WOW-POW = World Of Wonderful POWer: Masdar Breaks Ground on Largest Solar Plant in Middle East

Friday, January 23, 2009

Masdar Breaks Ground on Largest Solar Plant in Middle East


Masdar, the new sustainable super-city being developed by Abu Dhabi, recently announced that it is building the largest grid-connected solar plant in the Middle East. The 10 MW solar plant will be half thin-film and half crystalline silicon photovoltaics, with 5 MW of thin film solar panels being provided by Arizona-based First Solar. The Masdar solar power plant is expected to reduce emissions of 15,000 tons of carbon dioxide annually and cost around $50 million.
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