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Visit to Shams 1 Solar Plant - UAE

by George Zacharia | 29-03-2013 16:17 recommendations 0

I hope you all might have read about the Shams 1 power plant opened in the UAE very recently. I think there was an article about it by another TUNZA member. Well, here I am going to write my own experience of visiting the Shams 1 power plant.
I was one of the 3 lucky students to visit the Shams 1 power plant before its opening. I visited it in December 2012. The tour was conducted by the members of the Shams 1 project. It was an amazing and also enlightening experience for me. I got to know many things about solar energy and as an environmentalist, I was more than happy to go there. 
Shams 1 was inaugurated by the president of the UAE, H.H. Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (the first picture of these).

Some facts:

  • With a capacity of 100 megawatts – enough to power 20,000 homes – Shams 1 covers 2.5 square kilometres in Madinat Zayed in the Western Region.
  • To harness the power of the sun, Shams 1 relies on a solar field large enough to fit 285 football fields
  • If the plant?s power was produced using fossil fuels, it would involve pumping 175,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year. Producing the same amount of power using sunlight is the equivalent of planting 1.5 million trees or taking 15,000 cars off the road every year.

Best Regards,

George Zacharia


Contact me on rijorose@hotmail.com or twitter.com/bidsupporters

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36 Comments

  • says :
    Its Great George.
    Posted 08-06-2013 16:53

  • says :
    Thanks for the real-time sharing George :)
    Posted 10-04-2013 09:17

  • George Zacharia says :
    Yes, would surely post them on www.facebook.com/studentsfortheearth
    when I am free. :)
    Posted 10-04-2013 03:33

  • says :
    Thx for the report George.... Can you please share the learnings from your first hand visit? It must be a great experience..
    Posted 08-04-2013 14:11

  • says :
    Thank you for this report
    Posted 31-03-2013 22:16

  • says :
    Wow, great to be there
    Posted 31-03-2013 22:16

  • says :
    Great to hear the report
    Posted 31-03-2013 13:43

  • says :
    Nice report from you. Someday, i would like to visit the site also
    Posted 31-03-2013 11:11

  • says :
    Nice report from you.
    Posted 30-03-2013 19:51

  • says :
    A large solar cell industry become a new solution for sustainable energy in the future
    Posted 30-03-2013 16:50

  • says :
    Thank you for sharing your experience.
    Posted 30-03-2013 16:49

  • says :
    lovely.
    Posted 30-03-2013 14:44

  • says :
    Lovely, thanks for sharing with us!
    Posted 30-03-2013 03:04

  • says :
    It must be a great chance for you to learn directly from the shams
    Posted 30-03-2013 02:44

  • says :
    I'm interesting with the Photovoltaic. and this Shamp make me more interesting..
    Posted 30-03-2013 02:44

  • says :
    Thank you for sharing this
    Posted 30-03-2013 02:43

  • says :
    very good to know.
    Posted 30-03-2013 00:20

  • says :
    very good to know...
    thank you George Zacharia. :)
    Posted 30-03-2013 00:19

  • says :
    great
    Posted 29-03-2013 22:13

  • says :
    thanks for sharing.
    Posted 29-03-2013 21:55

  • says :
    Thank you for sharing this.
    Posted 29-03-2013 20:48

  • says :
    You must have great chance to visit Shamps.
    Posted 29-03-2013 20:48

  • says :
    Wow, very amazing. I'm interesting alot with this.
    Posted 29-03-2013 20:47

  • says :
    good.
    Posted 29-03-2013 19:44

  • says :
    thanks for sharing.
    Posted 29-03-2013 18:59

  • says :
    going good........

    Posted 29-03-2013 16:32

  • says :
    Great job!
    Posted 29-03-2013 16:20

  • George Zacharia says :
    For more details check out : http://www.shamspower.ae
    Posted 29-03-2013 16:19

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