Enviromena Power Systems, Abu Dhabi's solar developer won the "Sustainable Development of the Environment Award" at the Takreem Arab Achievement Awards held in Beirut last March.

Presented at a gala dinner of over 500 invitees, the awards were to honor achievements in the Arab world. The winners met with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman the following day, and included Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan on the jury committee and former United Nations Secretary General  Boutros Butros-Ghali as well as Dr. Abdel Rahman Al-Awadi, AFED Vice president.

Enviromena's CEO Sami Khoreibi was happy to say in a press announcement: "As the only UAE company to be selected for an award, we are particularly pleased to represent both Abu Dhabi and the UAE and wish to thank our investors, management team and the Abu Dhabi Government for their progressive Green initiatives which have helped create the marketplace we operate in."

Ricardo Karam, founder of the awards said that Enviromena is an extremely deserving recipient and through their projects plays an active role in the wide scale implementation of sustainable development across the Gulf."

For Enviromena, the award is icing on the cake. In the last year, it won a number of Middle East based awards including "Power Plant Operator of the Year" and "Energy Efficiency Awards" at the Middle East Power and Water Awards.  The company, it reports, also completed the largest grid connected solar power plant in the Middle East, the Masdar 10MW Solar Plant in June last year.

 Enviromena Power Systems is AFED Corporate Member.