Houbara Bustards - Model Summary #2

Houbara Bustards

The numbers of Houbara bustards has been decreasing throughout the past decades due to illegal human actions such as hunting. The UAE’s government has opened a Houbara reproduction center in Morocco in order to save those birds from extinction. The center works in a very careful plan; from breeding, examining sperm samples, training and increasing the number of birds let go every season. After the eggs are laid, most of the Houbara’s are released into the wild. “Chicks due for the release are kept in wire cages. They are then released in two batches in one of two stretches of land” explains the author (Todorova V., 2011). The program has been a success according to the scientists who monitor the released Houbara’s and their numbers are increasing.

References

Todorova, V. (2011, May 27). UAE-funded centre revives endangered bird population - The National. thenational.ae - The National. Retrieved March 13, 2012, from http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/heritage/uae-funded-centre-revives-endangered-bird-population

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The Masdar Project - model

The Masdar Project - model

A $200 million wind farm near the border with KSA is being looked into by Abu Dhabi’s Masdar company, to help source renewable energy. 

To take advantage of lighter winds in the area special turbine blades have been designed.

The first Masdar wind farm will join two 100 megawatt solar plants Shams 1 and Nour 1 to produce renewable energy to meet the AbuDhabi Government’s 7% goal by 2020.

The Masdar site near the Saudi border being considered would produce 100mw of electricity.

After starting the construction, the farm would be generating power in two years.

In the GCC developing wind power is more difficult than solar due to the limited number of windy days in the region. 

The wind farm under consideration would cost on average $2million per megawatt of power for a total price of $200 million, and would be subsidized by the AD government, along with banks and foreign partners. 

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