Masdar announces potential wind farm
In an effort to meet the UAE’s ambitious plan to generate 7% of power from green sources by 2020, the country’s clean energy company, Masdar, has announced the building of a new 100 megawatt wind farm. While wind is not generally as productive as solar in the Gulf Coast region, it still plays a key role in energy production. If feasibility studies go as planned in the new farm’s area (purported to be near the town of Silah on the Saudi Arabia border) a contract could be awarded to a builder as early as the beginning of next year.
It is estimated that the project would cost about US$200 million. Similar projects involving solar power were aided by government subsidies, and those will most likely be continued on the wind project.
In an effort to meet the UAE’s ambitious plan to generate 7% of power from green sources by 2020, the country’s clean energy company, Masdar, has announced the building of a new 100 megawatt wind farm. While wind is not generally as productive as solar in the Gulf Coast region, it still plays a key role in energy production. If feasibility studies go as planned in the new farm’s area (purported to be near the town of Silah on the Saudi Arabia border) a contract could be awarded to a builder as early as the beginning of next year. It...
In an effort to meet the UAE’s ambitious plan to generate 7% of power from green sources by 2020, the country’s clean energy company, Masdar, has announced the building of a new 100 megawatt wind farm. While wind is not generally as productive as solar in the Gulf Coast region, it still plays a key role in energy production. If feasibility studies go as planned in the new farm’s area (purported to be near the town of Silah on the Saudi Arabia border) a contract could be awarded to a builder as early as the beginning of next year.
It is estimated that the project would cost about US$200 million. Similar projects involving solar power were aided by government subsidies, and those will most likely be continued on the wind project.
