TRME Power 2021 Cover_cover.qxd 28/06/2021 08:29 Page 1 SERVING THE REGION’S BUSINESS SINCE 19849 4 TECHNICAL REVIEW MIDDLE EAST REVIEW MIDDLE TECHNICAL USA: $16.50, United Kingdom: £10 Annual Power Review 2021 ANNUAL POWER REVIEW 2021 Green hydrogen Accelerating the energy transition Construction Challenges for the UAE Annual Power Review 2021 POWER FOR THE FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS FOR A CLEANER PLANET INSIDEwww.technicalreview.me Digital technologies Cables Data Centres Smart Cities www.technicalreview.me INCLUDES ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT 37 Years 1984 ­ 2021 AND MATERIALS BUYERS’ GUIDE 2021 Serving Middle East Business Market News – p4 Digital Technologies – p20 Innovations – p42 Projects Focus – p45 Arabic – p48 S01 TRME Power 2021 Start_Layout 1 24/06/2021 12:47 Page 2 S01 TRME Power 2021 Start_Layout 1 25/06/2021 17:26 Page 3 Contents 3 CONTENTS EDITOR’S NOTE A NUMBER OF developments and BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT RENEWABLES collaborations are driving growth across Market News 04 Green hydrogen 28 the region’s power sector. Our Annual Masdar City attracts global and regional innovation Accelerating clean energy Power Review takes a look at some giants, Mitsubishi Power gas turbine combined cycle significant projects underway, on pages business unit, Majid Al Futtaim and Yellow Door CABLES 16­18. Green hydrogen projects, Energy to develop largest solar plant at Bahrain mall, especially, are gaining a lot of popularity, FAMCO launches new heavy-duty Volvo trucks Sustainable development 30 as highlighted in the Middle East Energy Underground cables for urban planning ANALYSIS exhibition, as well (p29). EVENTS Digital technologies are helping the Annual Power Review 16 sector improve efficiencies (p20) and A look at clean energy solutions making headway in MEE Review 32 making smart cities safe and sustainable. the Gulf. A look back at the response garnered by the energy Our Annual Buyers’ Guide offers a showcase comprehensive guide to the region’s COMMUNICATIONS & IT power industry (p36). 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This is expected to enable Moro “The UAE leadership has made a longstanding The development of startup businesses is a major focus for Hub to provide cloud workload Masdar City. protection services to its commitment to progressive climate action and customers and accelerate their recognises the integral part that innovation plays the UAE’s goals of driving sustainable and positive digital transformation journey. in advancing the global green recovery,” said, change,” Balalaa concluded. The agreement was signed Abdulla Balalaa, executive director, Masdar City. between Marwan Bin Haidar, vice­ “The COVID­19 pandemic has further Masdar continues to welcome new partners chairman and group CEO underlined the links between public health and Despite the challenges presented by the COVID­19 of Digital DEWA and Majd Sinan, climate change. Now more than ever, we see the pandemic, Masdar City has continued to welcome country manager, Trend Micro UAE. critical importance of the green recovery. It is the new partners, including high­tech sector drivers, “Our cooperation with Trend Micro will enable Moro Hub to only way forward to drive sustainable the Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), provide customers with the best development, and facilitating innovation in key which shapes the R&D strategy in Abu Dhabi, locally hosted, unified security sectors is a fundamental aspect of this journey, alongside its pillar entities, the Technology management services that one that we are helping to lead at Masdar City. Innovation Institute (TII) and ASPIRE, and will accelerate compliance and secure “The UAE also has in place a National Strategy for continue to welcome regional and global partners workloads hosted in hybrid and Advanced Innovation which is focused on devising in the coming months. multi­cloud environments,” according to Marwan Bin Haidar. innovative solutions in the health, transportation, “The UAE has strategies in place that will support “The alliance will be of water, environment, and space technology. This the development of industrial small­to­medium particular importance as several vision is at the heart of Masdar and the reason that enterprises and enable them to play a greater role organisations have been Masdar City was developed as a ‘greenprint’ of in the country’s transition to a knowledge­based challenged by the increasingly sustainable urban living and a center for R&D, economy. The city provides a very unique offering complex and rapidly changing innovation and technology. The work being done by that includes education, R&D, technology, and tactics of savvy cyber adversaries companies in Masdar City to develop transformative innovation, all within a strategic base through in the last few years due to the digital influx. The new service will technologies, is not only preparing for the future, which companies can test new technologies and empower Moro Hub customers but is creating it, while simultaneously supporting build their partnerships,” Balalaa added. with top­of­the­line security and offer them compliance tools to safeguard new and existing cloud Mitsubishi Power expands presence in EMEA resources. This will help us to offer innovative and competitive MITSUBISHI POWER, A global leader in gas digital technologies in the region, turbine technology, has expanded its which is in line with Dubai 10X operational footprint across EMEA with the and UAE Centennial 2071,” said establishment of a Gas Turbine Combined Marwan Bin Haidar. Cycle (GTCC) EMEA Business Unit Majd Sinan, country manager, Trend Micro UAE, added, “This headquartered in Dubai, UAE. partnership ensures organisations The new business unit is focusing on the sale can secure workloads and of the J­Series Air Cooled gas turbines which Credit : Mitsubishi Power Photo guarantee compliance so that boast world­class