1. Empowering the Middle East
How to meet the Future Energy
Demand?
Floris Schulze CESI Middle East
June 25 2012

2. CONTENT
• Developments in Pictures
• Developments in Figures
• How to meet Future Energy Demand?
• Closing Remarks

3. Developments in Pictures

4. Developments in Pictures

5. Developments in Pictures

6. Developments in Pictures

7. Developments in Pictures

8. Developments in Figures
 Each person in GCC consumes almost 4 times more electricity
compared to each person in Europe
 Yearly increase in consumption is estimated 10% in some countries
 GCC Transmission losses around 10% / 8.2% global / 6% EU & US
 Significant reduction of gas reserves to be expected
Source Deloitte and MEED

9. Developments in Figures

10. How to meet Future Energy Demand?
GCC will spend over $180 billion on new energy projects!
ON:
 Planning & Road mapping
 Effective deployment of GCC interconnection grid
 Improvement efficiency existing assets
 New capacity based on conventional generation
 New capacity based on Nuclear
 Renewable energy
 Waste to Energy
 Demand side management
 Smart Grids and Smart Metering

11. How to meet Future Energy Demand?
Planning and Road mapping to spend money wisely
Consultancy Study of the Electrical
Interconnection, Energy Security
and Energy Trade Between the Arab
Countries In association with

12. How to meet Future Energy Demand?
Effective deployment of GCC Grid
Al Fadhili 400 KV Substation
- Back-bone for Energy Security and
Energy Exchange
- Promoting regional trade
- Part of Global Interconnection

13. How to meet Future Energy Demand?
Effective deployment of GCC Grid
Egypt - KSA

14. How to meet Future Energy Demand?
Effective deployment of GCC Grid
Yemen - KSA

15. How to meet Future Energy Demand?
Effective deployment of GCC Grid
Dubai - Iran

16. How to meet Future Energy Demand?
New & Ageing Assets need Asset&Maintenance Management

17. How to meet Future Energy Demand?
New & Ageing Assets need Asset&Maintenance Management
2019
2015
2012
Source L.R.S

18. How to meet Future Energy Demand?
New & Ageing Assets need Asset&Maintenance Management
- To increase capacity of existing assets
- To integrate, manage and maintain new assets
- Related to Generation, Transmission and Distribution
- HSE
How:
- Soft- & Hardware
- Internal procedures and processes
- Training and Education of Management and Operations
- Embedded in the utilities organizations
- Decision making under uncertainties
- Spare part Logistics, administration and alignment
- PAS 55 (Public Available Specification British Standards Institution)

19. How to meet Future Energy Demand?
New Capacity based on Conventional & Nuclear Generation
UAE:
- Spearheaded by the $20bn nuclear power
- 20 projects worth $34.2bn
KSA:
- $100bn KA-CARE
- 15 projects worth $9bn currently underway
Qatar:
- 8 power and water facilities worth $4.8bn
Kuwait:
- 17 projects valued at $4bn
Bahrain:
- 4 projects valued at $4.2bn
Oman:
- 3 projects valued at $2.9bn

20. How to meet Future Energy Demand?
New Capacity based on RES Generation
MEW Kuwait:
Qatar Solar Technologies:
- 10% Green Energy target 2020
- $1 billion Polysilicon plant
- WC2022
King Abdullah City, KA-CARE KSA:
- $100 billion reserved for clean energy
developments
- Target of 5GW generation by solar
- 10% Green Energy target 2020
EU Investors, Oman:
Masdar UAE:
- 400 MW Solar capacity
- Noor 100 MW PV Plant
- Shams 100 MW CSP
- Subsidies for homeowners
solar panels up to total of 500MW

21. How to meet Future Energy Demand?
New Capacity based on RES Generation
Tunisia Morocco Jordan

22. How to meet Future Energy Demand?
Smart Grids and Smart Metering Developments & Initiatives
Main developments:
- Exploration phase
- Road maps being defined
- Pilot studies being prepared and executed
- Country specific opinions, definitions and developments
“A digital meter enabling two way communication is smart
enough”

23. How to meet Future Energy Demand?
Smart Grids and Smart Metering Developments & Initiatives
UAE
Regulations
- Green Building Regulation enables dynamic participation
- Need for diversification of energy mix
- Energy Strategy Initiative
- Demand Side Management and Energy Efficiency studies
- Corporate Sustainability
- Establishment of Dubai Supreme Council of Energy
Initiatives
- Abu Dhabi Planned smart grid infrastructure with up to 1.2 million
smart meters and substation monitoring and control systems
- Dubai planned first phase IMS project installing 20,000 Meters and up
scaling to 5 million metering points.

24. How to meet Future Energy Demand?
Smart Grids and Smart Metering Developments & Initiatives
KSA
Regulations
- Need for diversification of energy mix
- Demand Side Management and Energy Efficiency studies
- Electricity Industry Restructuring Plan (EIRP)
Initiatives
- Strategic plan for the deployment of Advanced Metering Infrastructure
(AMI), Smart Meters, Network Communications, ICT technologies
and concept of Smart Grids.

25. How to meet Future Energy Demand?
Smart Grids and Smart Metering Developments & Initiatives
A stepwise approach:
1. Assessment of current situation
2. Review International Best Practices
3. Determine Costs and Benefits
4. Development of Strategy and Road map for implementation
5. Develop, propose, amend technical standards, measures,
technologies, infrastructure and regulatory framework
6. Define a pre-list of initiatives (economical and technical)
7. Quick wins and short term implementation
8. Long term implementation plan
9. Evaluation, innovation, adjustment and optimization

26. How to meet Future Energy Demand?
Quality Assurance and Control (QA&QC)
Testing, Certification and Inspections according to international
standards and Best Practices
- Laboratories to test and certify manufactured goods on LV, MV, HV,
HP and RES generation
- Related to Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Processes
- Inspection of existing Infrastructure

27. How to meet Future Energy Demand?
Quality Assurance and Control (QA&QC)
Independent and Internationally recognized Notified Bodies
like CESI are essential to ensure adequate spending and
QA&QC in the Middle East

28. Closing Remarks
 Highly attractive and dynamic energy market
 Growth in Economy and Population
 Yearly increase in consumption is estimated 10% in some
countries
 GCC will have to double capacity by 2019
 Shortages of Gas reserves will increase the development of
alternative energy sources and clean energy mechanisms
 Unprecedented Investment Programmes to meet future
demand

29. Thank you for your Attention!