New dawn for energy market
The National - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
... The 85-metre circular solar panel is an incongruous feature on the otherwise empty salt plains and desert near Ras al Khaimah city but, as a potential part of the answer to the UAE's growing energy crisis, installations like it could soon become a common sight. ...Energy from the Desert, a 2006 study by Japanese researchers, calculated that within 36 years most Gulf nations would have the ability to meet 80 per cent of their energy needs with solar power. ...Due to start welcoming its first residents late next year, Masdar City will be powered largely by solar energy and eventually will be home to 50,000 people and up to 1,500 energy-efficient businesses. ...and Water Agency announced a competitive tender for "engineering consultancy services for a feasibility study for a solar power project in Dubai". ...Although RAK's solar islands will be floating at the cutting edge of green technology, neighbouring Ajman – like the rest of the region, hungry for power – last month announced plans to build the region's first coal-fired plant, due to open in 2012 ......
The National - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
... The 85-metre circular solar panel is an incongruous feature on the otherwise empty salt plains and desert near Ras al Khaimah city but, as a potential part of the answer to the UAE's growing energy crisis, installations like it could soon become a common sight. ...Energy from the Desert, a 2006 study by Japanese researchers, calculated that within 36 years most Gulf nations would have the ability to meet 80 per cent of their energy needs with solar power. ...Due to start welcoming its first residents late next year, Masdar City will be powered largely by solar energy and eventually will be home to 50,000 people and up to 1,500 energy-efficient businesses. ...and Water Agency announced a competitive tender for "engineering consultancy services for a feasibility study for a solar power project in Dubai". ...Although RAK's solar islands will be floating at the cutting edge of green technology, neighbouring Ajman – like the rest of the region, hungry for power – last month announced plans to build the region's first coal-fired plant, due to open in 2012 ......
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