Dubai, UAE – April 24, 2025 – Intersolar and ees Middle East 2025 concluded on a high note at the Dubai World Trade Centre, marking another milestone in the region's transition to renewable energy and energy storage solutions. Over three action-packed days, the event brought together leading innovators, policymakers, investors, and thought leaders from across the solar, energy storage, and smart energy industries.
Surpassing the previous attendance record of 23,754, this year’s event – held under the patronage of the UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure– attracted 36,438 energy industry professionals from around the world, with more than 500 key buyers among them. Clocking more than 70,000 individual visits across the three days, attendees came from some 158 countries, reinforcing the show as a cornerstone of innovation and collaboration in the energy industry. Boasting the largest footprint in the show’s history with 16 bustling halls and 18 international pavilions, this year’s edition brought together more than 1,600 exhibitors from 90-plus countries. Exhibitors showcased products and services from across the full energy value chain: Power generation and storage to renewables and smart grid technologies. The exhibition space and the number of exhibiting companies of Intersolar and ees Middle East 2025 have increased significantly compared to the last event in 2023, quadrupling to more than 70 international companies presenting their innovative products in Hall 6 and the Pavilion Hall at Dubai‘s World Trade Centre.
The Intersolar and ees Middle East Conference 2025 brought together key stakeholders from across the solar and energy storage sectors to explore the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping the region's energy future. Over three dynamic days of expert-led sessions, the conference featured: Insightful keynotes from regional and international energy leaders, in-depth panels covering topics such as utility-scale solar deployment, grid integration, hybrid systems, and the role of storage in enabling 24/7 renewable energy, green hydrogen as well as case studies and project spotlights from pioneering solar and storage developments across the MENA region.
The conference underscored the region’s rapid progress in clean energy adoption and highlighted the critical role of innovation and cross-sector collaboration in achieving long-term sustainability goals.
Key highlights from the event included:
“The Middle East is at a tipping point in its clean energy journey,” said Dr. Florian Wessendorf, Managing Director Solar Promotion International. “This year’s Intersolar and ees Middle East showcased the powerful momentum behind solar and storage adoption and highlighted how collaboration across sectors is driving meaningful progress.”
With ambitious targets set by governments across the region – including the UAE’s Net Zero by 2050 strategy – Intersolar and ees Middle East served as a launchpad for future partnerships and projects that will define the region’s energy landscape.
Organisers extend their gratitude to all exhibitors, partners, and attendees whose engagement made this edition a resounding success. Preparations are already underway for next year’s event, promising an even bigger and bolder platform for advancing solar and energy storage in the Middle East.
Save the date: Intersolar and ees Middle East from April 7–9, 2026
Middle East Energy is set to return for a landmark 50th edition to the Dubai World Trade Centre from April 7–9 next year alongside with Intersolar and ees Middle East 2026.
“Building on this year’s success, Intersolar and ees Middle East will feature a larger exhibition area, showcasing latest advancements in photovoltaics, energy storage systems, and green hydrogen technologies’, Barbara Niemeier, Head of The smarter E global Messe Freiburg Management and Marketing International GmbH says.
In its ninth year, Intersolar, ees (electrical energy storage) and Middle East Energy are joining forces to offer the industry the ideal energy platform in the MENA region. The 49th Middle East Energy Exhibition hosted the Intersolar/ees Middle East exhibition and conference from April 7-9, 2025 at the Dubai World Trade Centre, UAE. Intersolar and ees Middle East focusses on the areas of photovoltaics, PV production technologies, and energy storage systems. Middle East Energy 2025, which was held under the patronage of the UAE’s Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, featured more than 1,600 exhibitors from over 90 countries in 16 halls and 18 international pavilions and attracted 36,438 energy industry professionals .
Intersolar Middle East is part of the world’s leading exhibition series for the solar industry. Since being founded more than 30 years ago, Intersolar has become the most important industry platform for manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, installers, service providers project developers, planners, and start-ups of the solar industry. Intersolar exhibitions and conferences are held in Munich, Long Beach, Gandhinagar, São Paulo, Dubai and Mexico City.
ees Middle East is part of the international exhibition series for batteries and energy storage systems and brings together manufacturers, distributors, project developers, system integrators, professional users and suppliers of innovative battery technologies and sustainable solutions for storing renewable energies such as green hydrogen and Power-to-Gas applications.
Intersolar and ees Middle East is jointly organized by Solar Promotion International GmbH, Freiburg Management and Marketing International GmbH (FMMI) and Informa Markets MEA. For more information about the event, please visit: www.intersolar.ae
By catering to the entire product spectrum of the power industry, from critical and backup power to energy storage and management, year after year, the event attracts a more diverse audience of professionals seeking to source products from multiple sectors, drive cost-effectiveness and efficiency, and move projects forward.
MEE has been an essential part of the Middle East's economic expansion, connecting business and introducing new products to the region to build infrastructure, real estate, and commerce.MEE is now helping governments, organisations and SME’s diversify the generation and supply of energy and build a sustainable future.
You can read more at www.middleeast-energy.com.
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