The Masder
Project
The UAE Established Masdar,
Abu Dhabi’s energy company, it coast Dh734.6 Million. Masder Abu Dhabi’s is the
first of its kind in the region. There is not a lot of wind in the gulf, but they
are working to design special turbine blades to take the benefits of light
winds. Masder has been made the first wind farm, Shams1 and Nour1.The two solar
plants are 100 megawatt. Masder will produce electricity
of 100mw near the Saudi border. When the construction will be done, the wind
farm in two years will generate the power. “Wind power is more challenging to develop in the GCC than
solar power” (Yee, 2011). In
the UAE, its limited because the nature of the wind. There a few days the weather
becomes windy but not every time.
References
Yee, A. (2011,
April 27). Masdar plan for $200m pioneering wind farm - The National. Latest
and breaking news | thenational.ae - The National. Retrieved March 6, 2012,
from
http://www.thenational.ae/business/energy/masdar-plan-for-200m-pioneering-wind-farm
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