Shearman & Sterling is an international law firm with over 850 lawyers globally. Our firm has a decades-long track record of advising energy clients on the most complex transactions in the world. As hydrogen, ammonia, methanol and other green feedstocks and fuels become an important part of the energy mix, we are advising on the biggest projects and transactions globally. We are advisers to governments, integrated energy companies, utilities, NOCs, IOCs, lenders, developers, technology suppliers, engineering companies, contractors and other key industry players, guiding them through their largest and most strategic deals. We provide services in project development and financing, M&A, capital markets, regulatory advice, policy / incentives support and legislative drafting, government relations, disputes, intellectual property, antitrust and we practice English, New York, Texas, German, French, Italian, Saudi law and more. 

A highlight is that we are the advising NEOM on all aspects of Project Helios, a $6.5 billion hydrogen and green ammonia production facility in Saudi Arabia. Powered by 4GW of wind and solar electricity, this will be the largest renewables project in history and the world’s first and largest green hydrogen and ammonia export project, supplying 1.2 million tonnes per year of carbon-free ammonia (250,000 tons per year of carbon-free hydrogen) for transportation globally and saving the world three million tons of CO2 per year. Other energy innovation clients include Fortescue Future Industries, ADNOC, Uniper, JERA, EverWind Fuels, Casa dos Ventos, Comerc, OCP, ENEL and the US Department of Energy.

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2021 sales of $31 billion (€26 billion). We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain and protect our planet.
The company serves a variety of end markets including chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde’s industrial gases are used in countless applications, from life-saving oxygen for hospitals to high-purity & specialty gases for electronics manufacturing, hydrogen for clean fuels and much more. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.
Linde is a global leader in the production, processing, storage and distribution of hydrogen. It has the largest liquid hydrogen capacity and distribution system in the world. The company operates the world’s first high-purity hydrogen storage cavern plus pipeline networks totaling approximately 1,000 kilometers globally, to reliably supply its customers. Linde is at the forefront in the transition to clean hydrogen and has installed over 200 hydrogen fueling stations and 80 hydrogen electrolysis plants worldwide. It recently inaugurated the world’s first hydrogen refueling system for passenger trains. The company offers the latest hydrogen technologies through its world-class engineering organization, key alliances and partnerships.
For more information about the company and its products and services, please visit www.linde.com

Siemens Energy is one of the world’s leading energy technology companies. The company works with its customers and partners on energy systems for the future, thus supporting the transition to a more sustainable world. With its portfolio of products, solutions and services, Siemens Energy covers almost the entire energy value chain – from power generation and transmission to storage. The portfolio includes conventional and renewable energy technology, such as gas and steam turbines, hybrid power plants operated with hydrogen, and power generators and transformers. A majority stake in the listed company Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) makes Siemens Energy a global market leader for renewable energies. An estimated one-sixth of the electricity generated worldwide is based on technologies from Siemens Energy.

EnergyNet has been producing investment forums and executive dialogues for Africa and Latin America’s power sectors for the last 25 years – in Europe, the USA, Asia and across Africa and Latin America.

We work with governments and national utilities to facilitate investment summits where credible international investors can build relationships with public sector stakeholders to advance access to power. 

Best known for the Africa Energy Forum, the longest serving business development meeting place for senior level decision makers in Africa’s power sector, other leading investment summits we produce provide strategic perspectives on the investment landscape and project preparation include the Powering Africa Summit, Latin American Energy Forum and Latin American & Caribbean Gas Conference and Exhibition.

Having this focus on public and private sector partnerships provides us a valuable lens through which we can offer independent perspectives and support the business development activities of companies from around the world operating in these fast growing markets. To support these insights, our team talks with stakeholders across Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean on a daily basis, so relationships and investor insights are both our business and our passion.

As the hydrogen economy and infrastructure expands for fuel, chemical and industrial applications, the industry needs  a comprehensive, technical publication for the engineering and scientific communities. Through a quarterly technology journal for the hydrogen sector, H2Tech is designed to offer in-depth, front-line examination of issues and opportunities facing the hydrogen industry. Start your free digital trial of H2Tech, the working technical journal for engineers and other professionals involved in hydrogen production and applications progress.

