Dii Desert Energy

📣 Exciting Updates from Dii Desert Energy! 📣 We're thrilled to announce a record number of new studies and white papers this year! At the recent #DiiLeadershipSummit24 in Vienna, our CEO, Cornelius Matthes, along with Simon Roth from ILF Consulting Engineers, unveiled our latest white paper: "Low-Emission Molecules: Insights into an Emerging Sector." 🌍 Key Highlights: this white paper brings insights from 31 leading firms across Europe and MENA, examining the pivotal role of off-takers, the bankability challenges facing developers, and innovative risk-sharing strategies. It tackles the “chicken-and-egg” dilemma hampering the sector and outlines actionable recommendations to fast-track market growth. Through a deep dive into regulatory, financial, and infrastructure challenges, this paper offers a roadmap to unlock the full potential of a low-emission molecule economy. 🔗 Check out the white paper via the link in the comments! #EnergyTransition #LowEmissionEconomy #SustainableFuture Hydrogen Economist

Our CEO, Cornelius Matthes, is thrilled to attend Future Investment Initiative again this year, being held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 29-31 October 2024. 🌍 The theme of this year's FII is ‘Infinite Horizons: Investing Today, Shaping Tomorrow,’ igniting discussions on how investment can serve as a catalyst for a prosperous and sustainable future, pushing the boundaries of what is possible for humanity. If you're there, make sure to stop and say hi to Cornelius! 👋 #FII8 #Sustainability FII Institute

Our annual 14th Dii Desert Energy Leadership Summit, held in Vienna this week, brought together the leaders of the energy transition and provided a forum to discuss issues, challenge the status quo and shape clean energy together in inspiring venues throughout Vienna. We still have a way to go to meet the global target of net-zero, and serious commitment is needed, including drastic cut of fossil subsidies and carbon pricing, the energy transition. Along the energy value chain many interesting innovations are emerging ranging from integrated green power and hydrogen production, DC grids, liquid hydrogen, direct air capturing, energy storage solutions, supply-demand flexibility, smarter energy use to clean energy trading concepts. 👏These innovations and new connections will enable a faster energy transition and we would like to thank all our sponsors, partners and guests who made our 15th anniversary event a huge success. 👏 #DiiLeadershipSummit24 #greenenergy #energytransition ACWA Power CEPRI China Electric Power Research Institute - RERC Renewable Energy Research Center (State Grid) ENOWA thyssenkrupp thyssenkrupp Uhde Air Products Qudra - APQ Algihaz Holding AMEA Power E.ON Envision Energy Hyundai Motor Company (현대자동차) INNIO Group King & Spalding NAREVA Smartenergy Reliance Industries Limited VERBUND Worley Addleshaw Goddard ANDRITZ Cranmore Partners Hy24 ILF Consulting Engineers Siemens Energy Chapter Zero Egypt Global Renewables Alliance (GRA) Global Solar Council (GSC) Hydrogen Europe International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) MED•GEM Network UNIDO ZETA (Zero Emissions Traders Alliance) Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE

