The World Future Energy Summit will be held in January 2022 in Abu Dhabi
The capital of the United Arab Emirates will host the World Future Energy Summit, a leading business event in the world of energy and sustainability, from 17-19 January 2022. The Arab country's Future Energy Company (Masdar) will organise Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) in January 2022, during which the World Summit will be held at the National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC).
The event is a unique opportunity for business-to-business communication to explore new technologies and meet project stakeholders, thus providing an opportunity to exchange ideas that will ensure a sustainable future.
"The World Future Energy Summit is perfectly timed, more countries have committed to building major infrastructure projects that significantly reduce their dependence on fossil fuels, and green hydrogen generation projects emerge as the jewel in the crown of these efforts," explained the event organisers.
Following COP26 in Glasgow, where international leaders will seek to agree on effective commitments to combat the climate crisis, economies around the world are expected to commit to implementing plans to minimise and end carbon emissions, which will also be reflected at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi.
In early 2022, Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) will showcase and learn about sustainable energy innovations from around the world, with pavilions for countries such as Germany, Switzerland, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Austria, Nigeria, India, Japan, South Korea, and China.
The Abu Dhabi Summit comes at a time when countries' current readiness for sustainable energy sources has increased. Member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have coordinated their efforts to employ various sustainable energy sources in the region, and several member countries have committed to work on reducing dependence on fossil fuels.
Oman plans to build the world's largest green hydrogen production plant, worth $30 billion, which will operate at full capacity in 2038 and generate 25 watts of wind and solar power. The United States also plans to invest another $550 billion in clean energy, while China has already issued $154.7 billion worth of green bonds.
In Masdar City, the UAE plans to develop a pilot hydrogen production plant in cooperation with its partners, Siemens Energy and Marubeni.
Dubai inaugurated the first green hydrogen production plant in the Middle East and North Africa that operates on solar power, in line with the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050.
Meanwhile, Mubadala, the company that owns Masdar, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company (ADQ) to form a partnership to produce green and blue hydrogen.
The World Summit will feature a number of exhibitions to showcase the latest innovations. The "Energy Expo" will promote the development of the energy sector by working with companies such as TAQA, ENGIE and Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC), leaders in the renewables market.
The "Clean Energy and Solar Forum" will feature industry-leading guests such as Bruce Stedall, Director of Asset Management at TRANSCO, and Muthanna Bahjat Kotaisha, Senior Managing Director of Ginco Power Middle East and Asia Pacific.
Holding the Summit has become a "critical necessity" for sustainable energy development, said Mohamed al-Nowais, CEO of Amea Power who will be a keynote speaker at the summit.
For his part, Det Norske Veritas' Executive Director of Energy Systems said: "The world must make this decision to decarbonise, as well as achieve key milestones in the process of transitioning to clean energy".
