2022 MESIA Solar Awards Winners!

MESIA Solar Awards’ 10^th Edition

Aloft Hotel, Abu Dhabi

Tuesday 18th January 2022, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

The industry’s premier 2022 Solar Awards ceremony, by the Middle East Solar Industry Association in its tenth edition, was held on the 18^th January,2022. It recognized and celebrated exceptional talent and achievements in the MENA solar market. The solar celebration was revamped this year, featuring new categories, new submissions criteria and evaluations. The event gathered over 200 attendees across the supply chain and was sponsored by Sungrow, Jinko Solar, Nextracker and Trina Solar.  

Focusing on all areas of the solar industry, MESIA distinguished and awarded good practice, professionalism, quality, safety and innovation, with the aim of being a marker of the brightest and best that Middle East solar industry has to offer.

Award Categories and Winners!

·      Utility Scale Solar Project of the Year – ENGIE- The Jubail 3B Independent Water Project (IWP)

·      Commercial & Industrial Solar Project of the Year – Empereal Ruby Energy and Innovations

·      Hybrid Project of the Year – NEW! – SirajPower

·      Regional Technology Provider of the Year: 3 Categories – NEW!

o   Mounting Structures – Archtech

o   Inverters – Sungrow

o   Solar Modules – Jinko Solar

·      Technical Consultant of the Year – NEW! – Clenergize Solar Consultants 

·      Financier of the Year – UPDATED! – Dubai Green Fund (DGF)

·      Legal Consultant of the Year – Pinsent Masons

·      Solar Woman of the Year – Tania Jarjur of Yellow Door Energy (YDE)

·      Visual Media of the Year – UPDATED! – Solarabic

The Jury & Selection Process

The awards selection was judged by a panel of 9 industry experts and leaders from around the MENA region and the winners of the Solar Awards were announced at the ceremony and networking event!

We were thrilled to be able to count on the unmatched expertise of independent jury members coming from the entire region. They evaluated each of the applications and selected the winner for each of the 11 categories.

Dr. Eesa Mohammed Bastaki, Ph.D., President, University of Dubai, Former CEO, ICT Fund

Recipient of Emirates for Sciences, Arts & Literature in 2009, UAE

Grant Greatrex, Senior Partner, MaC Group, Spain

Imtiaz Mahtab, Executive Vice President, Air Liquide Middle East and North Africa Electronics, UAE / Saudi Arabia

Logan Goldie-Scot, Analyst, Energy Smart Technologies, London office, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, UK

Nimer Abu Ali, Executive Manager Cleantech, Ernst & Young, UAE

Yara Anabtawi, Director – Business Development, Renewables, ACWA Power International (ACWA Power), Saudi Arabia

Zia Malik Rahim, Strategic Advisor to the Economic Development, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia

Karim Asali, Director Reference Projects, Desertech Industrial Initiative GmbH (Dii), Germany / Jordan

Giedre Viskantaite, Associate Program Officer, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), UAE

MESIA was thrilled to welcome its guest on the face-to-face Solar Awards and hoped that many enjoyed the virtual broadcast live event with the support of Middle East Solar Energy Digital Channels and Solarabic!