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Oman Hydrogen Centre (OHC) was established in 2019 by German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech), and it is the first of its kind research Centre in Oman and is supporting the country in accelerating the transition to renewable energy. OHC aims to play a main role to shift from fossil energy sources to renewable sources such as solar and wind with green hydrogen as the energy carrier and clean industrial base material of a future economy. Its activities and future are aligned with Oman Vision 2040. Additionally, it works to develop competences in the field of a hydrogen-based economy in cooperation with local and international parties and align activities between industry, academic, government and society.

The Centre Vision: 
To be a key innovative Hydrogen hub in MENA by 2025

The Centre Mission: 
To enable the adoption of Hydrogen-based economy in Oman as a way of sustaining an environmental, social, and economic transformation, by enhancing awareness, education, research, innovation and technology in the field. This will be achieved through:

•  Research, innovation, and technology transfer
• Strategic collaboration with research, academic and industrial partners, locally and internationally
• Capacity building and knowledge management

Envision Group is a world-leading green technology company and net zero technology partner. With the mission of “solving the challenges for the sustainable future of humankind”. Envision designs, sells, and operates smart wind turbines and smart storage system through Envision Energy; AIoT-powered batteries through Envision AESC; and the world’s largest AIoT operating system through Envision Digital. It also owns Envision Racing Formula E team. Envision continues to promote wind and solar power as the “new coal”, batteries and hydrogen fuel as the “new oil”, the AIoT network as the “new grid”, the net-zero industrial parks to the “new infrastructure”, and to promote the construction and cultivation of green “new industry”.

Envision Group was ranked among the Top 10 of the 2019 ‘World’s 50 Smartest Companies’ by the MIT Technology Review. In October 2021, Envision was ranked second in the world on the Fortune “Change the World” list. Envision Group joined the global ‘RE100’ initiative and became the first company in mainland China committed to 100% renewable electricity by 2025.On April 22, 2021, Envision Group announced it will achieve carbon neutral in operations by 2022 and achieve carbon neutral throughout its value chain by 2028.

World Hydrogen Leaders was launched in 2020 by green energy veteran Green Power Global, as the go-to knowledge & networking resource for the entire hydrogen value chain. World Hydrogen Leaders’s platform is a professional online market-place delivering leading hydrogen content all year round. Through training courses, conferences, industry reports, news analysis, expert interviews and more, members from across the globe can network and learn about the latest projects, policies and important stakeholders, to create in roads to project opportunities.

Worley is a leading global provider of professional services in the energy, chemicals and resources sectors. We partner with our customers to address their most critical challenges at every stage of their projects: from initial concepts to sustaining and enhancing their assets. And we provide smarter, bolder solutions while delivering on our own sustainability commitments.

We are 51,000 bright minds across 46 countries all driven by a common purpose – delivering a more sustainable world. While working to fulfill our ambition to be recognized globally as the leader in sustainability solutions.

The Enara Group as an integrated infrastructure investment platform founded by Engineer Sherif El Gabaly . Through its various purpose-built subsidiaries, it is specialized in originating, financing, investing in, developing and operating renewable energy and utility assets. The Group also has a venture capital arm designed to be an early-stage investment partner for clean-tech ventures. Enara’s development in the Egyptian market has been rapid. It started to build its credentials in the Benban FIT scheme, which is currently the fourth largest solar park in the world. It has since taken its learnings to the domestic private sector, and is now working on key, nationally strategic electrification projects.

Lekela is a renewable power generation company. We deliver utility-scale projects which supply much-needed clean energy to communities across Africa, and focus on taking projects from mid or late-stage development into long-term operation. We have built a best-in-class platform that draws on our team members’ decades of experience to ensure we can deliver sustainable, reliable and competitively-priced power. Our current portfolio includes over 1GW of wind power in operation across Egypt, Senegal and South Africa, and a pipeline of additional projects in development across Africa.

Black & Veatch has been supporting MENA clients and communities for 50 plus years, decarbonization has been at the heart of what we do for decades. Whether it is renewable or conventional power, green hydrogen or green ammonia; the ability to add value at every point in the asset lifecycle, and ensure execution certainty, is why clients trust Black & Veatch to deliver their projects.

ENOWA is a world-class energy, water and hydrogen company founded in NEOM, Saudi Arabia. ENOWA produces and delivers clean and sustainable resources for industrial and commercial applications using a customer-centric smart and connected system, designed to be circular and take advantage of NEOM’s optimal solar and wind energy profile. ENOWA benefits from NEOM’s greenfield site, which has no legacy infrastructure, to advance Energy, Water and Hydrogen innovation. ENOWA will act as a catalyst and incubator for developing new, sustainable energy and water businesses while creating a robust economic sector regionally. Through its commitment to renewable energy and efficient water management, ENOWA seeks to become a global reference for industry leaders and set a benchmark for sustainable economic circular systems around the world. 

