Summit Agenda | Solar Qatar Summit

Ribbon-Cutting by Guest of Honor

H.E. Eng. Essa bin Hilal Al-Kuwari, President, Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation - Kahramaa

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Welcome Address by Guest of Honor

H.E. Eng. Essa bin Hilal Al-Kuwari, President, Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation - Kahramaa

Kahramaa's Methods to Exploit Renewable Energy Sources
Kahramaa's plans to implement Solar Energy projects in Qatar, upcoming project tenders, and how to make such projects viable in a market dominated by natural gas as fuel to generate power.

Saleh Hamad Al-Marri, Head of Renewable Energy Technologies Section, Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation - Kahramaa

Manufacturing of High Efficiency & State-of-the-Art Solar PV Technologies in Qatar
QSE has partnered with the best solar PV technology providers in order to attract and manufacture these technologies in Qatar. QSE will produce two types of high efficiency crystalline modules: 1) Metal Wrap Through (MWT), which uses back contact, and 2) Hetrojunction (HIT) technology. In addition, QSE will produce Bifacial modules which has the ability to produce additional energy from the backside of the module using reflected sun rays on the backside of the module. The presentation will also include a brief description of the cell lines, wafer line, and the ingoting line which will produce wafers, cells, and ingots. 

Salim Abbassi, CEO, Qatar Solar Energy

Innovation in Polysilicon and Ingot Production; Lower Cost, Increased Capacity and Higher Quality
As the GCC countries solar market continues to grow at extraordinary levels, lowering production costs across the entire value chain will be of great importance. A key component of the total cost of producing a solar panel is the cost of the upstream raw materials; Polysilicon and Ingot/Waffering. This presentation covers  the various technologies that can be utilized to produce Polysilicon, and how recent advancements in TCS production and CVD reactors design are enabling new entrants to produce Polysilicon at unprecedented lower production cost with the lowest CAPEX. Also, with the trend now are requirements for higher efficiencies cells along with the reduction of total $/W, GT has developed Next Gen PV Technologies to address those needs. The new HiCz technology will revolutionize the Monocrystaline market; making ingots that can produce the highest efficiency cells at the lowest cost. The ingots produced with this technology can be doped with phosphorus for n-type product.

Alan Elyousfi, Business Development Manager, GT Advanced Technologies

Sustainability – Priority at Msheireb Downtown Doha
Msheireb Downtown Doha is developing a blueprint for sustainable urban regeneration, with pioneering work in the fields of orientation and layout, transportation, energy production and efficiency, water conservation  and waste management. The overall architectural design is built on key sustainability principles-the preservation of existing heritage sites, the use of natural light and ventilation, the utilization of material from the region and the adoption of new technologies and practices that make the most efficient use of water and electricity.

Eng. Abdulla Hassan Al-Meshadi, Chief Executive Officer, Msheireb Properties

Mega Renewable Energy Facility
An integrated solution that not only generates renewable energy, but also provides fresh water supply and food resources for the development of the local community.

Arne Osborg, Chairman, Monsson Group

The Business Case for Renewable Energy and Natural Gas Displacement in Qatar
A strategic data and cash flow analysis is presented to define the business case benefit to the State of Qatar of a renewable energy (RE) production target. The RE production target is defined as a percentage of total power dispatch to be achieved in 2030.

RE potential under the production target depends on long-term forecasts of total power demand and dispatch from all sources of generation. The production target is also used to estimate natural gas demand displaced by RE. Gas displacement justifies a singular focus. Gas displacement justifies:

• Potential for increased revenues in export markets,
• Opportunity to structure a self-funding subsidy mechanism for RE, and
• Strategic dialogue and adjustments in domestic energy markets.

Bradley Jason Horn, Sr. Renewable Energy Analyst, New Energy Department, Qatar Petroleum

Implementing a solar vision

• How solar has become the leading form of power generation
• Investing in solar opportunities

Kerry Adler, President & Chief Executive Officer, SkyPower

The Role of Solar Energy in the Global Energy Transformation

Prof. Eicke R. Weber, Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE

First Year Findings from the Solar Test Facility at QSTP
A high level brief of the findings from the Solar Test Facility at the Qatar Science and Technology Park where over 30 different solar technologies are being tested for suitability to the local environment.

Omran Al Kuwari, CEO, GreenGulf

Sun + PV Generation + Land = Power
The Sustainable, Environmentally Conscious Development of PV Installations in Qatar via the Use of Impaired Land.

Project Navigator, Ltd’s wholly owned subsidiary, PV Navigator, LLC (PVN) is developing MW-scale PV developments on environmentally impacted sites, such as closed landfills. PVN has utility-scale PV projects in development in California and New Jersey, USA. The company’s business specialty is in the conceptualization, planning, design, permitting and interconnect of PV solar power projects on land tracts, which otherwise, may have limited future use, because of their environmental conditions. Dr. Webster’s presentation at the Doha Summit will discuss the applicability of such a land/solar power planning approach for Qatar, by drawing on experiences from ongoing projects in the USA.

Dr. Ian Alexander Webster, President & Founder, Project Navigator Ltd. (PNL)

Scalable Solar Outdoor Cooling Solution in Qatar as New Reality

• Design challenges and  local context problematic
• Bioclimatic approach in reducing cooling demand
• Air delivery system blueprint
• Thermal Solar system approach
• Economic analysis & optimization
• Conclusion  

Salah S. Nezar, Sustainability Director, QPM

The Future is Flexible
The presentation will outline trends in the electricity sector, and how the explosive growth of distributed generation, specifically presentation will  rooftop PV, is transforming the way we deal with energy in the future. The growth of PV is being characterised as unstoppable and will be accelerated when cost-effective storage solutions will come into the market, most notably as electric vehicle batteries. This transformation will come much quicker than most people think and will be particularly disruptive for inflexible baseload power plants that will be pushed out of the market in the near future. The future requires much more flexibility than presently available and the smart money is on distributed generation, storage solutions and smart grid technologies.