🌟 #DiiLeadershipSummit24 Day two afternoon Summary 🌟 The second day of the Dii Desert Energy Leadership Summit 2024 continued with our final sessions and the ‘Dii Style Interactive Roundtables’. These provide an opportunity to meet with peers who are interested in similar topics, in a forum to discuss issues and ideas on how to progress the no emissions goal. The final day of the Summit was rounded off by our Farewell Drinks Reception in the Sala Terrana of the Palais Leichtenstein Garden Palace, hosted by Addleshaw Goddard and Cranmore Partners. Thank you to this afternoons speakers and moderators: 🗣️Deepdive: Why Liquid Hydrogen is the rising energy vector! By  Prof. Dr. Ad van Wijk, TU Delft | Mechanical Engineering and Martin Daum, Daimler Truck AG  🗣️Presentation of a new Dii-Chart Industries joint paper: ‘Liquid hydrogen – powering the energy transition’ by Simon Little, Chart Industries, Inc. & Frank Wouters, MENA Hydrogen Alliance 🗣️ Roundtable 1: A New Kid on The Block: Blockchain Technology For The Energy Sector moderated by Paul van Son, President, Dii Desert Energy and Rory O’Neill, Electrina 🗣️Roundtable 2: Grids & infrastructure for an integrated energy system moderated by antonio iliceto, CIGRE Study Committee C1 - Power System Development and Economics and Dr. Ghazi Osman, Algihaz Holding 🗣️Roundtable 3: Powering Ships With Liquid Hydrogen: A Pathway For Zero-Emission Transportation. Can new types of partnerships decarbonize the maritime sector? Moderated by Frank Wouters, Dii Liquid Hydrogen Taskforce and Dr. Niklas H., E.ON Group Innovation 🗣️Roundtable 4: GCC Clean Energy Hub: Market Prices to Market Places hosted by ZETA, moderated by Jan Haizmann, ZETA (Zero Emissions Traders Alliance) and Thorsten Bomm, ENOWA 🗣️Roundtable 5: Perspectives of Storage: all Forms of Molecules and Electrons Storage moderated by Matthias Rudloff, AMBARtec AG and Thomas Korn, water stuff & sun  🗣️Roundtable 6: Sector coupling: shaping the collaboration between Energy and Transport moderated by Gert Van Dijck, DHL 🗣️Roundtable 7: Support Schemes and Mechanisms for H2 Production, Transport and Off-take moderated by Silvia Carolina Lopez Rocha, The World Bank  🗣️Roundtable 8: The role of critical minerals in clean energy technologies moderated by Dr. Dolf Gielen, World Bank

🌟 #DiiLeadershipSummit24 Day two Morning Summary 🌟 The second day of the Dii Desert Energy Leadership Summit 2024 has begun at the Palais Liechtenstein, Garden Palace, which is deeply rooted in Vienna’s history – built over 300 years ago by one of the oldest noble families in Europe, the Princely Family of Liechtenstein. Thank you to this morning's speakers: 🗣️Day 2 Opening Welcome Remarks by Camille de PERETTI, Author of ‘L'Inconnue du portrait’ 🗣️Fireside Chat: Elephants in the Room: Pricing Carbon and Fossil Fuel Subsidies in the MENA Region by Cornelius Matthes, Dii Desert Energy and Jan Frederik Braun, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE 🗣️Project Presentation by Fred Wendt, ILF Consulting Engineers 🗣️Top Executive Panel discussion: Connecting Markets: Emerging Trade Corridors for Energy Security with Alicia Eastman, Intercontinental Energy and ‘Everything About Hydrogen’; Laurence Boisramé, Bureau Veritas Group; Abdullah Al-Abri, Sohar Port & Freezone; Dimitar Enchev, CWP Global; Wouter Vanhoudt, HINICIO & Certifhy 🗣️Top Executive Panel discussion: Green Energy Transport and Storage Options with Frank Wouters, MENA Hydrogen Alliance; Pascal Baylocq, Geostock; Nicole Vermeulen, Hy24; and Markus Mitteregger, RAG Austria; and Nabil Nachi, Hyundai Motor Company 🗣️What Can We Learn from China: Challenges of Power System Based on Renewable Energy Under Energy Transition by Dr. Yalou Li, China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI)  🗣️Panel Discussion: Leveraging the Full Potential of Sustainable Aviation Fuels with Marek Drywa, Worley; Andrès Isaza, Smartenergy; Thorsten Herdan, HIF Global EMEA and Adamo Screnci, NEXTCHEM  🗣️Panel Discussion: State and Trends of Global Carbon Markets and Trading Systems with Jan Haizmann, ZETA ; Matthijs Kusse, ACT Group; Andrew Cullen, ACX (Air Carbon Exchange) and Thorsten Bomm, ENOWA We're looking forward to hearing from more speakers this afternoon, and this evening for the Farewell Drinks Reception, hosted by Addleshaw Goddard and Cranmore Partners

