World’s largest solar plant will be build in Abu Dhabi

Masdar CEO Sultan al-Jaber said, "We are moving on the right path to make Abu Dhabi the main source and the international capital of renewable energy and sustainable development".

The plant "will offset 170 thousand tonnes of carbon dioxide annually."

The state-owned firm told, "Consortium of Total and Abengoa Solar as a partner to own, build and operate Shams 1, the world's largest determined solar power plant and the first time for the Middle East."

Masdar told, Construction of the plant, which will cover up an area of 1 square mile (2.5 square kilometers) and cover a 100 megawatt capacity, will begin at the end of 2010 and be completed in about two years.

"We are expecting the cost of this project to be around 600 million dollars (504.2 million euros)," said Mohammed al-Zaabi the project manager.

"Shams is the first major step for Abu Dhabi to accomplish its seven percent target" for renewable energy use by 2020, Zaabi said. "Shams two and three it will be followed by this project."

Due to air conditioner use, Zaabi said, building solar power principle, as sunlight is strongest at the same time.

This is the first time in the United Arab Emirates where provide significant (power) capacity that does not rely on fossil fuel.

Zaabi told, “Concentrated solar power (CSP) plants use mirrors to heat liquid a type of oil, in the case of Shams 1 to then heat water to run a steam generator and produce electricity.”

Abengoa Solar CEO Santiago Seage told, compared to other types of solar power plants, "the fact that it is less intermittent, which is the main advantage of CSP."

Seage said, Abengoa Solar has already constructed four CSP plants in Spain, North Africa, and the United States and is constructing others in Spain.

The plant will be situated in Madinat Zayed, about 120 kilometers southwest of Abu Dhabi.

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