OST Energy Speaking at MESIA Solar Rooftop Seminar

DUBAI, UAE - Nov. 4, 2014 - PRLog -- According to the 2030 Market Outlook from Bloomberg New Energy Finance published summer 2014 (http://bnef.folioshack.com/document/v71ve0nkrs8e0), up to $818bn is to be invested in the Middle East and Africa regions. Furthermore the greatest opportunities for solar within the Middle East are forecast for Saudi Arabia where a target to install 54GW by 2032 has been set (Source: clean energy pipeline 2013, The Future for Renewable Energy in the MENA region - http://www.cleanenergypipeline.com/Resources/CE/ResearchReports/The%20Future%20for%20Renewable%20Energy%20in%20the%20MENA%20Region.pdf).

Oliver Soper, co-founder of OST Energy will be speaking on the second panel at the MESIA (http://www.mesia.com) half day Seminar titled "Emerging Solar Rooftop Market in MENA: The Opportunities Explained" on Thursday, 6th November at the Dusit Thani Dubai between 10:50 - 11:30 (http://www.mesia.com/event/middle-east-solar-roof-top).

The panel will be chaired by Stephen Hill, Partner at Eversheds - the event co-organisers, to focus on best approach to rooftop structuring from a technical, corporate and funding perspective whilst distinguishing between a variety of business models. Joining Oliver on the panel are Laurent Longuet from Sunpower, Erik Voldner from Enviromena, Ian Atherton from TechAccess and Gus Schellekens from PWC.

To find out more about this Seminar, to view the full agenda and to register, please visit the MESIA (Middle East Solar Industry Association) website at http://www.mesia.com/event/middle-east-solar-roof-top

If you'd like to arrange any meetings with Oliver Soper whilst at the above Seminar, please get in touch by e-mail (info@ostenergy.com) or call +44 (0)1273 819429.

For any press or media queries regarding the above, please contact Rebecca Rowland our Marketing Manager at our Brighton office on +44(0)1273 819429.

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About MESIA

The Middle East Solar Industry Association (MESIA) is a non-profit, non-governmental solar trade organization. Our mission is to create a solar community in which all the stakeholders, from both the public and private sector, can come together and help grow the footprint of solar across the entire Middle East. Our activities and publications aim to expand the awareness and applications of solar energy in the region, to strengthen the local solar industry, and to facilitate business opportunities for our members. To learn about our programs and upcoming events please visit http://www.mesia.com

About OST Energy

OST Energy is an award winning, wholly independent technical consultancy specialising in advising upon commercial and technical risk for solar, wind and biomass projects all over the world. We are at the forefront of providing technical advice for project financing across multiple technologies within the expanding renewables industry for many of the world's biggest banks and private equity funds, as well as numerous project developers and owners.

Our services cover the entire lifecycle of renewables projects throughout the development, construction and operational phases, as well as asset management services on more than 200MW of renewable energy plants including technical, commercial and administrative management.

The OST Energy HQ is in Brighton (UK) and we have offices in Cape Town (South Africa), Detroit (USA), London (UK), Milan (Italy), Sao Paulo (Brazil) and Sydney (Australia). You can find out more about OST Energy via http://www.ostenergy.com