. Nabih Cherradi, Chief Technology Officer, Desert Technologies
Philippe Macé, COO, Becquerel Institute
Dr. Mauro Pravettoni, Senior Director Renewable Energy - Systems, Technology Innovation Institute
Dr. Hamed Hanifi,Technical Director Global, AESOLAR

10:30

Long-Duration Energy Storage - What's holding it back, when will it break through?

Daniel Peter Fuchs, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), EUPD Research
Eren Engür, Managing Director, Malta Inc
Dr. Muhammad Rashid, Assistant Professor, University of Warwick
Karim Megherbi, Executive Director, Orisun Invest
Uwe Fuchs, Head of Global Sales, BASF Stationary Energy Storage GmbH
Dr․ Gezim Tosuni, University Corporate Governance Professor, Member, State Quality Council (SQC)

12:15

Large, grid-scale storage for more supply- and demand-flexibility

Daniel Peter Fuchs, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), EUPD Research
Evetar Zeqiri, Chief Executive Officer, Kostt
Stanislav Betin, General Manager Mobile Power Systems, Positive Zero FZE
Cecilie Kristiansen, Research Analyst, Wood Mackenzie
Farzad Khalilpour, Engineering Manager, EenerCom Engineering Corp.

13:45

Hydrogen: Markets and technology

Dr. Jens Heinrich, Director, Technology Development, CTF Solar GmbH
Dr. Jan Haizmann, Secretary General, Zero Emissions Traders Alliance (ZETA)
Gesche Maass, Conference Manager, Solar Promotion International

15:30

Photovoltaic energy reliability and the electricity price

Prof․ Girolamo Di Francia, Research Director, ENEA Italian National Agency for New

15:45

Solar irradiance estimation using an error-adjusted hybrid beta-KDE model for sustainable cities

Dr․ Maisam Wahbah, Assistant Professor, University of Dubai

16:00

Renewable and non-renewable energy consumption, Foreign Direct Investment and economic growth in Saudi Arabia: Evidence from an Autoregressive Distributed Lag Modelling approach