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The show will feature a dedicated hall for exhibitors within the battery and eMobility space this year. (image source: Informa Markets)

Middle East Energy is powering up with new features, product sectors and industry conferences

The 49th Middle East Energy exhibition will run from 7-9 April across 16 DWTC halls – two more than the previous edition. The additional space will include a host of new features, including a sixth product sector – Battery & eMobility – and a dedicated hall for exhibitors within the battery and eMobility space.

“Middle East Energy has always been at the forefront of innovation, and 2025 is no exception,” said Mark Ring, group exhibition director for the Energy Portfolio at Informa Markets. “With our expanded footprint, showcasing regional and global market-leading products and services, the addition of The Battery Show, and a strong line-up of conferences, Middle East Energy 2025 is set to redefine how we address the region’s energy needs and promises to power the future, connect innovators, and drive meaningful change across the entire spectrum of the global energy landscape from a single location.”

The event will be held under the patronage of the UAE Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure, reinforcing it as a cornerstone of innovation and collaboration in the energy industry, and underlining its commitment to fostering collaboration, driving advancements, and supporting the Middle East and Africa’s energy transition.

Battery Show debuts with entire hall takeover

Spanning an entire hall, The Battery Show will showcase game-changing battery technology and powerful solutions, bringing together engineers, business leaders, industry leading companies and disruptors.

The Battery Show Conference will dive into crucial topics such as the impact of electrification on the automotive sector, advanced materials for electric vehicle manufacturing, and alternative battery technologies, offering attendees a rare chance to connect with industry thought leaders.

The exhibition’s expansive knowledge programme will host six CPD-accredited, free-to-attend conferences. They are: the Middle East Energy Leadership Summit; the Technical Seminar; Intersolar & ees Middle East Conference; Global Innovation Forum; Africa Business Leaders Forum; and The Battery Show Conference.

The 2025 event has also accrued an impressive line-up of major sponsors, including Alfanar, The Riyadh Cables Group, Baudouin, MEMF, Bahra Electric, Ducab, Su-Kam, Al Ojaimi, LTC Group, Eastman, Riello UPS, Jeddah Cables Company, and AquaVolt Solutions.

To find out more about Middle East Energy, visit: www.middleeast-energy.com

To register for Middle East Energy, visit: https://middleeast-energy.me/4jduIT1

CLIXai was a new feature at the World Future Energy Summit this year. (Image source: Alain Charles Publishing)

At the World Future Energy Summit, which took place from 14-16 January in Abu Dhabi, startups and SMEs showcased their ground-breaking sustainability innovations

The foremost regional event advancing clean energy and sustainability, the World Future Energy Summit was hosted by Masdar as part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week.

Sponsored by the UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerators (UICCA), CLIX - a World Future Energy Summit initiative designed to address gender disparities in the energy sector – provided a platform for 25 female-founded, owned, and operated startups to present groundbreaking ideas and solutions in the fight against climate change.

Presenters at the CLIX showcase included Christine Gabardo, co-founder and CEO of CERT Systems, whose one-step process produces sustainable ethylene using only recycled carbon dioxide and water, which can then be used in a wide range of applications ranging from plastics to sustainable aviation fuels. The electrochemical carbon utilisation technology plugs into the existing infrastructure, enabling petrochemical companies to drastically reduce their emissions, leverage their existing infrastructure and reduce their CAPEX and OPEX compared to other sustainable solutions. The product is chemically identical to fossil fuel-derived ethylene.

Gabardo sees strong potential for its technology in the region. “This is obviously an area where a lot of oil and gas production is done, so there is a big need to decarbonise,” she said. “However our society will continue to rely on the products currently made from oil and gas. Our technology provides a way to continue to make these products sustainably.”

AI innovations spotlighted at CLIXai

CLIXai, a new concept for 2025, spotlighted AI innovations from 10 trailblazing startups. They included Kamma Climate, which has developed an advanced climate dataset for the built environment, transforming millions of property data points into detailed environmental profiles. Its proprietary data engine equips mortgage lenders, real estate firms, energy companies, and public sector bodies with critical insights to manage climate risk, meet regulatory and net-zero requirements, and commercialise low-carbon technologies.

