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Sponsor of the Forum

ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve their performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 130,000 people. ABB has been working in Ukraine since 1992. We have over 160 people in Kyiv and regional offices in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Lviv, Mykolayiv, Sevastopol, and Zaporizhia.

Official Partner

Refinery Ltd. Azov Oil Company in the city of Mariupol was built as part of the investment project "Construction and operation of a refinery in the city of Mariupol" Mastering investments made under the Law of Ukraine "On external economic activities and a special regime of investment in the Donetsk region.

The company correspond all the requirements of industrial safety, environmental protection and is equipped with equipment that meets ISO 9001 necessary to ensure continuous operation of the plant. The components of the refinery based on the fully assembled process modules, containing all the necessary equipment, piping, electrical actuators, as well as electrical components and devices.

Sponsor of coffee-breaks

REC is a leading vertically integrated player in the solar energy industry. Ranked among the world's largest producers of polysilicon and wafers for solar applications and a rapidly growing manufacturer of solar cells and modules, REC also engages in project development activities in selected PV segments. Founded in Norway in 1996, REC is an international solar company employing about 4,000 people worldwide with revenues approximately EUR 1.7 billion in 2010.

Brand Sponsor

KPMG operates as an international network of member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services. We work closely with our clients, helping them to mitigate risks and grasp opportunities. Our firms' clients include business corporations, governments and public sector agencies and not-for-profit organizations. They look to KPMG for a consistent standard of service based on high order professional capabilities, industry insight and local knowledge. KPMG member firms can be found in 146 countries. Collectively they employ more than 140,000 people across a range of disciplines.

Legal Partner

BEITEN BURKHARDT

BEITEN BURKHARDT is an independent international commercial law firm, employing around 320 attorneys and tax advisers in 12 offices worldwide. We advise mid-sized companies, industrial investors and large groups from numerous sectors of industry, among the core industries on our list stands alternative energy (wind, solar, bio-fuels).

Office details

BEITEN BURKHARDT Kyiv

E-mail: bblaw-kiew@bblaw.com

www.beitenburkhardt.com

Sponsor of Solar Energy Session

Activ Solar, headquartered in Vienna (Austria), is a global company focused on the development and manufacture of solar based technology. The company's main business areas include production of silicon products and development of large-scale photovoltaic installations. PJSC Semiconductor Plant, based in Zaporozhye, Ukraine, is a subsidiary of Activ Solar with polysilicon production history dating back to 1964. Activ Solar develops, finances and realizes large-scale solar energy projects combining world-class expertise, strategic partnerships with cutting edge technology.

Sponsor of Wind Energy Session

PRENECON S.A. - Prime Energy Constructions is a leading company specialized in EPC Contracting in the sector of Renewable Energy Projects.
The company is established in Greece in 2005 and as an affiliate company of Green Energy Holdings Plc is activated also in Cyprus, UK, Eastern Europe & Mediterranean countries.
The company’s fast growth and development is based on the quality of service and its persisting efforts to satisfy its customers. This is achieved through its highly specialized and motivated personnel, containing allnecessary specialties, its ISO certifications (9001, 14001 and 18001) ensuring high standards in quality, H&S and Environmental matters, its participation in international bodies (EWEA, WWEA etc.) and its expertize with a track record of 340MW installed (50% of onshore wind farms in Greece and 100% of wind farms in Cyprus).
The company is able to provide full and complete turnkey solutions in renewable energy construction, covering all necessary services for wind farm, photovoltaic plants, biogas and biomass plants as well as small hydropower stations materialization (Project Planning, Engineering, Design, Project Management, Construction, and Commissioning).

Partner of Solar Energy Section

“Kvazar” PJSC is the leading Ukrainian manufacturer of the photovoltaic industry products. Today we offer silicon wafers of different dimensions and thickness, mono and multi-crystalline photovoltaic cells from 4 up to 6 inch, photovoltaic modules from 10 up to 240 watts, used in building centralized and local solar energy systems, that can make you energy free without causing environmental damage. Our product line holds autonomous street, tunnels lighting systems, solar chargers and tourist systems. The products of “Kvazar” PJSC, certified in conformity with the international standards, are being successfully distributed on the global pv-markets through our representative offices in Europe, Northern America and Africa.

Partner of Energy Efficiency Section

Law Group "Dominion" - law firm and bar association founded in 2005 to provide services to representatives of Ukrainian and foreign large and medium-sized businesses and international institutions.
Lawyers practicing in areas related to all spheres as at the level of advice and level of advocacy services.
Law Group "Dominion" assembled team of capable and talented lawyers who have considerable experience behind the successful litigation, cooperation with NGOs and governments. Our team always directs its efforts on long-term and productive cooperation with each client, we are able to work qualitatively even in time of austerity.

Partner of the Forum

The Netherlands-Ukrainian sustainable energy platform (NUSEP) is a union of Dutch companies that offer technologies, solutions and equipment for implementation of energy efficiency projects in communal housing and industrial sectors.

NUSEP provides Ukrainian organizations with an effective access to the Dutch technologies, equipment and advanced experience of project development on a no-charge basis.

NUSEP platform members offer energy saving technologies and equipment for:

heat supply and utility systems;
water supply, drinking and sewer water purification systems;
industrial, street and indoor lighting systems;
use of biomass, waste management and waste treatment;
public transport and sustainable city development.

NUSEP offers Ukrainian companies the following:

engagement of Dutch companies to develop and implement projects;
elaboration of joint energy saving projects together with engineering companies;
free of charge partner and supplier search of energy saving equipment in the Netherlands;
organizing trade missions for experience exchange from the Netherlands to Ukraine and vice versa.

Within frameworks of cooperation with local communities NUSEP provides help to the municipalities in project identification and implementation, conducting feasibility studies and supports in search of financing and subsidies.

Notices

Major events and trends in 1st half of 2011	Aug 16 2011
Activ Solar became a sponsor of the Solar Energy Session of the 3rd Ukrainian Renewable Energy and Energy EfficiencyForum	Aug. 16 2011
100 Reasons to Invest in Ukraine by Bernard Casey	July 12 2011
KPMG became a brand sponsor of 3rd Ukrainian Renewable Energy Forum	Aug. 15 2011

Press-releases

Leading industry experts are convinced in the prospective of the renewable energy industry of Ukraine	Sep. 23 2011
It took one year for the fully fledged renewable energy sector to be formed in Ukrained	Sept.7 2011
Renewable energy development in the CIS will be at a completely new level in autumn, 2011	Aug. 29 2011
The attractiveness of the renewable energy sector amid economic crisis in the U.S. and the EU could increase	Aug. 16 2011