2021

SOLAR PICTURE OF THE YEAR

Shortlisted:

Yellow Door Energy for Solar Plant for Nabooda Automobiles
Jubaili for the Expo 2020 Sustainability Pavillion
Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation for the 220kWp on-grid Solar photovoltaic in Beirut Port

Winner: Ghadir Shaar.

For Solar plant for Al Nabooda Automobiles commissioned by Yellow Door Energy

LEGAL ADVISOR / CONSULTANT OF THE YEAR

Shortlisted:

Pinsent Mason
Watson Farley
Commspromise

Winner: Pinsent Mason

LEGAL CONSULTANT OF THE YEAR

Shortlisted:

Bracewell
Stephenson Harwood LLP
Pinsent Masons

Winner: Value Addition FZC

Pinsent Masons

FINANCIAL ADVISOR /CONSULTANT OF THE YEAR

Shortlisted:

Clenergize
Synergy Consulting
Creek Capital

Winner: Shyam Yadav, Managing Director, Clenergize Solar Consultants

RESIDENTIAL PROJECT OF THE YEAR

Shortlisted:

City Solar for The Sustainable City
Siraj for Jafza staff accommodation project
Greenwave Solar for Mirdiff Villa residential Solar rooftop project

Winner: City Solar for The Sustainable City

SOLAR INNOVATION OF THE YEAR

Shortlisted:

Desert Technlogies for SAHARA Containerised Solar Generator
Sungrow for the MV Inverter station (not sure about the description tbh)
Jinko for the Tiger bifacial series

Winner: Khaled Sharbatly, Managing Partner, Desert Technologies for SAHARA Containerised Solar Generator

INDUSTRIAL SOLAR PROJECT OF THE YEAR

Shortlisted:

Yellow Door Energy for Classic Fashion Apparel
Total Solar for UAE Camel milking facility
Arabian Qudra for Beyti plant project

Winner: Yellow Door Energy for Classic Fashion Apparel

WOMAN IN SOLAR OF THE YEAR

Shortlisted:

Joumana El Hosri, CEO Sacotel Znshine
Niranjana Sreekumar, Sales Manager Total Solar
Asal Ibrahim, Sr Consultant DNV GL

Winners: Joumana El Hosri, CEO Sacotel Znshine

UTILITY SCALE SOLAR PROJECT OF THE YEAR

Shortlisted:

Jinko Power for Al Dhafra Solar PV IPP project
Acwa Power for the 300MW Sakaka PV project
Nextracker for the 5GW Mohammed Bin Rashid Solar Park

Winner: Al Dhafra Solar PV IPP Project, Jinko Power Technology Co. Ltd/ EDF Consortium

REGIONAL COMPANY OF THE YEAR

Shortlisted:

ACWA Power
Yellow Door Energy
Sungrow

Winner: ACWA Power

WOMAN IN SOLAR OF THE YEAR

Shortlisted:

Yellow Door Energy : Jeremy Crane
Clenergize: Shyam
Yadav Soligent: Jonathan Doochen

Winner: Jeremy Crane, Yellow Door Energy

Award Jury

Abdullatif N. Albitaw

Director at Emirates Green Building Council

Abdullatif Albitawi graduated from Jordan University of Science & Technology, with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

Dr. Raed Bkayrat

Chief Energy Strategist and Senior Advisor for several public and private entities.

Raed has over two decades of international experience in the energy sector, having worked with Multinational corporations, government entities as well as technology startups and R&D organizations…

Mr. Philippe Malbranche

Additional Director-General of the ISA in charge of programme and technology, International Solar Alliance (ISA)

Philippe Malbranche has been working over more than three decades on renewable energies, mainly solar technologies…

Dr. Firas Balasmeh

CEO – Firas Balasmeh Corporation for Control Systems – FB Group

Over 23 years of diversified professional experience in the field of Renewable Energy; power & energy solutions; building Services and Facility Management…