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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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