Eco Factor: Concentrated solar power plant to produce 100MW of renewable electric power.
The world’s richest city will soon have an equally rich renewable energy power plant that will produce about 100MW of clean electrical power. Abu Dhabi’s state-owned renewable energy firm, Masdar, has partnered with Total and Abengoa Solar to develop the Shams 1, a concentrated solar power plant.
The plant will be the largest in the world, extending over an area of about one square mile of the desert in Madinat Zayed, about 75 miles from Abu Dhabi. The plant will not use mirrors to heat liquid, but will use them to heat oil, which will later heat water to generate steam, which finally runs a steam generator.
The plant is expected to offset about 170,000 tons of CO2 emissions annually, the equivalent of planting 1.5 million trees. The project has been registered as a project under the United Nations’ Clean Development Mechanism and is hence eligible for carbon credits.
Via: Popsci
