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The Best Time To Go Solar?
Investing in solar power is a major decision, so its no surprise that some would rather wait and go solar a few years down the road. But there are also several reasons to invest in solar sooner, not later. The incentives won’t last forever Thanks to falling costs in solar panels and components, and generous federal and [...]
Shams 1 Power Plant Ready for Primetime
The launch of the Shams 1 power plant is big news in clean energy, and a major hallmark on the Middle East’s path towards energy diversification. Electricity from the power plant is competitively sold at market price to the grid, and is projected to reduce CO2 emissions 175,000 tons/year – the equivalent to planting 1.5 [...]
Video: The Shams 1 CSP Solar Plant
Future360 travels to Abu Dhabi to check out the largest concentrating solar plant in the world, Shams 1. The 100 MW plant occupies a square mile of the desert, roughly the size of 300 football fields. When commissioned later this year, Shams 1 will power for 20,000 homes. The technology works by using 250,000 parabolic [...]
Abu Dhabi CSP Plant Coming Online
A 100 megawatt (MW) concentrating solar plant (CSP) under construction in Abu Dhabi is the first of its kind in the Middle East and one of the biggest in the world. The Shams 1 facility, which covers 617 acres near Abu Dhabi, is scheduled to connect to the grid before the end of March. Because it is a parabolic trough design, it requires [...]
The 2013 World Future Energy Summit
First Solar is pleased to be a platinum sponsor and exhibitor at the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) taking place in Abu Dhabi January 15-17. WFES is an exciting platform to demonstrate First Solar’s capabilities and build lasting relationships in a region that is rapidly embracing the full potential of clean energy. At the forefront of [...]
Change the World and Win a Great Prize
Do you care about the planet? Do you want to do something great for the environment and also have a chance at a really cool prize? You could become a VIP blogger at the largest sustainability gathering in the history of the Middle East! Leading up to Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, January 13-17, 2013, Masdar [...]
Solar is Hot in the Middle East
Plans are underway in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to build the Middle East’s largest solar power plant of its kind. The Shams 1 Solar Project, will be a 100-megawatt, concentrated solar power plant capable of powering 20,000 homes. Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, the UAE’s Special Envoy for Energy and Climate Change and the chief executive [...]
Interview with with Vahid Fotuhi, President of ESIA
Apricum: Saudi Arabia has just revealed its ambitious solar plan, foreseeing 41 GW of installed capacity in 2032. With this plan, is the Kingdom jumping to the top of solar markets in MENA? ESIA: This is a huge initiative. It catapults Saudi Arabia into the pole position in terms of attracting investments in the solar [...]
Abu Dhabi’s $600M Solar Power Plant
Abu Dhabi’s $600m solar power plant, The Shams 1 is spread over 2.5 kilometers and is expected to generate 100 MW of power annually. The project is the first utility scale, commercial solar power project for Abu Dhabi and the enclosing region. The outcome of a joint venture between Masdar, Total and Abengoa, the strong [...]