Sunday, June 16, 2013

The world's largest concentrated solar power plant


The world's largest concentrated solar power plant, Shams 1, launched on Sunday. Taking three years to build, the $600m plant is located in Abu Dhabi's western region, in the heart of the UAE's hydrocarbon industry. At full capacity, the 100 megawatt Masdar, Total and Abengoa joint-project will power thousands of homes in the United Arab Emirates and displace 175,000 tons of CO2 a year

See full Article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/picture/2013/mar/18/world-largest-solar-power-plant-bigger-picture