If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser Sunday February 7 2021 Business People Projects Power List Events Suppliers Gallery Editor's Letter: New Year, New Directions Find out more Most Popular 1 Top 25 MEP Contractors of 2018 2 The HVAC POWER 25 List features on MEP Middle East's Feb 2021 Cover 3 Veolia breaks ground on central utilities and waste valorisation plant in Jubail Industrial City 4 Saudi's SWCC invites RFPs for privatisation of Ras Al-Khair desalination plant 5 Doosan Heavy wins $707.8mn desalination plant contract in Saudi Arabia SirajPower to provide 700kWp solar rooftop installation at DP World's Jafza One The solar rooftop system will produce 1.1GWh clean energy annually, and contribute to eliminating carbon emissions by 800 metric tonnes Leminar partners with Winters and Soler & Palau to supply key products to SeaWorld Abu Dhabi Leminar and its global partner Hattersley has also supplied a range of its energy-efficient valves to Phase 2 of the Madinat Jumeirah Living YDE secures $31.2mn funding for distributed solar projects in Jordan The projects for eight solar PV plants – which will supply electricity to Carrefour and Safeway – is the largest portfolio of private-to-private renewable energy in Jordan Avoiding a future that could be more devastating than COVID-19 With the growing demand for urbanisation and increased city infrastructure, cities of the future will need to be energy efficient and built sustainably “It’s high time that we began to focus on the lifetime effects of our HVAC systems” The chief business officer of Sensgreen, Tolga Candan, shares his expert opinions on the problems that the HVAC sector is facing “Right data at the right time to make right decisions” The Sales Director - Middle East for the Metrology Business at Xylem, Francois Frigaux, on utilising IoT to achieve maximum return on investment People, Technology, and Sustainability shaping MEP Alaa Abdelmohsen Sayed, Partner – MEP at GAJ on the need for collaboration, energy efficient designs, and investment in technology in 2021 Converting industry challenges into opportunities ALEMCO’s General Manager, Nathan Hanns, shares his thoughts on some of the prevailing challenges within the region’s construction sector and the opportunities in 2021 Oman's electricity production drops 2.6% YoY to 35,000 GWh for Nov 2020 The net production of electricity in Oman until the end of November 2020 reached 34,667GWh, compared to net production of 35,410GWh in November 2019 Saudi Authority launches "Shamsi" to evaluate feasibility of solar PV systems in homes “Shamsi” helps consumers find out the estimated cost and install a small 2MW solar PV system in their house connected to the main electricity grid Editorial Anup Oommen Editor, MEP Middle East Direct: +971 4 444 3448 Email: anup.oommen@itp.com Advertise Anup Nagpurkar Group Sales Manager, MEP Middle East Telephone: +971 4 444 3573 Direct: +971 52 895 0931 Email: anup.nagpurkar@itp.com Published by ITP Digital Media Inc. All Rights Reserved © 2021.