Meanwhile, Brazilian-based company umgrauemeio has designed an AI solution for wildland fire management that covers more than 17.5 million hectares of forest areas across Brazil. Their software has a ‘smoke detect time’ of three seconds using AI and has reduced the potential of burned areas up to 90% in some coverage areas.

Olive Gaea has developed a tool to streamline complex processes such as carbon emissions measurement and decarbonisation, helping companies reduce their carbon footprint assessment from months to weeks while also increasing accuracy. The company’s focus on supplier engagement and data quality is a key differentiator, according to its co-founder and chief marketing officer, Jessica Scopacasa, who noted that 70% or more of emissions are generated from the supply chain itself.

Turbocharging the hydrogen economy

In the Green Hydrogen Hub, hydrogen innovators representing the entire value chain (from generation to end-use) showcased their technologies that could play a key role in helping the hydrogen economy reach its potential, and ultimately, play a key role in achieving global decarbonisation.

They included H2MOF, which has identified a technology gap in the green hydrogen market in storage and transportation and set a mission to develop solutions that work under ambient temperatures and low pressure, rather than relying on high pressure or cryogenic liquid storage technologies, which rar associated with a huge amount of energy consumption as well as leakages or boil offs. H2MOF’s answer lies in engineering novel materials that attract hydrogen molecules towards the nano-scale cavities of the material. While the bonding is strong enough to retain the hydrogen molecules inside the novel material, it is weak enough to allow for their efficient release when required, without significant energy consumption. This technology will enable low pressure storage; ambient storage; fast charge and discharge rates; and safe and efficient storage, offering the potential to lower hydrogen delivery cost by more than 50% compared to conventional 200-500 bar storage systems.

Also exhibiting was Hydrogenious LOHC, which is aiming to fill the missing link in hydrogen value chains through its proprietory liquid organic hydrogen carrier technology. The company CEO, Dr.-Ing Stefan Bürkle, provided an overview of the LOHC cycle that includes hydrogenation through a catalytic reaction to bind H2 to LOHC in a continuous process. The hydrogen can then be transported with easy and cost-efficient logistics using existing infrastructure for fossil fuels (such as ship, barge, train or truck) and then released in a dehydrogenation process via a catalytic reaction. The company is now on “the edge” of commercialising its technology and is moving closer to fulfilling its purpose of facilitating “large-scale export and import of hydrogen” that will be crucial to decarbonising the economy.

ADSW Summit 2025 to accelerate global sustainable development. (Image source: ADSW)

With an aim to leverage a US$10 trillion economic potential, Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) 2025 will bring together 13 heads of state and more than 140 ministers, under the patronage of Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE 

With this year's theme being 'The Nexus of Next. Supercharging Sustainable Progress', the role of advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence will drive conversations at the ADSW Summit to be held from 14-15 January. 

Heads of state participating in the ADSW Summit include Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan; Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kazakhstan; William Ruto, President of Kenya; Bola Tinubu, President of Nigeria; Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda; Wavel Ramkalawan​, President of Seychelles; Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda; Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan; Edi Rama, Prime Minister of Albania; Petteri Orpo Prime Minister of Finland; Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy, and Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia.

"Under the theme, ‘The Nexus of Next: Supercharging Sustainable Progress’, ADSW 2025 invites you to discover the unprecedented socioeconomic opportunities that lie on the horizon and stand at the Nexus of Next. ADSW is not just a platform, but a bold call to action to explore and learn how interconnected systems are driving a new era of supercharged progress, unlocking endless possibilities to help build a better tomorrow for all,” said Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Chairman of Masdar.

"ADSW Summit 2025 comes at a pivotal moment for accelerating global sustainable development, with technological advances providing unprecedented opportunities for social, environmental and economic progress. The ADSW Summit will serve as a foundational platform to drive the systemic change needed to take advantage of those opportunities, amplifying diverse voices to catalyze change through connection and accelerating the transformation to a more sustainable future. By bringing together leaders in policy, business and technology, ADSW Summit 2025 will unite the global community to deliver interconnected solutions for energy, economies, and the environment," said Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, Chief Executive Officer, Masdar.

