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Welcome to the MENA Solar Brief Newsletter
October 20, 2013 - Issue 1310
Serving the solar energy market in the GCC / MENA region.
* SASIA in the News
* Regional & Global Solar News
* Project Leads & Updates
* Solar Technology Focus
* Solar Investing & Project Finance
* Conferences & Exhibition
Newsletter Sponsor :  | Limited Space - Register Now :
Activities include a visit to Saudi Aramco, a Solar Financing Workshop, an exclusive networking dinner and a full day conference c 'Desert Solar in Saudi Arabia', with leading Saudi stakeholders. |
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SASIA in the News:
News, job postings, upcoming events, solar reports and more. Upcoming Events: November 13, 2013 - Sheraton Olaya, Riyadh 
Don't miss this important event Five reasons to join the Desert Solar in Saudi Arabia conference
1. The conference is a full-day information-packed masterclass.
2. Desert Solar in Saudi Arabia will feature a high-level line-up of Saudi and international expert speakers, representing all aspects of the engineering, financing, and operation & maintenance of large solar PV power plants.
3. This is the perfect opportunity to meet the international and local players, expand your network, and build partnerships.
4. The Desert Solar in Saudi Arabia conference is part of the Solar PV Trade Mission: Saudi A rabia, during which 20 international solar executives will explore the opportunities for their multinational businesses to expand into the Saudi Arabian solar energy market. 5. There will be plenty of room for interaction, to enable you to get the most out of this event. Register: click here
SASIA Members attend at no charge View international delegates profile -click here IHS Whitepaper : The PV Market Environment in African and Middle East - Download now  SASIA Website Now Available in Arabic - click here RIYADH, Saudi Arabia-The Saudi Arabia Solar Industry Association (SASIA) is pleased to announce that an Arabic-language version of its website is now available. "Adding Arabic-language access to our resources is the next step toward our goal of reaching out to all levels of Saudi society," says Browning Rockwell, SASIA Executive Director
Members include: SunPower , SMA , Canadian Solar Middle East, SkyPower Global, TSMC, ERADA Advanced Projects Co. Ltd. , Soitec Solar, First Solar, Hilti, Activ Solar, Air Liquide ,Shoals Technologies Group, Eversheds, Kaneka, Empower, Amonix, KFB Group, Abengoa,Desert Technologies, Polysilicon Technology Company, Dar Solar, Enel Green Power, Latham & Watkins, Life Energy, Celestica, GT Advanced Technologies, Meyer Burger |
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Solar Energy News Summary:
Top Stories
* Saudi Arabia - 10,000 Solar panels per day required to achieve Saudi Government goal
Riyadh - 3 October 2013. In a country where 16 GW of solar-photovoltaic capacity are set to be installed by 2032 - of which 6 GW are targeted for installation before 2020 - the time is ripe for local and international businesses to get involved in the Saudi PV market.
* Saudi Arabia: Thai Firm in JV fo solar farms in Saudi Arabia - SPCG, a leading developer of solar-farm projects and a leader in the solar-energy business, has signed an agreement with Malasel Group of Saudi Arabia to set up a joint venture for engineering procurement and construction of solar farms in that country, SPCG chairperson Wandee Khunchornyakong said. * Saudi Arabia - Makkah to establish SR 2.4 billion solar energy project. The project will be established on an area of about two million square meters. About 20 international consortiums consisting of about 100 companies will compete for the execution of the project," Mayor Osama bin Fadl Al-Bar told business daily Al-Eqtisadiah.
* Saudi Arabia:ACWA Power Plans to Raise Funds From Sukuk to IPO for Solar Push.
The company may offer $800 million from the sale of sukuk this year before an initial public offering on the Saudi exchange at the end of 2014, Chief Executive Officer Paddy Padmanathan told reporters in Dubai today. ACWA aims to start its first solar project in the kingdom this year, he said.
* Saudi solar plans taking shape - In an article published Tuesday in Saudi Arabian newspaper Arab News, Abdulhadi Al Mureeh, executive director of National Solar Systems, said KA.CARE had "completed laying out the legal, organizational and economic basis for launching alternative energy projects in cooperation and coordination with government authorities like the Ministries of Finance and Petrol, Electricity and Cogeneration Regulatory Authority (ECRA), King Abdulaziz City, ARAMCO Saudi Arabia, Saudi Electric Company and other entities."  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - DarSolar formed by Saudi Arabian solar advocates, is taking its first steps toward attracting international partners to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
* Kuwait - Kuwait to build its first solar power plant - 280MW solar thermal power plant - located in Al Abdaliya, just southwest of the farming...
* Jordan - Jordan government has endorsed a project to use solar power in public buildings to generate electricity in public buildings to reduce expenditure and encourage use of renewable energy, official said today.
* Morocco - Morocco turns up the heat on renewable energy .The UAE recently gave Morocco $100 million (Dh367.3 million) to support its programme of building solar and wind power plants. This is reported to be part of a partnership to finance development projects in Morocco worth more than $5 billion over five years.
Upcoming Solar Energy Events, Exhibitions & Conferences -
November 3-5 Inventions Nanotech Middle East, Doha, Qatar
November 5-7 MENA Power 2013, Abu Dhabi , UAE
November 5-8 Intersolar India, Mumbai, India
November 10-14 Saudi Solar Trade Mission, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
December 1-3 Saudi Water & Power Forum, Jeddah, KSA
December 1-4 SolarTec 2013 , Cairo Egypt
2014 Calendar:
January 20-22 World Future Energy Summit , Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
February 11-13 Solar Middle East Exhibition & Conference , Dubai, U.A.E.
Featured Event:
 We are delighted to invite you to visit the 7th World Future Energy Summit (WFES), 20-22 January, 10 am to 6 pm in Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre hosted by Masdar and part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week.
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MENA Solar Brief
Editor: Browning Rockwell
Email: browningr@horizoninc.com
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