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Solar Industry Quarterly Report Growing Gains Solar Plant in Jordan 103 Mw Al Quweira Sustainable Business Minimising Climate Change MIDDLE EAST SOLAR INDUSTRY SOLAR INDUSTRY QUARTERLY REPORT GROWING GAINS SOLAR PLANT IN JORDAN 103 MW AL QUWEIRA SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MINIMISING CLIMATE CHANGE Brought to you by: OVERVIEW TARIFFS (JANUARY 2016) ﺟﻤﻌﻴﺔ اﻟﺸﺮق اﻻوﺳﻂ ﻟﺼﻨﺎﻋﺎت اﻟﻄﺎﻗﺔ اﻟﺸﻤﺴﻴﺔ M Middle East Solar Industry Association E m pow e ring S o l ar a c r o ss the Mid d l e E ast MIDDLE EAST SOLAR INDUSTRY MIDDLE EAST SOLAR INDUSTRY Middle East solar industry: A catalysed market GROWING GAINS The Middle East solar industry has progressed from being an idea with a handful of experi- mental projects in development, to a sector supporting a broadening base of serious and agile market players, but challenges remain. There can be little doubt that the UAE currently generation options the utility pricing also raised represents the epicentre of the Middle East solar serious questions about the margins available, and industry. This solar nexus has arisen through the UAE whether development at these price points could be SOLAR PLANT IN JORDAN providing a location for the increasingly diverse sustainable for the industry. The tariffs achieved also 103 MW AL QUWEIRA companies playing a part in solar power’s accelerating made project developers in Egypt question the pricing regional development. they had seen for their own planned plants. Some industry observers fear the impact of such low pricing While the country has long been the home of may stifle the research and development needed to headline grabbing projects and regional firsts, the last keep technologies gaining efficiency at pace. Other 18 months have seen two key announcements catalyse potential impacts may include some big brand names the fledgling solar power industry and could well being filtered out of the market by unsustainable propel it into being a pillar of a future green economy. financial returns, leaving medium sized players with Both announcements came from Dubai Electricity and an opportunity to spur their own growth. Water Authority (DEWA) in the first quarter of 2015, SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS taking in utility-scale and distributed generation. Those on the frontline are reporting very cost conscious procurement processes and as numbers look First came DEWA’s record-breaking deal for the more negative it is impacting the ability of organisa- 200 megawatts (260MWp) phase II Mohammed bin tions to deploy projects. Regardless, other regional Rashid Solar Park solar plant, signed with a consortium authorities will watch with interest to see how the lead by Saudi-based ACWA Power, securing the private and public sectors alike respond to the oppor- authority a global record low 5.84 cents/kWh for a tunity. 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) starting in 2017. Next the authority announced its Shams Dubai Elsewhere in the region both Morocco and initiative, finally allowing private sector actors to Egypt have developing solar power programmes, to MINIMISING CLIMATE generate their own power through rooftop solar, different degrees, as does Jordan. As with so many while also connecting to the Dubai grid through a net regional industries, Saudi Arabia remains the sleeping metering scheme. giant with the power to transform the market over- CHANGE night, if decision making focus swings solar power’s These acts brought the solar power industry an way. All have expressed solar ambitions to different undeniable boost. For one, the utility pricing marked degrees and faced challenges. Jordan, for example, was solar out as a long-term competitive option that could ambitious in its introduction of solar energy, but as stand on its own against other energy sources. The net distributed generation took off issues with legacy metering scheme, on the other hand, presented an infrastructure emerged as the grid struggled to cope with opportunity for solar-related businesses of all kinds to its new generation connections. seed consulting, contracting and leasing enterprises OVERVIEW TARIFFS (JANUARY 2016) around the anticipated and emerging demand. Common to the region are a number of commercial and technical challenges that will need to be overcome if However, while the announcement marked catalysts are to do their job fully. First and foremost Dubai’s commitment to the development of solar power education continues to be an issue that needs addressing. CONTINUES ON PAGE 03 ﺟﻤﻌﻴﺔ اﻟﺸﺮق اﻻوﺳﻂ ﻟﺼﻨﺎﻋﺎت اﻟﻄﺎﻗﺔ اﻟﺸﻤﺴﻴﺔ INTERSOLAR MIDDLE EAST REPORT 02 M Middle East Solar Industry Association E m pow e ring S o l ar a c r o ss the Mid d l e E ast MIDDLE EAST SOLAR INDUSTRY MIDDLE EAST SOLAR INDUSTRY Middle East solar industry: GROWING GAINS A catalysed market Demand side attitudes to and awareness of For solar to solidify its position in the region the indus- solar have not kept