🌟 #DiiLeadershipSummit24 Day one Summary 🌟 We ended the first day of the Dii Desert Energy Leadership Summit 2024 surrounded by eight hundred years of art history at our evening dinner, hosted by VERBUND, at the Upper Belvedere Museum. This UNESCO World Heritage site provided an incredible backdrop to our evening. Our guests had the opportunity to admire the Klimt Collection, joined by Camille de PERETTI, author of ‘L’Inconnue du portrait’, a novel which follows the fate of a woman portrayed in one of Gustav Klimt’s paintings. Ms de Peretti shared her inspiring perspective, by linking clean energy and art: the power of imagination to do things differently. Diederik Samsom, former head of cabinet of EVP of the European Commission Timmermans, also provided an exclusive insight on ‘The future of imported hydrogen in the new reality of European Competitiveness and the Draghi report’. The evening ended in the prestigious Baroque Marble Hall, offering arguably the most famous view of Vienna - and a breath-taking backdrop for our evening dinner. Thank you to the afternoon speakers of the first day: 🗣️ New ILF-Dii Study Low-Emission Molecules | Insights into an Emerging Sector by Simon Roth, ILF Consulting Engineers and Cornelius Matthes, Dii Desert Energy 🗣️ Fireside Chat: Execute Tripling – Policies, Market and Technologies by  Frank Wouters, MENA Hydrogen Alliance and Dr. Ute Collier, Policy and Finance Centre (KPFC), International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) 🗣️ Panel Discussion: Why Are The Molecules Not Flowing: Status Quo And Outlook with Dan Feldman, King & Spalding; Klemens Schwarz, VERBUND Green Hydrogen GmbH; Daniel Schwappach, Siemens Energy; Raimondo Giavi, Baker Hughes; Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Hydrogen Europe; and MrityunJOY SAMADDAR, Envision Energy 🗣️ Presentation: Hyundai’s Vision for a Hydrogen Society by Nabil Nachi, Hyundai Motor Company (현대자동차) 🗣️ Panel discussion: Ecosystem Integration - Innovation on Water and Energy with Marta Paiar, Worley Digital Consulting; Carl Richers, INNIO Group Jenbacher; Dr. Sami Pelkonen, ANDRITZ; Frank Obrist, OBRIST Group; and Oussama Bayssi, IRESEN - Research Institute for Solar Energy and New Energies We're looking forward to the final day of our summit, hearing from more speakers, as well as taking part in our interactive roundtables!

🌟 #DiiLeadershipSummit24 Day one Morning Summary 🌟 The first morning of the Dii Desert Energy Leadership Summit 2024 has been an inspiring and inspirational beginning to our 14th Edition. On 13th July 2009, the Desertec Industrial Initiative (Dii) was launched. The Summit marks an important milestone for us as we celebrate our 15th anniversary. The Summit was opened by our CEO, Cornelius Matthes and President Paul van Son, who summarised Dii Desert Energy's 15 year journey so far, the next chapter of Dii and our mission of 'No Emissions' by creating markets globally through unique projects and business opportunities, we are accelerating the energy transformation together. A stand-out message from the morning was the sense of urgency during the green energy transition. Thank you to this mornings speakers: 🗣️ Keynote Address: Hydrogen. Clean Energy Transition. Sustainable Industrial Development by Gunther Beger, Managing Director of the Directorate for SDG Innovation and Economic Transformation, UNIDO 🗣️ Keynote Address: Beyond Affordability, Security and Sustainability: Speed as the Fourth Element of the Energy Transition by Marco ARCELLI, CEO, ACWA Power 🗣️ Keynote Address: Advancing Climate Tech Innovations and Enabling Industries’ Decarbonization by Dr. Cetin Nazikkol, Member of the Executive Board / Chief Strategy Officer, Segment Decarbon Technologies, thyssenkrupp 🗣️ Top Executive Panel Discussion: What is Holding Back the Energy Transition? with Paddy Padmanathan, Zhero; Petra Schwager, UNIDO; Harry Boyd-Carpenter, EBRD; Ebubekir Koyuncu, Air Products Qudra - APQ; and Thorsten Herdan, HIF Global 🗣️ High-level Keynote Presentation: The Journey to Become Climate Neutral – Building an Ecosystem: Water, Energy and Hydrogen by Thorsten Bomm, Director of Market Design, ENOWA on behalf of Peter Terium, Chief Executive Officer, ENOWA 🗣️ Keynote Address: Europe’s Market Role in A Global Hydrogen Economy by Mag. Dr. Michael Strugl MBA, Chairman of the Board, VERBUND AG 🗣️ Top Executive Panel Discussion: How can Record Assets of World’s Largest Institutional Investors be Channelled into Emission-free Projects? with Alexander Sarac, Addleshaw Goddard; Cornelius Matthes, Dii Desert Energy; Amir Sharifi, Hy24; Florian Merz, Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company); Cornelius Matthes, Dii Desert Energy; and Yusuf Macun, Cranmore Partners 🗣️ Project Showcase: It is possible! H2 can become the future backbone of the energy system by Dr. Dr. Olaf Berlien, President & Chief Executive Officer, INNIO Group We're looking forward to hearing more from our speakers over today and tomorrow to challenge the status quo and shape clean energy systems together, under the the theme of ‘TRILLIONS FOR TRIPLING: Cooperation, partnership and market pull’.

