Abu Dhabi’s clean energy company, Masdar, is planning on building a wind farm near the Saudi border, the first wind farm in the area. Wind is what Abu Dhabi is planning to use for renewable energy. Their target percentage for sourcing its power from this renewable source is 7 per cent. Specialized blades are being developed to help produce more energy from the winds that are received by the area they plan to build on. The government has announced that they plan to reach this percentage by 2020. Masdar, which is owned by Mubadala Development, has been given the task to complete this project. The plant that they plan to build would produce 100 megawatts, which generally isn’t a challenge with wind. But due to the fact that strong winds are not constant in the Gulf, it will be more challenging to produce renewable energy from wind compared to solar energy. This project will cost about Dhs734.6m, and will be the first of its kind in the UAE due to the fact that it is wind, not solar.
Saleh Al-Menhali
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