pace with recent market develop- try needs to strengthen its industrial base. The indus- ments. Contractors continue to face customers armed try knows that for this to happen at scale, solar power SOLAR PLANT IN JORDAN with the most basic of questions and seemingly applications need to become wide spread in Saudi 103 MW AL QUWEIRA unaware of both the potential financial and environ- Arabia, the region’s largest economy. The position of mental benefits. the technology in the country may gradually grow stronger, but the process is likely to be slow and For Dubai, and eventually other centres, to achieve approached conservatively. significant rooftop solar ambitions sources of funding need to be addressed. Access to project finance None of the challenges are impossible to overcome, continues to be a challenge as the banks, as is the case but neither will they be solved over night. The solar in many sectors, are risk averse to anything not from industry has been given a push forward in the region the retail or property play book. This has a particular by the regulatory changes and contracts announced impact on potential facilities below the 1MW mark. over the last 18 months, but it has more work ahead if SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS Industry analysts believe banks see too many risks for it to consolidate these gains. them to take on board, plus they believe most lack the technical skills to correctly assess the risks at hand. September’s Intersolar Middle East represents an opportunity for the industry to start to tackle some of While this may open the door for companies offering these challenges. The event can provide a focus and a financing options as part of their business models the platform for public discussion of the issue and arm more immediate impact is to push prices down across potential users with the detailed information they the supply chain, as buyers search for the lowest possi- need to make better decisions about the impact solar ble cost. A low price environment may also generate energy can have on their business. The technology is poor project examples emerging, which in turn may here already, if it can be joined by market understanding MINIMISING CLIMATE have a negative impact on demand. Avoiding this then the future of green energy can start now. spiral will be key to achieving sustainable growth and see more advanced technologies - frameless modules, CHANGE automated cleaning, advanced coatings - deployed in the region. One answer may be a certification process deployed country-by-country or region wide. If an appropriate multi-stakeholder framework for such a certification could be developed, as it has been in other countries, it might help to provide the security needed to Above report generated by Solar OVERVIEW TARIFFS (JANUARY 2016) reassure financiers, consumers and regulators that the industry can be relied upon to achieve consistent Industry leaders at the first Intersolar standards over the long-term. Advisory Board meeting. ﺟﻤﻌﻴﺔ اﻟﺸﺮق اﻻوﺳﻂ ﻟﺼﻨﺎﻋﺎت اﻟﻄﺎﻗﺔ اﻟﺸﻤﺴﻴﺔ INTERSOLAR MIDDLE EAST REPORT 03 M Middle East Solar Industry Association E m pow e ring S o l ar a c r o ss the Mid d l e E ast MIDDLE EAST SOLAR INDUSTRY Join the most powerful Solar Summit in the GROWING GAINS Middle East SOLAR PLANT IN JORDAN 103 MW AL QUWEIRA SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MINIMISING CLIMATE CHANGE 19 September 2016, Dubai World Trade Centre, UAE. OVERVIEW TARIFFS POSITION YOUR BRAND IN FRONT OF DECISION MAKERS AND AHEAD OF COMPETITORS. (JANUARY 2016) Speak to us today: [email protected] Above reportEndorsed by generatedKnowledge by partner Solar IndustryCo-located Event leaders at theBrought first to Intersolaryou by the organisers Advisory of Board meeting.Organised by: ﺟﻤﻌﻴﺔ اﻟﺸﺮق اﻻوﺳﻂ ﻟﺼﻨﺎﻋﺎت اﻟﻄﺎﻗﺔ اﻟﺸﻤﺴﻴﺔ M Middle East Solar Industry Association E m pow e ring S o l ar a c r o ss the Mid d l e E ast ﺟﻤﻌﻴﺔ اﻟﺸﺮق اﻻوﺳﻂ ﻟﺼﻨﺎﻋﺎت اﻟﻄﺎﻗﺔ اﻟﺸﻤﺴﻴﺔ INTERSOLAR MIDDLE EAST REPORT 04 M Middle East Solar Industry Association E m pow e ring S o l ar a c r o ss the Mid d l e E ast MIDDLE EAST SOLAR INDUSTRY GROWING GAINS Growing gains GROWING GAINS Sustained growth of solar Photovoltaic (PV) in the MENA region despite low oil prices & Inde- pendent Power Producer framework allowed a spectacular drop in the cost of PV electricity - Definite proof that Solar PV has never been so attractive. One of the keys to the PV revolution in MENA is the use of the Independent Power Project (IPP) frame- work. SOLAR PLANT IN JORDAN 103 MW AL QUWEIRA There are several strategies to promote indus- trial-scale PV: a government could choose to ten- der an EPC contract for the construction of one or several PV plants, implement a Feed-In- Tariff (FIT) frame- work, or go the IPP way with Build, Own and Operate tenders geared toward international power developers. Of these three options, the last one is the most condu- cive to a highly competitive cost of solar.
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