For more information, please visit www.enowa.neom.com 

Founded by Saeed Al Angari in 1975, Algihaz holding is a diversified Saudi Arabia-based investment company with more than 45 successful years of providing integrated solutions, committed to accelerating growth and building a sustainable future for our global communities.

With strategic investments in energy infrastructure, renewable energy, technology, healthcare, experiential services, and real estate, we are uniquely positioned to create world-class partnerships that drive the transformation of these critical sectors in Saudi Arabia and throughout the region.

Algihaz Holding is committed to being a key enabler of Saudi Vision 2030, a bold and ambitious drive to reduce Saudi Arabia’s dependence on hydrocarbon exports and build a broad-based economy for a sustainable future. Algihaz holding is dedicated to empowering and developing Saudi Nationals by leveraging its core strengths. Our strategic investments and development of our people continues to play a central role is transforming Saudi Vision into reality.

Algihaz has currently several affiliates operating in different sectors:

• Algihaz contracting: One of Saudi Arabia’s leading engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) companies.
• SEP: supplier with the National Grid, Royal Commission, Saudi Aramco and SWCC for fast-track production of quality relay, control, automation, and distribution panels
• SELCO: a Schneider Electric platinum partner panel’ builder with over 35 years’ experience in electrical and electronic systems
• BGL Energy: formerly Belectric Gulf, a global leader in the engineering design and construction of solar power plants and hybrid energy solutions.
• Algihaz Petroleum Services: an energy company with expertise in the exploration, production and refining of oil and natural gas. 
• Power horizon: Power Horizon is the local digital transformation leader of services and solutions for adapting new technology trends in the Saudi market and the region
• Artificial Intelligence: AIGC is a leader in digital transformation, engineering, technology, and consulting in the Middle East 
• Craft group: The company provides creative, production, and design-build services for museums and galleries, architecture and the built environment, event planning and programming, venue operations and management, and exhibitions and installations

Enshore Subsea: Enshore Subsea provides seabed intervention services for mega-projects around the world.

AMEA Power is a Dubai based leading long-term developer, owner and operator of power generation assets within Africa as its primary focus, as well as The MENA Region and emerging Asia. AMEA Power currently has 250MW of projects in operation and under construction within Africa & the MENA Region as well as 1.4GW of projects under advanced development with financial close by the end of the year, and a further pipeline of 2GW of projects within our targeted geographies.

thyssenkrupp is an international group of companies comprising largely independent industrial and technology businesses and employing more than 100,000 people. Across 56 countries it generated sales of €34 billion in fiscal 2020/2021. Its business activities have been bundled in six segments: Materials Services, Industrial Components, Automotive Technology, Steel Europe, Marine Systems, and Multi Tracks. Backed by extensive technological know-how, the businesses develop cost-effective and resource-friendly solutions to the challenges of the future. Around 3,600 employees work in research and development at 78 locations all over the world, mainly in the fields of climate protection, the energy transition, digital transformation in the industry and mobility of the future. The thyssenkrupp group currently has a portfolio of approximately 18,100 patents and utility models. Under the umbrella brand thyssenkrupp, the group creates long-term value with innovative products, technologies and services and helps make life better for future generations. thyssenkrupp is listed in the MDAX index. thyssenkrupp shares are traded on Frankfurt Stock Exchange (symbol: TKA) and as American depositary receipts (symbol: TKAMY) in the USA

Established in 1951, China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI), a scientific research institute affiliated to State Grid Corporation of China (State Grid), is committed to doing research on common key application technologies, and basic, forward-looking and strategic studies, promoting consulting services, testing and inspection services and development of technical standards for power grids, and providing technical solutions for State Grid. As an internationally renowned scientific research institution, CEPRI tops the list in China’s electric power sector in terms of comprehensive strength.