Frank Wouters, Renewable Energy Thought Leader, Former Deputy Director-General - International Renewable Energy Agency

Renewable Energy Resources: Current Status, Future Prospects and their Enabling Technology
Electric energy security is one of the most essential and important needs for humanity. The high cost and limited sources of fossil fuels, in addition to the need to reduce greenhouse gasses emission, have made renewable resources attractive in today’s world economy and energy mix. The potential for renewable energy resources is enormous as they can, in principle, continually meet many times the world’s energy demand; therefore, they will have a significant share in the future world's energy portfolio, and much of the world is now concentrating on advancing their pool of renewable energy resources. Accordingly, this talk presents how renewable energy resources are currently being used, scientific developments to improve their use, their future prospective, and their deployment. Additionally, the talk will represent the impact of power electronics and smart grid as modern technologies that can enable the advancement of renewable energy resources share.

Dr. Haitham Abu-Rub, Professor, Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering Program, Texas A&M; University at Qatar

The role of Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning in implementing  green initiatives in Qatar

• Reviewing the current challenges of eco building planning regulations and codes, and how to customize planning regulation to fit into eco-buildings guidelines that are set by the authorities and government
• Guaranteeing energy and water efficiency through the implementation of GSAS assessment systems according to the local needs
• Introducing the Qatar National Master Plan 2030 towards sustainable development (where it is now and what is the next)
• Aligning both government strategic alliances with different sustainable systems to develop a sustainable environment for future generations example (GSAS)

Eng. Mohuiddin Sami Jamaleddin, Senior Architect & Senior Urban Planner, Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning

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A Review of the Solar Industry Growth in the GCC Region
Providing a regional perspective, and PV technology road map/model for the MENA region.

Imtiaz Mahtab, Executive Vice President, Middle East Solar Industry Association (MESIA)

Positioning of Solar energy in the MENA  

• Positional of Solar energy in the MENA region( Middle East & North Africa)
• Comparison between Legalized costs of Solar Energy and other conventional sours and other renewable energies world wide

Mohamed Nagib Omara, Technical Advisor to the President of Kahramaa, Kahramaa

The Passivhaus Experiment and the Implications for Retrofitting PV

Dr. Alex Amato, Head of Sustainability, Qatar Green Building Council
Dr. Cynthia Skelhorn, Post-Doctoral Research Specialist, Qatar Green Building Council

Desalination Shaping the Future of Solar
An overview of the integrated solar combined cycle using desalination and the developments in using solar energy for water desalination in Qatar.

Dr. Mohamed Darwish, Principal Investigator – Solar Desalination, Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI)

Establishing Qatar as Capital of Green Building
The GCC Countries have high energy consumption rates and Qatar has the highest energy consumption rate per capita in the world. The per capita emission of carbon is closely correlated with the per capita consumption of energy. The development of a building energy performance standard to be deployed in the State of Qatar is part of a larger effort targeting building sustainability regulation. As a response to an overall environmental policy laid down by government initiatives, such as the Qatar National Vision 2030, the Gulf Organisation for Research and Development (GORD) has repeatedly demonstrated its commitment to sustainability, notably by the development of Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS). Qatar Construction Specifications (QCS) 2014 mandated requirements aimed at improving the energy efficiency of domestic and non domestic buildings by adopting GSAS criterion.

Dr. Esam Elsarrag, Director – Research & Development, Gulf Organisation for Research & Development (GORD)

A Perspective on Solar in the Americas & Crosspoints with Qatar

• Institutional introduction to Middle East-Americas Energy Council and its work in region
• Update on development of solar energy industry across Americas
• Proposals for joint partnerships and investment opportunities

Carlos St. James, Chairman, Middle East-Americas Energy Council (MEAMEC)

PPP and Infrastructure Development

• Government input efficiency
• PPP and public finance
• PPP and GDP
• PPP and power generation

Dr. Amer Aladhadh, Economic Development Advisor, Ministry of Economy and Commerce, Qatar

Regulating large scale solar: the rise and rise of reverse auctions
Historically, feed-in tariffs have been the policy of choice for supporting renewable energy in a majority of jurisdictions around the world. Since the GFC, however, the levelised cost of energy for key renewable technologies like solar PV has dropped dramatically; combined with a material decline in energy demand, feed-in tariffs are losing their appeal in preference to more competitive regimes like reverse auctions.  This presentation addresses the wide-scale emergence of reverse auctions as a cost effective means of procuring solar PV, and discusses its potential for key regions like the Middle East and the European Union.

Cameron Kelly, Legal Counsel, New Port Project

Panel Discussion:
Challenges and Opportunities in Uptake of Solar Powered Electricity in Domestic and Commercial Applications

• Government initiatives & incentives available to end users
• What are some of the challenges that are being faced by end users in adopting solar powered solutions
• Cost Vs benefits in implementation of solar powered electricity

Dr. Amer Aladhadh, Economic Development Advisor, Ministry of Economy and Commerce, Qatar
Imtiaz Mahtab, Executive Vice President, Middle East Solar Industry Association (MESIA)
Ion Murgescu, Executive Manager, Altius Fotovoltaic
Mohamed Nagib Omara, Technical Advisor to the President of Kahramaa, Kahramaa