'MENA must invest US$260bn in power sector by 2022'Created: Tuesday, 04 February 2020 06:24Investment in the region’s power sector is estimated to be worth US$260bn by 2022, according to an industry report released ahead of Middle East Energy, a global energy platform to be held at the Dubai World Trade Centre from 3-5 MarchThe Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Energy sector faces the dual challenge of meeting rising demand while addressing the urgent need to move to low-carbon systems, added the Energy & Utilities Market Outlook Report 2020, produced by GRS Research & Strategy and commissioned by Informa Markets, organisers of Middle East Energy. Middle East Energy’s free-to-attend Plenary Sessions will feature six dedicated discussions and more than 40 speakers delivering over nine hours of strategic dialogue on the issues at the core of the long-term development of the MENA region’s power sector. Claudia Konieczna, exhibition director, Middle East Energy, said, “As the global energy platform, Middle East Energy gathers the leading lights of the worldwide industry to examine the major issues, explore opportunities and set the agenda for the future. The plenary sessions and the wider conference series will deliver expert insights into the major transformation of the energy sector. More than 1,300 companies are due to take part in Middle East Energy across the exhibition’s five product sectors – Digitalisation, Power Generation, Transmission & Distribution, Energy Consumption & Management and Renewables.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 04, 2020 06:33 UTC