The eMobility Forum will promote the decarbonisation of the transport sector. (Image source: RX)

As part of global efforts to decarbonise the transport sector, the upcoming World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi will explore, examine, and encourage the use of electric mobility technology, driving the industry towards eMobility

Running from January 14-16 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), the three-day show is an integral part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2025. This year’s edition proved a widescale success, and the first day of the 2025 show will see the return of the popular eMobility Forum, gathering thought leaders, industry experts, and policy influencers to discuss the emerging trends and infrastructure needed for a transportation revolution.

A theme running across all seven conference tracks is artificial intelligence (AI), with the eMobility Forum dedicating a session to ‘Harnessing real-time AI for seamless urban traffic management’. Zeekr, a global premium electric mobility technology brand that offers a fully integrated user ecosystem, will showcase its Sustainable Experience Architecture (SEA), which enables it to develop its own battery technologies, battery management systems, electric motor technologies, and EV supply chains.

“While regions like Europe, China, and the USA have scaled EV adoption through various incentives – such as preferential toll tariffs, exclusive EV lanes, dedicated parking, robust charging infrastructure, and tax deductions – there’s immense potential for similar measures to accelerate the UAE's transition to sustainable mobility. If we look back to 2015, anywhere between 50 and 80 vehicles were imported in a year. In 2024, total import figures will likely hit 20,000, and a projected 30,000 by the end of next year. There is a clear appetite for demand as the end users are really starting to understand the benefits of EV adoption,” said Roberto Colucci, director of electric vehicles at AW Rostamani and Zeekr UAE, who will present during the session.

The transportation sector accounts for more than 20% of global carbon emissions; EVs are leading the push to reduce that figure. The World Future Energy Summit will spotlight transport solutions aimed at radically reshaping urban design, fostering sustainable cities, and accelerating the adoption of smart transportation technologies.

Considering the Global South

Another key Forum feature is a dedicated session focusing on the future of eMobility in the Global South, where cars are often a luxury and motorbikes dominate the landscape. Two-wheeled EVs represent a transformative opportunity for the region, but their successful deployment will require reliable electricity infrastructure and an enterprising spirit to scale solutions such as battery-swapping schemes.

The Forum will also feature a session dedicated to ‘Rethinking Infrastructure for Autonomous Vehicles’, during which Zhengxiong Yang, mobility solution architecture lead at Space 42 – the MENA region’s leading space technology player – will share insights on advancing AI in mobility. Yang will highlight the latest updates on the operation of robotaxis on Abu Dhabi’s Yas and Saadiyat islands, including the difficulties in and improvements to infrastructure.

Reducing emissions

The Forum will explore challenges and innovations in reducing emissions across all transport modes. While EVs dominate the road sector’s decarbonisation efforts, electric propulsion systems and hybrid technologies are being developed for maritime vessels. The aviation sector is also making strides with microgrid technology, transforming airports into green energy hubs, and reducing reliance on traditional energy sources.

EV sales in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are growing due to government initiatives, strong economies, and a heightened focus on sustainability, with several countries implementing policies to boost adoption. The UAE aims to have EVs make up 50% of road vehicles by 2050, with the broader MENA EV market expected to reach 45,000 units by 2026, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 9.07%.

While China is the global leader in EV sales, the UAE was last year first in the region and ranked seventh globally in the EV readiness index, signifying the UAE's commitment to sustainable transportation and its aim to become carbon neutral by 2050.

The eMobility Forum is one of seven vertical conference streams at the summit that will drill down into the entire energy ecosystem. “Our sector conferences provide unparalleled opportunities for visitors, delegates, and exhibitors to discover the latest developments impacting the clean energy, solar, water, waste, sustainable cities, and Pathways to 1.5C sectors,” explained Leen AlSebai, general manager of RX Middle East and head of the World Future Energy Summit.

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