On the special occasion of Dii’s 15th anniversary on the final days before many of our partners will convene at the #DiiLeadershipSummit24, Dii Desert Energy / Desertec3.0 Q3 2024 Partners Newsletter is out! “15 years ago, when Dii was founded, it met with great scepticism about the potential of MENA's deserts as a leading provider of climate neutral energy. Today, the MENA region is unambiguously embracing and benefiting from competitive. In this journey, Dii has grown into a reputed team of professionals and a powerful industry network of over 120 international companies engaged in thousands of clean energy projects.” stated Paul van Son on his contribution. The newsletter includes: 📝 Dii Editorial: 🔎 Cornelius Matthes: ‘Speed and credibility’ 🔎 Paul van Son: ‘Dii Desert Energy: The Next 15 Years’ 🔎 Frank Wouters: ‘All the above’ 🔎 Fadi Maalouf : ‘Dii 2024 Trillions for Tripling vs. Fossil Fuel Subsidies’ New Associated Partners: 👏 Advanced Development General Trading 👏 Armelson Energy 👏 OBRIST Group 👏 PwC Middle East 👏 px Group Partners Achievements: latest market updates from our industry partners 👇 To read the Newsletter, click the link in the first comment!

💡 We're excited about the upcoming Dii Desert Energy Leadership Summit in Vienna! This isn’t just a #Conference - it is about exchanging positive energy, showcasing #leadership, and building valuable #partnerships and friendships. The organizing team is incredibly passionate, experienced, and warm-hearted, making this event extra special to us. 🤝 UNIDO is proud to support the summit and strengthen collaboration with Dii Desert Energy. Several colleagues will be attending: Gunther Beger will deliver a welcome address on sustainable #industrialdevelopment and #hydrogen, and Petra Schwager will speak in the executive panel "What is Holding Back the Energy Transition?" on November 15th. Joining them are Smeeta Fokeer, Marie-Christin Schabus, and Maria Grineva. 🌄 We're looking forward to a fantastic program, filled with insights from industry leaders like Cornelius Matthes, Cetin Nazikkol, Marco ARCELLI, and Michael Strugl, along with exciting panel discussions on topics critical to the energy transition! ➡ Check the Programme here: https://lnkd.in/dXH-nZqa ✨ We wish a great event to the organizers and attendees! Cornelius Matthes, Frank Wouters, Valeria Maria Aruffo, Sophia de Francesco, Sarah Murray #EnergyTransition #SustainableDevelopment #DiiDesertEnergy #UNIDO

Our CEO, Cornelius Matthes is travelling to Marrakesh to attend the World Power-to-X Summit, on 8-9 October 2024. Heralding a new era of clean energy in Morocco, focusing on green hydrogen and clean fuels, the Summit will enveil recent updates of the 'Morocco offer', unveiled on March 11, 2024, aiming to position Morocco as a global leader in green hydrogen production and accelerate the transition towards a sustainable economy. We're excited for our CEO, Cornelius Matthes, to speak at the Summit in the sessions: 🌟 Session 6 - 'Transforming the Steel Industry with Green Hydrogen' on 8th October 🌟 Plenary 4 - 'MEA’s Hydrogen Hub: Bridging Continents for Collaborative Success' on 9th October Make sure you join him - find out more through the link in the comments. #Renewables #hydrogen #energy