Convinced of the need for innovation, CEPRI has made major breakthroughs in core technologies such as ultra-high voltage (UHV), renewable energy, and bulk power grid security, shifting its position from “follower” to “leader” in the development of relevant power grid technology, providing strategic and technical support for the high-quality development of power sector. CEPRI has won 108 national science and technology awards, including two special prizes of National Science and Technology Progress Award; six gold awards, three silver awards, and 21 excellence awards of China Patent Award; 17 China Standards Innovation Contribution Awards, one organization award of China Standards Innovation Contribution Award; and over 1100 provincial and ministerial science and technology awards. 

CEPRI owns the UHV DC Test Base, the UHV AC Test Base, the UHV Transmission Tower Test Base, the Tibet High-altitude Test Bases, the State Grid Simulation Center and the State Grid Center of Metrology. It has built advanced test and research system for UHV and bulk power grids with complete functions, strong test capabilities and high technical standards, providing strong support for the construction and safe and stable operation of bulk power grids. It has established the National Wind Power Integration Research and Development (Test) Center and the National Energy Solar Center (NESC), with excellent wind and solar power generation test and inspection capabilities.

Nareva is an established player in power generation and water management. Since its creation in 2005, Nareva strives to deploy and implement the most advanced, most suitable and most ecological solutions. Nareva is a subsidiary of the Al Mada Group, a pan-African private investment fund, which operates in various leading sectors (financial services, telecommunications, construction materials, retail, mining, energy, real estate and tourism). Focusing on renewables as a major component of its mission, Nareva contributes to the construction, development and diversification of the kingdom’s electricity mix.

EDF Renewables is a leading international player in the renewable energies industry worldwide and is continuing to grow by moving into promising markets such as Brazil, China, India, South Africa and the Middle East. With gross installed capacity of 15.6 GW worldwide, EDF Renewables secured a portfolio of 3 GW of sustainable renewable power plants in the GCC region. The company has strong positions in offshore and onshore wind power, as well as in large utility-scales solar power plants. Moreover, the company is developing innovative solutions in the renewable energies sector such as energy storage, renewable hybrid solutions and low-carbon hydrogen. EDF Renewables develops, builds, operates, and maintains renewable energies projects, both for itself and for third parties. EDF Renewables is the EDF Group subsidiary specializing in developing solar and wind power.

For more information, visit: www.edf-renouvelables.com   

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Hydrogen Europe is the European association representing the interest of the hydrogen industry and its stakeholders and promoting hydrogen as an enabler of a zero-emission society. With more than 400+ members, including 25+ EU regions and 30+ national associations, we encompass the entire value chain of the European hydrogen and fuel cell ecosystem. Our vision is to propel global carbon neutrality by accelerating European hydrogen industry.

For more information, please visit www.hydrogeneurope.eu.

CleanTech Business Club is a Private & Independent Human To Human (H2H) Leadership Club, that brings together Trusted Leaders of CleanTech & Other Disruptive Technologies Industries with The Leaders of Financial Community and Investors, Top Corporations, Energy Companies and Utilities as well as Political Decision-Makers and Public Opinion Influencers. Driven by the Power of the H2H Blockchain and United DNA, CleanTech Business Club Leaders & Partners – Empower Together The CleanTech Decade! …as #TogetherWeAreStronger The Club’s new CBC 2.0 Digital Platform aims at becoming The CleanTech Epicenter for Essential and Classified TV, News & Knowledge Resources, Expertise & Business, Events & Job Opportunities.

Middle East Clean Energy Business Council (CEBC) is a non profit organization dedicated to promoting clean energy including renewables, energy efficiency, smart grid, energy storage and clean energy technology and solutions for the environmental sector. Established in 2008 by a group of leading institutions, companies and individuals who recognised the potential for a clean energy revolution in the MENA region, the CEBC creates a forum for stakeholders to come together to exchange ideas, share information and facilitate projects. CEBC provides a platform to further dialogue between the public and private sectors to develop much needed policy and regulation to help drive the implementation of clean energy across the MENA region. CEBC’s mission is to establish a leading forum for companies and government entities focused on the development and deployment of clean energy in the MENA region and to promote the clean energy industry beginning to flourish in the region, informing the wider community of the benefits of the sector. We support and assist governments, industry and the community in the region to meet low carbon targets and sustainability goals, and through collaboration with government agencies and other stakeholders we aim to drive policy development and regulation and financing of this rapidly developing and exciting sector. By developing strategic alliances with research institutions, international associations, media and intergovernmental organizations we work together to drive the delivery of clean energy solutions for MENA and coordinate and disseminate data and information to ensure relevant benchmarking and transparency in the sectors’ development.