The Solar Show and Wind Show MENA will be held on 19-20 February at the Nile Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Cairo.

The Egypt Energy Monitor is pleased to be a partner for the event and looks forward to meeting subscribers and readers at Stand 64. 

A number of key players from the renewables sector will be attending the event, including:

• Turki Alsheri, Head of Renewable Energy Project Development Office at the Ministry of Energy, Saudi Arabia
• Mohamed El Khayat, chairman of the New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA), Egypt
• Yonis Ali Guedi, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Djibouti

Exhibitors include:

• Al- Babtain Metalogalva Solar
• Canadian Solar
• ALLBRO
• ACO - Wuxi Suntech Power Company
• Egypt 1 Solutions
• Chint Electric
• DB Schenker
• Infinity Solar
• Masader
• Shell

The event will feature "a three track conference, presentations, panels and in-depth roundtables", according to the official press release.

It is expected to discuss updates on PV and wind projects under the Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) scheme, and the possibility of building CSP projects in Egypt given the decline in costs.

More information is available on the show's website here.